Thanksgiving

We had originally planned to stay home for Thanksgiving this year since we are going to Nebraska for Christmas and just have dinner on our own or with some friends, then Eric's parents and sisters decided that they would all come to our house for the holiday (Eric and I know it was really to just see Gracie).

Kirstin and Nanette came from Utah and Eric's parents drove over from Nebraska so everyone was here by Monday night.  Kirstin got here on Sunday night and she and I just hung out on Monday, very exciting I know.  We did some planning and grocery shopping on Tuesday and some more shopping on Wednesday and mostly just spent time together and played with the baby.

Last year when we were in Nebraska for Thanksgiving we had planned a Thanksgiving morning 5k (I think it ended up being closer to 2 miles since it was freezing) so this year Eric's sisters thought we should do another one and we even made race t-shirts.  Kirstin has the group photo of everyone in their shirts, sorry I don't have one to share.  Anyway, we decided to do our "5k" at Riverside Park in Beloit, WI.  After we mostly walked it was time for the "kids" to go play in the playground, it was awesome!

Here we all are on the turtle.

And on the play yard.

I got a lot done since Grace was being held most of the time.  Here she is napping with Grandma.

I tried several new recipes this year and for the most part loved them.  But to be honest I had no idea how much work it was to put together a Thanksgiving dinner.  Gracie and her bumbo were our centerpiece, I mean what could be cuter :)

And here she is in her Thanksgiving outfit, cute as always!

It was a fun holiday!  Everyone left on Friday so Eric and I were able to get our decorations up and get some chores done and even managed to do some Christmas shopping.

Four Months

I know I have a lot of catching up to do after not blogging anything for the whole month of November, but I am just going to start with the fact that our little Grace is now four months old!

She has grown up so much this last month.  She has gotten so much bigger (I won't know how much exactly till Wednesday, but I swear she is huge these days!).  She has really started to do this with her legs, like kick at her play mat toys and she even helps me change her diaper by moving her legs to where they need to be and when.  She is starting to help me out a little by holding her own bottle some of the time.  She is learning how to use her voice more which translates to some really high pitch noises, but it is fun to see her learn new things.  She thinks that she is ready to sit up on her own and constantly tries to, I don't think it will be long until she succeeds.  She loves her toys these days and puts everything in her mouth!  One of her favorites is her taggie blanket, but really she loves to play with any toy.  She officially grew out of her three month clothes and some of her six month ones are already starting to get a little small. . . . and one of my favorite things . . . she has started to giggle :)  It is SO CUTE!!