Thanksgiving

The holiday season is starting off to be fabulous. Jon and I packed the car and loaded up Beau for a long drive to Daphne on Wednesday night. This year we planned on spending Thanksgiving down in Daphne and it was a blast. The traffic heading down on 65 south was horrible because I think everyone had the same idea as we did and left after work. Beau slept off and on the entire way which was so nice. He hardly cried at all. We arrived at my parents’ house at 10:30pm which really was not bad at all considering how slow we had to drive.

 

Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) we slept in until 8am and then enjoyed a long morning of catching up with my parents while in our PJ’s. They could not get over how much Beau has grown up in only a six weeks’ time and how much more he is doing. They loved how much he was smiling, laughing, sitting up, eating solid foods and interacting with people. He was such a joy! We had our Thanksgiving dinner around 12:30pm and my brother joined us for that. After dinner, we loaded up Matt’s truck and went hunting. My parents kept Beau for us and enjoyed their alone time with him. They could not get over how easy of a baby he is. They played with him on the floor, watched him jump in his Jump-Jump, gave him a good bath in the sink and just loved on him. He really soaked up all the attention he was getting and loved every second. We did not see any deer but had a great time just being outside.

 

 Friday was our last full day there so we had to pack everything in that we could. I helped my dad do a little shopping while Jon took Lilly to get groomed and had lunch with his brother. That afternoon I helped mom decorate her house while Jon took a nap and dad messed around outside with the jeep. Matt had to plow some dove fields with his friends so he spent the day on a tractor but he came for dinner later that evening. I helped mom wrap some gifts and just enjoyed our time together. We had a super busy weekend but it was really fun all being together again. Jon had to work on Sunday so we left on Saturday morning. We were in a time crunch because he wanted to get back home in time for the Iron Bowl which started at 2:30pm. There was no traffic going back so that made for an easy trip. Beau slept off and on again so that made our car ride pretty enjoyable.

 

We arrived home in time for the big game and man it was a game! Jon is an Auburn fan and I am an Alabama fan so our house was full of nervousness and excitement the entire time. Auburn had a great game and won which was well deserved! Sunday rolled around and it was a lazy day for B and I while Jon worked. I took B to Walmart where he sat in the grocery cart for the first time. He loved it and just enjoyed looking around at all the people. We got some stuff for dinner and then picked up a Christmas tree on the way home from a local tree stand. Next year we plan on going to a farm to cut down our own tree but this year with going out of town and Jon working we had to just go get one. The nice guys at the stand put the tree on top of my car which made it an easy pick-up.

 

Once Jon got home from work he helped me set up the tree and put the final decorations around the house. I love this time of year between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Everyone seems to be a magical spirit and the anticipation of the Christmas holidays is something special. I love all the holidays’ movies on TV and all the decorations and Christmas lights everywhere. This holiday is super special to us now that Beau is here so we are excited to sit back and just enjoy it!

Happy Holidays!