A Thanksgiving Day

My Family

Sean, Amanda and Haley (my step-brother and his family, they were the ones having trouble having a baby. Just look at her now!)

Matt, DJ and Micheal

Family at my Dad's house

Gi Gi (my grandmother) and Haley Grace

This year we spent time with both sides of our family. First we went to DJ's parents house to spend time there with his parents and sister's family. We had lunch at 11:30 and had to leave immediately after. We then went to my parents house and ate at 2:00 there. Normally I don't like doing this and we didn't get to spend much time at his parents house. This year my parents had family come in from Texas and DJ's mom had to work everyday that week, even Thanksgiving afternoon. So, it was important that we made it to both dinners. And we did. We didn't really get to spend much time at DJ's parents, but they understood. We still had a good time and the girls, Hannah and her cousin Iva, got to play together. So it all worked out there. Now at my dad's house there were a lot kids for Hannah to play with. She had a great time! My grandmother came too. She is getting old and I am not sure how much longer she will be around, so it was good to see her. In all the craziness, we had smoked turkey and ham and all the fixings. And for dessert we had 7-Up cake, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, Carmel apple cheese pie, and more. It was soooo GOOD! Hope everyone else had a great Thanksgiving too!

Finished

Well, I am proud to announce I have finished most of my Christmas decorations. I could still tinker with a few things, but I am not concerned about it. It has taken me since Nov. 6th to get all that I have done. It is much harder watching your child, cleaning, blogging and everything else I do while trying to decorate your entire house. But I am done for the most part and have enjoyed every minute of it.

On another thought, I have also finished my last month of birth control. We are going to start trying for another soon. But I am excited to try the "no birth control" mood. I am hoping I will be in a better mood and better off without it! Pray!!!

Catching my breath...

Well, this last month has been go go go for me. I have finally stopped to catch my breath. I decided that I would decorate for Christmas. I know it is really too early. But I love this season. I get in a mood that only Christmas brings out. A good mood! DJ said to me just last night, "you've been so nice lately...I hope it doesn't go away." Isn't that so sad. I guess since I have been so busy with life, that I have forgotten to take a breather and love my husband in a "nice" way. I am glad that I started to decorate, and so is my husband. My house and mood is much nicer and cheerful. So, if you need to stop and take a breather, I suggest doing something that makes you smile. Even if it is decorating too early!

The Biker Dude and The Catapiller

As most of you know, Hannah would have nothing to do with her Halloween costume. So, I figured we would not be able to go trick or treating this year. :( Well, I finally decided I was going to torture my daughter for 10 minutes to get a picture at least. After a head but to my jaw, a pinch and bite later, Hannah was in her costume. She wasn't happy about it at all...until she found out that she was going to get candy! Then it was on. Every house on the street with a light on was in trouble. She and DJ had a blast going around. Hannah loved the attention and candy. DJ had dressed up for a work contest as a biker man. He won. Can you picture him with full leather and a due rag with a braided ponytail? Well, here is a picture if you imagination comes up short!

The Zoo

Here lately Hannah has been naming animals and their sounds. So we decided it was time for a zoo trip. Hannah had a lot of fun. We started out with the gorillas. Hannah called them "unkey". We got to see the baby gorilla. That was neat. Almost all the big animals were out for us to see and the weather was great. We will have to go back soon.

1. DJ and Hannah in front of the giraffe.

2. Lion. You can see Hannah and DJ in the glass.

3. Elephant sitting on ground. She was doing tricks for everyone.

4. Baby Gorilla and Mommy playing

The Doodlebops Concert

Hannah LOVES watching the Doodlebops on Disney in the mornings. So, I bought tickets to take her to see them live. We wont mention how much the tickets (for 3) cost. But it was worth every penny spent! At first, Hannah wasn't sure what to think. She looked confused for about 5 minutes. DJ held her at first, then we put her down in front of her seat and she went crazy. She started moving and dancing in every direction her little body would allow. I have never seen her this excited about something. Now let me set an image in your mind. Hannah will start dancing to any music she hears. Even if it is just a commercial that come on TV. So I figured she would dance at the concert like she does when she watches them on TV. I never thought she would turn into a crazy dancing toddler. It was so funny to watch. Needless to say, she had a blast. DJ and I didn't mind it too much either, since we knew she was enjoying herself.

Rooney, Dee Dee, and Moe Doodle.

Hannah dancing and clapping.

My Little Secretary

Hannah, showing mommy her teeth!

Hannah loves to sit in my lap when I am on the computer! Most of all she wants to play with the mouse. It drives me crazy sometimes. I will be reading something good and then all of a sudden the page just starts to move in uncontrollable motions. And it doesn't take me long to realize that Hannah has the mouse in her hands! You think you can use the computer with the baby in your lap and everything will work out fine. Nope, not with Hannah! So I decided to let her play on the computer for once...without sitting in my lap. I showed her if she touched the keyboard that it makes thing appear on the screen. She loved that! She spent about 5 minutes playing with the keyboard and then got bored with it. That was all she wanted to do!