Giving Thanks

Well it's been a big weekend with lots of events, but we not only survived but had a lot of fun in the process. One thing I noticed this year is that I don't feel like I got to spend nearly enough time with our visiting relatives, I guess chasing a toddler around makes sitting down to chat a little more difficult! Reed did great over the last four days, even with us messing with his eating and sleeping schedules. He was a trooper and definitely turned on the charm for our visitors. On Thursday we did our usual Thanksgiving party hop - we started out the day with my family at my Uncle Mark and Aunt Penny's house and then went to Jon's parents' house for dinner in the evening.

Grandma, G-Momma, GG Norma, and Grandpa
trying to figure out how to make a toy car work

Uncle Mark teaching Reed how to e-mail from his phone

Some of the guys decided to play Boccie Ball
and Reed thought he should join in

Reed's cousin, Annaliese, had gone down for a nap right before we arrived and we were worried she was going to sleep through our entire stay. Luckily she woke up and we were able to spend some time with her before we had to leave.

They kept leaning in to touch their heads together - too precious!

We told Reed to sit with Annaliese and he promptly went
and sat ON her

My boys

We knew Reed loved socks, but stealing
Annaliese's took it to a whole new level

Before we new it 4:00 had rolled around and we said our goodbyes and headed over to Nonna and Pepe's for dinner.

The Men carving the meat
Doesn't Tio Drew look creepy with his Movember Mustache?

The "Adult" Table

The "Kid" Table

Pepe made a bunch of allergy
friendly food for Reed



Reed got stollen away to the Adult table

Trying out Pepe's shoes

Gran and Aunt Diana reading books to Reed

Even though Reed and I had to head home before dessert and Trivial Pursuit we still had a great day with all of our family. We truly are so lucky and have a lot to be Thankful for.