Mini Thanksgiving at Our House

We always try to do something little with my side of the family for Thanksgiving.

 

Even if it means a lot lower key.

So this year, with Ashland Wednesday &Thursday & Amy & Tim having

Thanksgiving dinners Thursday, and Saturday,

we decided to have dinner at our house Friday evening.

(Big brother and his wife aren't able to come in at all this holiday season,

so we are missing them!)

 

Amy brought a yummy yummy cheese ball,

we had salad, chicken lasagna, and traditional Thanksgiving pies made by Mom!

It was very laid back, was perfect.

 

I think everyone was a little worn out from Thanksgiving festivities just the day before,

we all lounged around, watched a couple of Christmas movies, boys watched football,

and ate and ate and ate.

 

Rhett's talking to baby in the picture below,

he is constantly saying,

"Hi Baby!"

"I want baby to come out!"

"What are you doin' baby?"

 

If you ask him what baby is doing, he says all kinds of things, like,

"He's changing. He lookin' at me! He's closin' him eyes."

...and yes he always uses "he" when referring to baby,

although if you ask him if it's a boy or a girl, he answers differently every time.

Case, on the other hand is 100% convinced it's a boy,

as "girls are yucky!!! I don't like girls!"

 

However, Case said he likes THREE girls and preschool the other day!

One of which is his "favorite" and tells us they are all "cute and pretty!"

OH MY!!! Hee!!!

"Sooo Case, what do you like about her??"

"Cuz she's CUTE and I LOVE HER!"

Oh. my. word.

These boys are going to keep me on my toes!

 

 

Cy brought his cute and pretty girlfriend over! Hee!

...and I do believe Case and Rhett were both very flirtatious with her at some point through the evening, stinkers! ;)

 



Griffin bug!

 



 

Our low key evening was just what I needed,

it was fun, and the kids had us cracking up!

 

Our boys were exhausted, we have had a busy week,

their red cheeks and ears gave them away.

Our poor Case who has had too much busy, and not enough naps (as in zero)

had about 57 melt downs, so it was off to bed as soon as everyone said "Good-bye"

 

Very thankful for spending time with lots of family this Thanksgiving week.

 

Our house is already decorated on the inside,

so we are looking forward to getting outside lights up,

and so excited for lots of Christmas traditions coming up in December!

 

I also need to get on my Christmas shopping!

...and here's one of our first belly shots. :)

 

13 weeks and 5 days here... just a couple of days away from that glorious 2nd trimester!

 

So blessed.





Thanksgiving in Ashland

We headed to Ashland Wednesday afternoon,

Matt took the whole day off before Thanksgiving which was so nice!

 

 

Boys were excited about going to Nanny & Poppy's house!

We had fun checking out their brand new RV,

and watching Christmas movies on Netflix.

Matty helped his Mom make broccoli casserole,

and we ordered pizza, since Sally had cooked all day long!

 

Well baby didn't like pizza apparently,

sooo nausea plus a cold made for a pretty miserable night

spent in the bathroom, on top of not being able to breathe.

Yuck!

 

Thankfully symptoms let up in the morning, and I felt much better!

Man, with the boys I felt 90% better around 10 weeks.

Come on little baby in my belly!! ;)

 

I convinced the boys to stay in their room until about 8am

playing with their closet full of toys at Nanny & Poppy's

...

since they woke up around 6am!!!

 

Then it was play, play play!

 

 

We had packed the boys snow gear,

(some of which we just received from a sweet family at church!)

so with the promise of sledding,

we bundled up and headed out!

The boys had a BLAST, and so did Mommy & Daddy watching them!

 

 

Oh my gosh, Rhett was cracking us up,

he's a lot lighter than Case, and kept hitting those leaves at the bottom of the hill,

and flipping!

Laughing, and carrying his sled up to do it again!

 

The boys were adorable taking turns, and helping each other up the hill.

Rhett ended up getting a little nervous,

it was his turn again and he said,

"No it scary. I not going."

So we had Daddy go to the bottom of the hill and catch them after that,

and every time Case went down Rhett would run down and say

"You okay Chase??" (he calls him Chase ;)

 

I love watching them having so much fun!

I love sledding.

Hands down one of the best things about winter. 

 

I, however, need to get some boots with some traction,

I just about busted my butt over and over, baby and I had to stay at the top of the hill!

 

Love my boys. So much.

 

 

...

 

Then it was inside for Rhett's nap,

and finishing up Thanksgiving prep to do lists.

 

Rhett was still snoozing as we ate dinner,

which I promise was better.

Nanny had nice china out, and I would have been a nervous wreck!

:)

 

The food was delicious, and the table setting was beautiful.

 

 

 

We enjoyed spending time with our Ashland family,

& came home with lots of yummy left overs!

 



Thanksgiving

Last year, since Rhett was still a teeny tiny little thing, we decided to have a non traditional Thanksgiving dinner with my family, and he and I stayed behind on the traveling to Ashland. I wasn't up for traveling yet, so Daddy and Case headed on down solo. 

This year though, I was excited that we got back to our traditions, I love the holidays and this time of year, mostly because it brings us closer to the Christmas season!

We headed to Amy and Tim's for lunch on Thursday, she made a perfect turkey in her roaster, along with mashed potatoes and green beans. I made some Southern Living homemade macaroni and cheese (Amy gave me the recipe - and it was yummy) also brought the sister schubert rolls. Mmm. Mom made some Lemon Ice Box pie, and there was of course pumpkin pie and brownies. We had a great time spending time with family, boys watched football, Case had a blast with Avery, poor little Rhett missed all the fun - but was happy napping in a pack n play in Griffin's room. ;) I took full advantage of getting Avery's Christmas list straight from the source (she is so adorable). By the end of it all, we were all in a full belly coma. 

 Soon after, we got some caffeine and geared up for our trip to Ashland. Earlier that week, my friend Kara asked Matt and I if we wanted to join her and Kevin for the UK vs TN game that Saturday. Lucky for us Nanny & Poppy agreed to watch them for us, so we planned for our little men to stay an extra night.

Sally and Mamaw made all the wonderful food for us, Sally cooked all day the day before so she was able to relax most of the day Friday. We lounged around all day, which is always nice, Case got to spend some time with Mamaw and Papaw at their house (he had an absolute blast!) and it was fun getting to see Kelli too! We missed seeing Erica and Eric this trip, but excited about seeing everyone together for Christmas.
Then later, Case and Daddy had some manly bonding time - and Case shot his very first BB gun! 

One proud little man, I know one Daddy that was proud too. 

Like Father like Son. Melts me. Won't be long before there's a third little guy walking along in this picture. :)

We had a wonderful time with all of our family, so SO so much to be thankful for. 

God is SO good.