Hartley's 1st Thanksgiving

Another great weekend for the books. It doesn't hurt that it was four days of having Brian home with us and eating copious amounts of delicious food. 

On Thursday we celebrated Hartley's first Thanksgiving. It was a really nice and low key. We started the morning with a big breakfast, which I put on Hartley's tray, too. She mainly just pushed the eggs down to Winnie but she did manage to nibble on her toast. It's really funny to see her start to eat "people food". I still mainly feed her baby food because she doesn't take in much of the real stuff yet but it's cute to watch her experiment. 

We all stayed in our pajamas to watch the parade. Hartley took her nap mid way and missed the Sesame Street gang but she was up in time to catch Santa Claus. She was wearing her "I love Santa" pjs for the occasion.

It was cold but since our turkey wouldn't be ready until much later (we did a slow cooker turkey), we headed out for a trail walk. It was so nice and quiet out.

After Hartley's afternoon nap we got started on dinner. We had turkey, redskin mashed potatoes, salad, stuffing and macaroni and cheese.

Hartley was a hot mess. She mushed everything in her fingers and pushed it around her tray. She rubbed it in her hair and on her chest. Maybe like 3 bites made it into her mouth. 

Washing her was a two man job but she had a ball so it was totally worth the second bath that day. 

At the end of the day I realized how much I have to be thankful for, especially finally having Hartley with us, which is the cherry on top. 

Friday was freezing so we went out to eat for breakfast as something to do. Other than that the rest of the day was spent playing inside.

Saturday was a big day - we bought our Christmas tree! We went to the place that Brian's family went to every year. It's a family run place that's been in business for like 40 years. The other times we've gone, guys Brian grew up with help us. This year was the same. Someone he worked at the swimming pool with us helped us with our tree. My friend Sabrina came along and took pictures of us getting a special first Christmas tree. That was really awesome, and I'm so glad we'll have those to look back on.

Sunday was a chill day but the weather was beautiful so we got outside a lot. On our lake walk we took a break to let Hartley play in a field. 

Watching her inspect the leaves and the grass and crawl around was priceless. Seriously, I always say it, but this is the best age. Their fascination with new things is amazing. Watching her crawl in the grass, smiling ear to ear, so pleased with herself melted my heart. 

Tonight we walked to get hot cocoa and then took in the neighborhood lights. I gotta say, ours are pretty damn good this year. No, you won't see us from space Deck The Halls style but we look very festive. And we have a heart light, which is pretty perfect!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend. Time to get geared up for lights, trees and Santa!