Mommy's Birthday and Thanksgiving

November 22, 2012

Dear Baby Bean:

Happy Thanksgiving!  Today is a day that we give thanks for so much and I am so happy to have you to be thankful for this year on top of all the other special things in my life.  This Thanksgiving happens to be special in many ways, but one of them is that today is also my thirty-second birthday.  Your Mommy is getting OLD.  We have had a wonderful day with family I wanted to be sure to tell you all about it.

We started off the morning by taking it easy- at least Tenley and I did. Grandma and Grandpa were up early loading the car and then headed up to Great Grandma and Great Grandpa’s house so that they could get started on food prep.  Tenley and I wanted to wait for your Daddy and the dogs to get here.  We got a call around 9 that your Daddy had left and would be here soon.  We started to get ready, but an hour later he called again to say that the car had broken down and that he was going to have to find a way to get here.  Grandma Carol came to the rescue and she started on the long journey to pick him up and bring him here.  That Daddy always knows how to keep things exciting.

Meanwhile, your sister and I headed up to Great Grandma and Grandpa’s where we had a yummy (huge) meal with Grandma Cindy, Grandpa Rand, Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Walter, Terry, Marti, Adam, Lindsay, Bella, Brooke, Jon, Jess, Molly, Jeff, Mattia, Kylee, and Jadison.  It was so fun that we could all be together.  Just as we were finishing up lunch, Daddy and Grandma Carol arrived so they sat down and ate their Thanksgiving dinner, too.  I was sad that Daddy had to go through everything he did in the morning and that Grandma Carol had to spend her day driving, but it sure was nice that she was with us for Thanksgiving!

A little later on, Daddy and Grandma Carol had to leave to go back home so we said goodbye.  We spent the rest of the day playing and sleeping at Great Grandma and Great Grandpa’s house…it was a wonderful day.

I can’t believe I am 32 years old now.  I have a great husband, a beautiful daughter, and another little munchkin on the way.  I am a very lucky girl and have so much to be thankful for.  I love you, Bean- keep up the good work and I can’t wait to hear your little heartbeat when we go to the doctor on Tuesday!