We hope everyone had a glorious Thanksgiving. We had a lot to be thankful for this year, most notably the birth of our second healthy boy, Gavin. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. How can it not be everyone's? We had enough food to feed a small army, football galore and good company to enjoy the day with. Carrie's family came down to join us this year. Earlier in the week Carrie and I had one of our good friend's in town from California to spend a few days with before the festivities kicked off. Blake was in our wedding and probably knows the two of us as a couple best because he was my Florida roommate while Carrie and I were dating. He saw the ups and downs and had numerous opportunities to play pre-marriage counselor. It was great having him back at our house not only to play child psychologist this time but to have a beer or two and reminisce about the Florida days. It brought back a lot of great memories of Carrie, Blake and I in our early years. I think it was a trip for him too, to see us with two kids, a dog and living in full domestication. It was a lot different from, "I can't believe she's upset I was up until 4 am playing poker on Tuesday. What's the big deal?" Ha! (He's a professor and was earning his PhD at the time so he and I kept a little different hours than we do today).
Blake took off Thursday morning to spend the holiday with this his family in Madison. We may reunite if the Badgers hold on and earn a trip to the Rose Bowl in January. Before he left we were up early to begin the cooking and baking. Carrie knocked out an apple pie before 8:30 in the morning. We had taco dip, cleary a pilgrim favorite, an assortment of cheeses (habanero was my favorite) and who could have Thanksgiving without deviled eggs? for appetizers. After chowing down our apps we had dinner which consisted of our 20+ pound bird, Grandma Spiegelhoff's stuffing, smashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, strawberry salad, sweet potatoe pie, seven layered salad, and of course cinnamon dinner rolls. Needless to say we were stuffed. We napped the afternoon away watching a futile Dallas team blow yet another disappointing game. One more thing to be thankful for I suppose. The boys were great and even Brett behaved himself this year. Gavin slept like a baby in his high chair through dinner and Quinny was stuffing his face with both hands. Kids are so great. They do the things everyone wants to do. The fact that they have no inhibition can be both frustrating and envious at the same time. At the dinner table stuffing thanksgiving into your pie hole two hands at at time, well, that falls under the envious category. Good for him. He's kept that up in subsequent days as we move through the leftovers. Quinny has been helping us edging closer and closer to the 6 am wake up call. By Christmas when we hit the road and get him off his schedule he'll be sleeping until 7 right before we start the cycle all over again.
We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Here are a few pictures of Gavin in his first Thanksgiving outfit, the boys and the family finishing up before the feasting can ensue.
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