Thanksgiving

We had such a great Thanksgiving holiday.  Michelle, Rod, and Nina came in from Colorado and Mom and Dad came from Texas.  Lily got to meet her cousin and aunt and uncle for the first time.  It was wonderful to have family around. 

 Here are the Carters, with Michelle holding Lily.  Nina loved that key from our media cabinet.  She was very careful not to lose it.  We had so much fun with Nina.  She really likes taking "pictures" with her princess cell phone. She also loves playing games, especially Sorry.  She was trying to convince me and Grandma to play and she said she knows how to play and win.  So I said, "Are you sure you don't cheat?" and Nina looked me dead in the eye and said "I don't cheat.  I win."  She intimidated me so I didn't play.  Later when I went up to feed Lily on our bedroom, I shut our door and noticed our closet light was on and the door was slightly open.  So I opened the door and here was Nina, sitting in the corner with a huge smile on her face.  She said, "Is Grandma here?" and I told her no.  Then she said, "Good.  Don't tell her where I am.  I'm hiding from her."  Then I noticed she had her Sorry game pieces in her hand.  Later, Mom told me they were playing and she was going to send her pieces back home so Nina grabbed them and ran.  I guess that's a win.

Mom and Dad had a great time, and lost some money playing cards.  Here they are with our "Little Turkey."  We had great weather when everyone was here so that was awesome.  It was cool, but not cold.  Quite pleasant really.

Nina was very careful around Lily.  Here she is holding her.  The two granddaughters.

 Nina takes a great picture.  Lily is a little distracted.  Lily just realized her hands are there for the tasting and was sucking on them all Thanksgiving.  She also has learned to giggle.  She has been constantly giggling since then.  We call it her pterodactyl cry, but it's a happy sounds for sure.

And finally, a picture of Auntie Michelle and Lily.  Michelle was about to go to sleep and Lily was up for her dreamfeed but it still looks cute. 

 It was so great to have Michelle here.  She is hilarious, and even though I wanted her to have a break, she did a lot of the Thanksgiving dinner cooking.  She made delicious stuffing and gravy.  Such good eating.

There is nothing like having family around.