turkey day

we love turkey day! we spent most of thanksgiving day at grandma and grandpa hansbauers, gorging on caramel corn and cheese doodles and buckeyes. the kids had such a good time. i got greta all nicely dressed in a dress and tights and had her hair just perfect. she got to grandma's and immediately took her ponytails out so she could play beauty parlor and changed from one dress up outfit to the next. check out all her wardrobe changes in the slideshow pictures above. the kids both enjoyed sitting at the "kids table"...otto kept looking over at me as if to say, "really? i'm sitting here without an adult? cool!" both kids were so excited/distracted that they didn't eat too much dinner. after the hansbauers we headed over to grandma joan's and grandpa bill's to round out the turkey day fun!!

thanksgiving 2009

thanksgiving is such a fantastic holiday.....all the great food to eat, and the family to share it with. we ate at my mom's house at noon, and then ate again at joe's parents house at 3pm. needless to say, we were STUFFED! otto enjoyed some pureed squash, while greta got to sit with "the girls" at the kids table! happy turkey day....

thanksgiving

greta had a great thanksgiving. we are fortunate enough to live in the same cities as both of our families, so we are able to see everyone and celebrate the holiday twice!! here are some pics from the day....

here are greta and her cousin shamus, patiently waiting under foot in the kitchen for some scraps at grandma joan's.

joe and roman try to stave off their hunger by building a tall tower for greta and shamus to knock down.

"goodbye everyone. thanks for the memories. we're off to have turkey dinner number two"

here she is, chowing down at the "kids table" at grandma and grandpa hansbauers.

and lastly, playing some holiday tunes to go along with the festive spirit in the air. happy holidays!

First Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a fun filled, full day for Greta. We had intended on starting the day at Fall Feast, which would have been Greta's first Give Back event. However, we had some difficulty with Greta's schedule... she had a bit of a whacky morning.

But it did start off with Greta getting her first bottle, still breast milk, but hopefully we'll be able to get into a schedule that will allow Melanie to have a bit more freedom in terms of being away from Greta for more than 2 hours.



We also got Greta in one of her 'first onsies', this one made by Tierney ....



We then headed out for both our parents for Thanksgiving dinner... we ate at my mom's, and then went on up to Melanie's mom's. I love Thanksgiving, it's far and away my favorite holiday. It's when you get all the family together, and there is no pressure for gifts (like at Christmas and Birthdays). It's just about family...

We'll finish off with a picture of Cassie... all Greta's cousins find Greta interesting, but it's definitely Cassie who has the most interest... she likes being around her, and holding her... she really wants Greta to come over so she can dress her up in her doll clothes...