J and M + j + s: Happy Thanksgiving!

We were happy to get to spend Thanksgiving (and the weekend after) with all of our families. On Thursday we went up to Baltimore to spend the day cooking with the Ellie and Mark and then dinner with family. Friday we had brunch with Julian's Mom and step-dad before they headed off on their trip and Saturday we had brunch with Julian's Dad, Nancy and his sister. I got to do lots of cooking and shopping the whole weekend. This year was MUCH better than last year where I had to work on my thesis the whole weekend.

When we got to Ellie's, Josh was very happy to get to hold baby M for the first time! He LOVED holding her, and still asks to see the pictures of them :-) We had big plans to watch our traditional Thanksgiving day West Wing (The Butterball hotline episode) while Josh napped. Josh decided that everyone was having too much fun and wanted to watch with us. I let him snuggle with me on the couch, until he was being too chatty and not resting. By then he was tired enough to sleep in the pack and play upstairs. We then had a great potluck style Thanksgiving (everyone helped out!) with a big group of our family (from all sides). Josh especially enjoyed his mashed potatoes and apple pie.

This was the first year in a long time we haven't been able to do two (or more!) Thanksgivings. We were certainly a little bummed about that, but very thankful that our families are understanding. We had a great time at brunch with Julian's family the next few days.