Thanksgiving '07

Michael's first Thanksgiving was a lot of fun! We went to Yaya's house early and spent the day hanging out, pigging out, decorating and just being together. Of course the Daddy's snuck off a couple of times to play playstation, too!
When we first arrived, Wesley was very interested (as he always is) in little Michael. Every time they see each other you can tell Wesley is looking at him wondering when he is going to get up and come play with him!
Here they are saying "hi"!




And here is Wesley, Maria and Alison by one of Jackie's trees!








Here is Michael with his Daddy by the beautiful tree - Yaya is in the Christmas mood!


Then, Michael got into his very special and oh so cute "My 1st Thanksgiving" outfit. We didn't put it on earlier for fear of a baby accident!



Michael had a wonderful day - he played on the bouncy chair with his cousins and his sister, he played on the floor and looked at the beautiful lights on the tree, and he hung out with lot's of new people.

Here he is with a good friend of ours, Kenny Johnsen. I think Kenny enjoyed playing with Michael and telling him how much he looks like his daddy...but when Michael started to fuss, Kenny decided he was ready to give him back!

Then our cousin Josh wanted his turn to play with Michael. Michael enjoyed playing with him and holding his hand...he was very fascinated with Josh, and I think Josh was a little fascinated with Michael, too!

And of course, Michael spent lot's of time with his big sister. The two of them are enjoying each other more and more each day.

Here's the four of us by Jackie's very cool upside down Christmas tree! I like the way the ornaments can all hang straight without getting stuck on the branches below. I may have David tack our tree to the ceiling this year! haha

In the true spirit of Thanksgiving, Alison made a delicious cheese ball in the shape of a turkey!

And the boys deep fried the turkey! It was soooo delicious (and also very healthy and good for us!)

Here is David and our cousin, Heath, supervising as Brandon does the dangerous work of removing the turkey from the huge vat of oil!

Later, to work off the new pounds, we all worked on finishing the decorations on Jackie's house. It turned out so beautiful - I will have to get a picture of it to post!

It was a wonderful Thanksgiving! We enjoyed the day and night with family and friends...we ate so much we practically needed to be rolled home...and Michael had a great time seeing new people and things.

The only thing that could have made it any better would have been having my family here...but my mom and brother are set to come out for Christmas, and I am so excited to see them. Michael can't wait to meet "Uncle". Sheniah is already looking forward to swimming in the ocean with Uncle, and Michael and I have been practicing his "kick, kick, kick" in order to prepare him for his first swim (though we will swim in the warm pool - we are not crazy like Sheniah and Uncle!)

After the busy holiday, the little man was ready to tell us all about his adventerous day at Yaya's - here he is telling daddy all about it before David went off to work.

And of course he was quite exhausted from all the festivities...here he is napping on daddy! He is getting so chubby! And he loves sleeping on someone, wrapping his arms around them...