8 months and Thanksgiving
We hosted our first Thanksgiving this year! The Strubys came in from Nebraska for the week and Mark joined us from the ranch. We had a great time - Addison stayed home with Grandma all week, I (somewhat) successfully attempted my Aunt Gwen's dressing, and just enjoyed each other's company! Kathy did most of the cooking...since she gives Martha Stewart a run for her money and my cooking skills are, well, "still developing", it was the obvious choice. It was fun to learn about some of the traditional Struby recipes, mix in my family recipes and try new things too!
I LOVE the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, especially the Rockettes, and football on Thanksgiving. I think Addison enjoyed her first parade too.
Scott carved his first turkey.
The rolls below are a recipe of Grandma Jones (Kathy's mother) and they are like a little bite of heaven. My new favorite. Also my attempt at Aunt Gwen's dressing. Of course it wasn't as good as when she makes it, but I feel like I decently represented our family. :)
She knew something was going on....she boycotted naptime in favor of joining us at the table for her first Thanksgiving!
We decided that, since we aren't going to see the Strubys at Christmas, that we should just make the most of their trip here. So we enjoyed Thanksgiving, then Friday we decorated for Christmas, participated in a bit of the crazy shopping, and generally pretended that it was Christmas Eve. Then, we woke up on Saturday and had "Christmas morning" complete with presents and french toast!
Saturday night, Addison popped up on all fours and took off "officially" crawling! She is fascinated by the tree and loves our new sectional since she can pull up and "walk" around the perimeter (which she also started doing during their visit). So big and SO independent these days!
Oh, and Baylor beat Tech. Sic 'em.
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