Thanksgiving 2012

This year we enjoyed another nice and quiet Thanksgiving at home.  Lucky for us we have Michael close by so he came and spent Wednesday through Sunday with us.  I prefer not to cook for Thanksgiving---it's just too much work for such a short lived holiday--so instead I make reservations.  Once again we headed to The Carolina Inn for their brunch.  As always, the food was great; however, being 9 months pregnant really limited the amount and type of food I was able to enjoy.  But Michael made up for what I couldn't eat by returning to the buffet at least 5 different times.  

After lunch we attempted to take a family picture for our Christmas card but our sassy 3 year old wanted no part of it.  Every picture she was either fighting with us or else I looked like a beached whale.  Oh well, I tried.  

As soon as we got home I began decorating for Christmas and I didn't stop until after 10:00 that night.  Oscar even completed all of the outdoor decorations.  Now the house is all set for the season.  

On Friday we choose to skip the black Friday crowds and stay home for most of the day.  Oscar and Michael played in the annual Turkey Day Touch Football game on campus.  Thankfully neither one of them got too injured but they did both have to whip out the ice packs for the next couple of days.  

On Saturday we went into Raleigh for a quick shopping trip and then stopped by the chicken place for lunch before coming home for the rest of the day.        

yummy Christmas cookies

all set up for the family pic...now where is Savannah???

attempt #1

attempt #10

me and Michael

attempt #20 back at home

final attempt.....no luck this year with a good family picture

Overall we had a very nice and normal family Thanksgiving.  We watched the parade, ate well, decorated for Christmas, watched football, and did a tab bit of shopping.  It doesn't get much better than that.  We have so many things to be thankful for this year---our family, our health, our home, and our healthy little man coming in just a few weeks.