Your First Thanksgiving

Well, it's not a picture of everyone that was there, but here's a pic of most of your family at your first Thanksgiving. We were surprised to see you behave so well around numerous strangers (at least to you) because you get very shy around yia yia and grandpa when they come over. But, put your sparkling face in front of a crowd and you shine even brighter.

Mom and dad took all week to prepare the house and the food for our 18 guests and much to our pleasure, your first Thanksgiving was a tremendous success in our (not so humble) opinion. We can't speak for the rest of the family members, but we had a dang good time. You had a great time playing with your cousins and your grandpa (he was flying you around like Super Ayjia). Everyone took turns watching you to ensure that you didn't blow the house up....and although there were a few close calls, the house is still intact today.

After you went to bed, we celebrated by smoking cigars out front with your aunt Stina and your papa. It gave us a chance to just relax, enjoy our evening and celebrate a job well done.

Although, we did Thanksgiving last year (for a much smaller crowd), this year we combined both sides of mom's family and invited dad's family, as well. Glamma came up with a game that we decided to play from here on out. The first game was a game in which we all got to know eachother. We all took turn answering questions such as: What is your pet peeve? (Your grandpa said that his pet peeve was people with pet peeves); What was your favorite childhood game? (Your yia yia said that her favorite game was to play "doctor"); If you could invite 3 people to dinner, who would you invite? (we would put someting funny here, but we never finished this question as this turned into a debate about Christianity). Such is family!

All in all, our Thanksgiving was better because you were here. We love you much and now we can look forward to Christmas (which we heard was the holiday that proves that women don't need men to produce children).