Thanksgiving 2012 recap

Let's see if I can catch up here!  I still have Aubrey's 6-month update to do, so be looking for that soon.

We had a really nice Thanksgiving with our families in South Bend. Lunch was spent at my parent's house, followed by dinner at Bobby's parent's house. Lots of food! We have so much to be thankful for, we really have such a blessed life that I think we often take for granted.

 

 






For Black Friday, there were only a few things that I wanted to get for Natalie, but little did I know the boxes were huge! My mom was kind enough to get up super early and meet me at 5am!  My alarm went off, but I snoozed it so I got up a little late with no time to shower, put on makeup...only time to brush my teeth and change clothes. We went to 4 places: Home Depot, Lowes, the mall, and Sams Club. We only had to wait in line at Sams Club for 7 minutes or so until they opened. None of the things I picked up were a hot commodity, so they were easy to get. We barely fit in the car though...

 

Back around Easter, I won a free photography shoot and was super excited to use it!  However, it was FREEZING and Bobby was more interested in chasing Rusty around who had gotten a turkey bone and when inside the house, Natalie was anti-picture. Needless to say, it didn't go quite as planned. I was hoping to use a picture for our Christmas card, and I haven't seen them all yet, but I don't know if we took one good enough. The one family picture I have seen is good, but Natalie has a weird face, coat is on and she is missing a shoe...ugh. Oh well, here are a sample:

On Sunday, we went to Hensler's Nursery to get a Christmas tree with my parents and Bobby's parents.  We ended up spending $65 on a tree that we will throw away at the end of the season, but the experience is worth it. It's a cute little place. We spent almost 3 hours there and little did we know Natalie was feeling crummy. We just thought she was tired since she hadn't eaten anything for breakfast. After we left, we took her temp and it was 103.6!  Poor girl!  We felt awful.

We gave her some medicine and she slept most of the way home. Luckily Aubrey hasn't gotten it yet, just the cold part! We took Natalie to the doctor Monday and she was put on an antibiotic. She had a fever all night and we actually thought about taking her to the ER, but it finally broke this morning. I hope it stays away because she is just so pathetic when she is sick.