David and I had been looking forward to going home for Thanksgiving for awhile. It felt like we hadn't been home in forever so we couldn't wait to go. We got to Fawn's house Tuesday afternoon, hung out and let the kids play. Wednesday morning I talked David into going jogging with me since we actually could go without pushing strollers, it was a great run, but now David is convinced that I'm too fast for him. Fawn took us out to see Tangled at the movies. I am in LOVE. I have to say that it is my new favorite Disney movie. I really think it adds up to Beauty and the Beast to me. I loved it. I'm convinced that I will buy it opening day and make Maylee watch it every day until it is her favorite, haha. Fawn and I hiked my beloved Camelback mountain Thursday morning. It was an awesome hike, I love how much running has helped my speed on the mountain. Thursday we spent the day with David's family, we had excellent food and great company. I love Thanksgiving, it's always been my favorite holiday. I love having all the family get together and now being married it's even better being able to celebrate with both families every year.
Thursday night we headed over to my parents house. We got there late, close to the kids bedtime but they were so excited to be there bedtime didn't happen right away. It was Talli's first time around dogs (of her awareness, anyways) and she thought they were the funniest things in the world. Talli's has been army crawling but not really fast or super far, well Sandy was enough motivation to get the girl going. She couldn't leave that dog alone the first night, Sandy wasn't too sure what to think about the tiny human tugging on her and trying to suck on her paws but she's a good dog and put up with it, for a few minutes anyways. Then Talli discovered Gracie and Moose, dogs littler then her. I wish I would have got my video camera out, because the faces Talli was making was priceless but I'm lame and I didn't, just know it was the funniest thing EVER.
Friday Mom was awesome and stayed home and watched six grandkids so we could all go hike the mountain with Noah and his girlfriend Michelle. The hike was again awesome, I love that mountain and it was fun going with most of my family. Then David and I wanted to take everyone over to see the Frys on Tatum and Shea. This store is amazing, its a grocery store that has valet and covered parking, need I say more. I have never been to such a luxurious grocery store before, it's pretty awesome. Dutch and Maylee had a blast playing with cousins all week and I had a blast not having to entertain them at all for four days. Saturday was Thanksgiving dinner with my side of the family. But first thing first, I had to go running, this time I talked Mom into going with me. But since she's not a runner I convinced her to ride a bike beside me while I ran 10 miles. It was fun to have her to chat with the whole way. Then off to dinner at my parents house. It was fun to see my family especially my favorite cousin, Lisha. It was was great week and a huge bummer to have to come home. Only two and half more weeks until we get to go back for Christmas, YAY!
A few pictures from our visit...
Fawn took us to Chick-fil-a one day and Talli just looked so cute and relaxed in the highchair.
David and his Mom
David and the kids playing rock band.
This has been a very eventful week for our family. First off, Maylee started sleeping in a big girl bed last Sunday. I was very sad to move her out of the crib/cage but she finally mastered climbing out and it was as if she wasn't even in a crib anymore with how often she was escaping, I mean climbing out. So we bumped her up and she has been doing awesome. She doesn't come out of her room anymore then she did in the crib and she is in love with her big girl bed. Plus it didn't seem fair to keep Talli in the uncomfortable orphan crib if Maylee was ready for a big girl bed. So we made the switch last Sunday, now I know Talli can't talk but if she could I think she would be saying, "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for getting me out of that orphan crib." She sleeps so much better and longer in the more comfortable, luxurious crib.
Talli has been army crawling for awhile now, sitting up on her own when put into the sitting position but she just hasn't been able to get into the sitting position by herself. Thursday morning I heard her chatting away in her crib and when I went to get her guess who was sitting up all by herself. I was so proud of her. Now she crawls around and sits up when ever she wants. She is still army crawling, however, she is showing more interest in trying to crawl on her knees. However it takes way to long to get to where ever she wants to go and she gives up after about 10 seconds and goes right back to the army crawling, I mean why fix what isn't broken, right.
Then yesterday I had the wonderful opporunity to take Dutch and Maylee to a friends house for Dutch's preschool playgroup. So it was just Talli and I for 3 1/2 hours, so we went shopping. I forget how much easier it is to do things with one baby. We made our way over to JoAnns, where I actually got to browse and shop at my own pace. While I was waiting in line for the fabric to get cut, I put Talli down into a huge bin that I was buying for her to play in. She thought it was great and was having a blast when all of the sudden she grabbed the side and pulled herself up into standing position. Way to go Talli! She thought she was pretty hot stuff and enjoyed being cheered for because she just kept pulling herself up over and over. She's getting too big too fast.
Dutch wanted to color yesterday so I pulled out the crayons and paper and let him go to town. After a little while he came and found me and told me he wanted to show me his picture. He then described it to me, "This is the sky and the clouds and down here are the cars driving on the road and this is my name." It's his first picture that he colored that wasn't random scribbles and could actually be made to look like something. I was so proud of him. It's one of those pictures that I'll keep forever.
