Jonah's first Thanksgiving

Well, it has been a busy week. My parents came back into town for the winter--THANK GOD! They are truly my saviors when it comes to childcare support. I seriously don't know how we managed all those years living so far apart. Grammy and Grampy totally rock, and Mia is absolutely thrilled to have them around full time again. Jonah seems quite happy too, and spent most of Thanksgiving day snuggled up in Grammy's arms. Yes--Thanksgiving has come and gone. I can hardly believe it. Jonah is 7 months old, and this is our third Thanksgiving since moving back to the US. Time just flies!

Thanksgiving day was quite lovely. Very small. We had my parents over for a large Thanksgiving lunch and then Stacey and Joe joined us for dessert. Jeff had to work that afternoon from 3-11. Despite this fact, he spent the entire morning cooking, ate lunch with us, did all the cleaning up, and then scampered off to work at 3. And the cooking was amazing! Everything was pretty much perfect.

Today we decided to get a little holiday activity in and went to River Place for the annual Winter Carnival--or was it the Winter Extravaganza??? I don't know...something like that. There were all sorts of Christmas trees that had been decorated by local designers. There were kids activities and an exhibit of gingerbread houses. This is not our usual sort of activity, I must say. We aren't really the crafty exhibit types, and we don't actually celebrate Christmas, so we don't typically go to these Christmas events. However, we really had a nice time. If nothing else, it totally put me in the mood for winter--Christmas cookies, snow falling, Frosty the Snowman on TV...you know, all the good stuff about winter. Here are a few pictures of our week:

Grammy, Grampy and Mr. Jonah

Jeff--cooking tirelessly in the kitchen

Our feast, and the back of Jonah's head

Mia on a recent shopping excursion with Daddy

Building toys at the crafty Christmas event

Our very own Christmas decorations

This picture does not do this tree justice. It was a Grinch Christmas tree. It was amazing!

Enjoying our day off at Cafe Latte