Thanksgiving

It's that time of year when days seem to go by faster and faster.  Fall quickly ushers in winter, then Christmas arrives, and the new year is here before you know it.  I am trying really hard to slow things down a bit, at least for our family.  Last week, I vowed to Scott that I would not make any commitments or plans outside our daily routine.  It was wonderful!  Every evening was "family night" and oh so restful!  When Scott gets home from work, we enjoy time together with Sam.  Sam likes for his daddy to give him a bath, and sometimes give him his last bottle.  (Mommy likes it when daddy even changes his last diaper too!)  Then, when little man lays his head down to sleep, we try to scurry around before Mr. Sandman catches us.  With Scott's semester winding down, he's been knocking out his last assignments.  And I have been indulging myself in creativity--what fun!

This year, we were not able to travel for Thanksgiving.  Although we missed seeing family, we had a wonderful day...  It began early and frigid.  We all bundled up and participated in a local 5K, "The Gobbler's Run".  Scott ran it with two of his buds while Sam and I strolled it together.  It was Sam's first race, and he did great!    

 The rest of the morning was spent relaxing and watching the infamous parade on TV.  Later in the afternoon, we headed over to our friends' house where three other families were gathering. We had a spread for dinner, and stuffed ourselves silly.  It was a sweet time of sharing gratitude for what our good God had done in our lives--we had so much to be thankful for!  

Lately, Sam's little personality has been coming out.  He makes us laugh all the time!  Here are a few random shots of him simply being himself:

Gigi sent us a package and Sam enjoyed the box.

Sam likes his new Christmas books...thank you Gigi!

This is my view these days.  Now that Sam pulls up on everything, he's constantly on my leg.  Even though it's limiting when you are trying to get things done around the house, once his little face looks up at you, nothing else seems to matter.

Fun times after a bath...

(In the second picture, you can see all four of his teeth.  

The fourth one finally broke through the gum last week.)