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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
 
I think it's about time I write down our Thanksgiving weekend before I forget it all! Thursday we were home until after lunch. Then we went over to Krystle and Pierce's to help them hang some curtain rods. The kids were pretty squirrelly over there since of course they don't have any toys to play with. James just wanted to crawl up the stairs over and over and Annika found the upper landing a perfect place to dance, spin and sing. That evening we went to Gramme's house for turkey sandwiches and dessert. Hmm, pie. We had a good time there and got to see Uncle Mathias too. It was a little bit of a pick on Mathias and Krystle night - sorry! :) Annika had a great time with a sticker book Gramme gave her.

Friday we had a leisurely morning getting ready and headed out about 10:30 or so. I wanted to find a holiday dress for Annika since a few stores were having big sales on them. We went to our local store and couldn't find anything there so we headed to a mall nearby next. There we found the cutest dress for her. Annika had an accident at one of the stores though and tripped over James' stroller, smacking her face into a mirrored pillar. I internally freaked out but kept my composure to help my baby girl. Blood was pooling in her mouth. I cupped my hand under her chin just as she started spitting it out. It was gross! A salesperson gave us some kleenex and after I got her cleaned up a bit I saw that she had bit her upper lip some. It wasn't too bad. We went to a nearby restroom and cleaned up better and then my little trooper of a girl was good to go the rest of the day. Next, I showed Kris the outfit I want to buy for James and he liked it too but that store didn't have it in his size. This weekend I'll go to a few different stores (Target) to try and find it. At the mall we saw Santa Claus too. Annika has asked every day since to go sit on his lap. If I can find James' outfit this weekend then I think we'll get the kids dressed up to go visit. Annika needs to tell Santa that she wants Little Einsteins! We met Auntie Carrie and Uncle Adam for lunch and then did some shopping with them in the afternoon before heading to Uncle Dusty's house for the evening. There Annika had a grand time chasing the two dogs. Poor things were worn out!

Saturday was the big 60th birthday party for Papa. He had many friends and family come to celebrate. One friend was Pastor Dave, whom Annika decided was very scary and wanted absolutely nothing to do with! This is the same man who married Kris and I and baptized Annika! Silly girl. I think it had something to do with him being a tall man with bushy hair and a booming voice. I suppose that could be scary to any little person at first. Either way, I had to help her into the kitchen by shielding her away from Pastor Dave so she could get some food. I don't know what she thought he was going to do. Anyway, a highlight for Annika was getting to watch cartoons on Uncle Dusty's jumbotron (his ~109" tv screen in his media room). She thought that was great! The Good Night Show was positively life size! James enjoyed the day too as he got so much attention! Auntie Carrie and James hung out for a long time. Of course he had to get all this attention because all he wanted to do was head for the stairs! James doesn't know yet how to go down stairs. He still thinks you go head first.

Sunday was our Thanksgiving celebration with Grandpa and Marcia. Krystle and Pierce joined us over there for a super yummy meal. We were just cleaning up the dishes when Grandpa got an emergency gas call and had to head out. Turns out there was a brush fire nearby and Grandpa had to supply all the ATVs and 4-wheelers with fuel oil. The tanks on those machines are small and need multiple re-fillings. It was hours before he got back. I was glad we did though because the kids had a great time playing and both got lots of Grandpa attention when he came back home. Granpda and Marcia have two new garage kittens and Annika was out there no less than 5 times to play with them. I was so proud of how gentle she was with them! She cradled them like babies and pet them so softly. Good girl!

James has made some more strides in his walking lately. Tonight he walked over to a toy, squatted to pick it up and then stood up again and walked away. All of this was without holding on to anything too. What a big boy!

The kids are having a hard time adjusting to me being back at work again. James has been super crabby for Kris during the day and this morning Annika cried a little bit when she woke up and I wasn't there. There going to get back into a routine only to have me off for a while at Christmas! Poor kids.

OK, this is long enough. I'm sure I've forgotten lots of cute things that happened over the weekend. If I remember any, I'll come back and post again. Otherwise, family, if you remember some, leave a comment sharing please!

Posted by Kristina at 11/27/2007 07:17:00 AM



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