Thanksgiving

November has been a whirlwind of emotions here at our house.  And before we knew it, it was time for Thanksgiving.  I kind of assumed Thanksgiving would be a wash this year 'cause Emma was due on the 26th.  But since she came 2 1/2 weeks early, we were already pretty settled in by the time Thanksgiving actually came.  My dad came out to visit from Rhode Island.  Here he is with baby Emma.

Since the new baby is here I thought I would try to get John's baby quilt assembled.  John is over 2 years old now.  But hopefully he will still enjoy it.  I decided to make a maze quilt for him and here it is laid out before getting sewn together.  Grant saw it and said he wanted one like it, so maybe John will let him play with it once in a while.  Most blankets in this house are generally viewed as community property anyway.

See Matthew's baby quilt HERE

Anna's baby quilt HERE

Grant's baby quilt HERE

I've noticed I only finish a quilt for a child when the next child is born.  That's not a good pattern.

For Thanksgiving Anna was supposed to bring in to school an item or picture of something that she was thankful for.  Instead of a picture of the family or anything like that she picked her favorite husky dog stuffed animal and her blue blanket.  Not even the quilt I made for her.  Just a generic blue blanket she has had for a while.  It's her linus blanket.  :)

And here is Emma.  She is starting to be more alert during the day.  She still sleeps a lot but has more wakeful periods now as well.  She is pretty easy going.  She does wake up a lot at night to eat and wants to be held during the day.  And she is still so little!!  I think she is about up to 6 lbs.

We had our first snow this week.  There was enough to build a snowman.  Grandpa Keeler helped Matthew and Grant build a snowman.  I think Anna helped too.

And turkey time!!  Scott and I have Thanksgiving down to a science.  The food doesn't always turn out perfectly, but we have a schedule of what to do when so it isn't too stressful and everything works out pretty well.  Here we are getting ready to put our bird in the oven.

Trying something different this year - maple cranberry Brussels sprouts.  This recipe didn't work out that well, but I still enjoyed the Brussels sprouts.

 Pies this year are pumpkin and cherry

Cherry was the most popular

 Getting ready to eat!!

It was a great Thanksgiving and fun to have my parents there.

Emma in the baby carrier.  She likes to be held and its hard to get things done, even with my mom here.  I'm worried about when my mom is gone and I'll have five kids on my own to take care of.  So Emma in the baby carrier is a good solution.  She is happy to be in there for right now.  It's a happy snuggly place.

Little Emma in the carrier.  She is plumping up ever so slightly.  Her face and her legs look a little plumpier than before. But she is still so tiny!!  She can't fill out her newborn sized clothes yet.  Her legs and arms still disappear inside.  But she's eating good and hopefully will keep growing bigger.  We're thankful she's here!!