Thanksgiving 2012

We had a family filled Thanksgiving weekend. Things kicked off with Uncle Du arriving on Wednesday with his new black lab Otis. At first Avery and Otis were a little unsure of each other but after a night together they became best buddies. Avery called him "O E" and loved sharing her food, pacifiers and toys with him. And Otis enjoyed snacking on one of Avery's shoes. 

On Thanksgiving we had Du, Uncle Cullen, Gramps and GG over for dinner. Unfortunately my mom came down with a horrible stomach/flu bug and missed all the festivities - It was not the same without her and we all really missed having her (and her cooking!). But with some last minute help from Whole Foods we pulled together a great Thanksiving feast and had a wonderful day together. 

On Friday, Grandpa, Grandma T and Aunt Maddie came to town and stayed for the weekend. Besides the very depressing Michigan/OSU game we had a great visit (you can see in the pictures that Avery was very sad about the loss!). Avery LOVED having constant attention - she played non-stop all day. She loved reading books with Aunt Maddie, having picnic time with Grandma T and dancing with Grandpa. She also kept running up to my Dad and just giving him big hugs - loved it! 

Avery also found a new obsession this weekend - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. The girl can't get enough and immediately signs and asks for more when the episode ends.

Grandma T brought us a giant bag of hand-me-down clothes from the Fredricksons and almost everything was a 4 or 5 T so we have some time until it will fit. However, Avery (since she LOVES to dress up) had to try on one of the pair of jeans right away and walked around in them for a good part of the weekend. They barely stayed up (over her regular pants or pajamas) but she got upset and asked to have them put back on whenver we took them off. I have now stowed them away in the closet and I'll have to work on getting her some dress up clothes that fit a bit better.

It was a Happy Thanksgiving weekend and we were sad to see everyone leave this morning. At least Christmas is right around the corner.....

 Our little "foodie" enjoying olives, figs and smoked salmon before dinner

 Asking Uncle Cullen for "more"

 Playing with Otis

 Reading with Gramps

 The new obession

 Sad.....

 Playing with Aunt Maddie

 The JEANS!

 Lots of reading with Aunt Maddie

 Using Grandpa's computer case for a chair

 More of the new obsession

 Bonding with Otis