Happy Thanksgiving

What a great Thanksgiving we had! I could seriously handle having a 5 day weekend every week. I have learned that I have no self-control. I didn't go to bed before 2:00 AM the entire break. It was so nice to stay up and visit with family. I loved the games and puzzles into the wee hours of the morning. However, I do have a baby who went to bed SEVERAL hours before I did and woke up at his normal time which meant his normal early morning giggles and smiles while I fought for just a "couple more minutes". We went to my mom and dad's house for Thanksgiving. Scott's, Laura's, and Lisa's families all came. We sure missed Steve's and Eric's families. Steve and Catherine will be coming for Christmas though. I can't wait to get their little Matthew with Ben. I'm sure they will have a great time. Ben and Graycie had a lot of fun (well Ben did). Every time we put them together on the floor, Ben thought Graycie was his personal squishy toy. He would scooch over to her and grab and paw at her. He had a fabulous time! Graycie was like "Get this little beast away from me."This is my niece Kimberly and her fiance Brian holding the sweet baby cousins. Just a cute picture of Ben and his baby blues.Ben decided in the last couple days that just lying on the floor wouldn't cut it for him anymore. He is on the verge of crawling. On Thanksgiving he would scoot around a bit with his arms, the next day he was getting his little legs under him, and by Saturday he was up on all fours rocking back and forth. We figure we've got about one more week before complete destruction of our house begins. So on our list of things to do this week is complete baby proofing the house. That includes outlet covers, screwing our bookshelves to the wall, putting all our DVD's in a safe spot, putting child locks on the cabinets, and praying for patience. Make no mistake when you see those sweet baby blues....this little guy is out to conquer the world and nothing will hold him back.