Thanksgiving Blessings

Whew! It has been a busy week and it is only Wednesday.
We loaded up the dogs and Natalie and left last Wednesday around 4 or 5pm headed to LR to spend Thanksgiving with my side. We trade off each year with our families for Thanksgiving. Too much driving, too little time!  Natalie slept the entire trip with the exception of our stop in Texarkana to eat dinner and feed her. We stopped at Chik-fil-A, and just happened to run into our old college friends, Amy and Eric Stogsdill! We haven't seen them in years, and have never met their little one who is 18 months now and not so little anymore. How random is that?! They were able to hold Natalie and visit for a bit before we both needed to get back on the road. They were headed south to Dallas so we were just switching places. So fun!
We got home to LR around 10ish, and the dogs were ready to get out! They love Mimi and Poppi's place because they get to chase and bark at squirrels all day. It is good exercise for them so we love it too!

We spent Thursday with my mom's side at my Grannie and Papa's house. This would be the first time any of my extended family had seen her live and in person so she got passed around quite a bit. Papa wanted to hold her so we propped her up in his arms. It was so sweet to watch him with her. He took her fingers and one at a time kissed them and put them in his mouth to love on her.
She handled everything like a champ. She is just such a content baby; we feel so blessed!
My neice and nephew wanted to hold her so badly. Audrey got to come down when we brought her home but Evan was in school so this was his first real siting of her! Since Josh was home with Evan he hadn't seen her either. They were both absolutely precious when holding her. They would lean down and put their cheek on hers, and look up and smile sweetly when someone asked them to. Evan was surprising at how much he paid attention to her and wanted to help take care of her.

In fact, one night Evan and Audrey were taking a bath and Evan wanted to watch as we gave NJ her bath. He was standing naked in the tub and we had her in a little tub by the sink. He said, "I can't really see much." LOL! He had to wrap in a towel and stand on the toilet so he could watch! Too cute! He was constantly patting her and putting her paci in when she cried. Love those two so much!
Friday was spent hanging out until our dinner with my dad's side that evening. She was again passed around to several, and handled it nicely!
Blog stops for now and she is ready for her bath, and I am running out of time..
To be continued..........