Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Almost a month under our belts!


1st Pic: (Christine & Elly (3 mos), Jessica & Sam (8mos), Abby & Hadley (3 weeks), Graeme & Connor (5 mos))
2nd Pic: Abby, Hadley and Laura

Thanksgiving Day

We have almost made it a month! I can't believe how quickly the time has been flying. We are still doing quite well and Hadley has become a nice addition to the family. We still have our occasional pretty rough day and night but I think that will be the case for the next 18 years. Thanksgiving was a wonderful day. All the grandparents were here in Baltimore with us in our little row house and we seemed to make it all work. Price grilled a 16 lb. bird and a separate breast so we were sure to have leftovers for sandwiches. Our menu was a new green bean recipe that was delicious as well as mac n cheese, mashed sweet potatoes, mashed regular potatoes, stuffing, canned cranberries and then Grammy's cranberry relish recipe. Everything turned out perfect and we only ate 30 min. later than we had expected. Dad poured some delicious wines and then later that evening we had apple and pumpkin pies. Friday was Price's 31st birthday. Mom stayed up here and watched Hadley while Price and I went out for a beer and then met some friends at the local duckpin bowling alley for Price to roll a few bones. It was a great night out but we were tired the next day. Hard to stay up that late now, especially since you have to stretch it for the next feeding. Saturday we got all packed up and Mom, and the Booker crew headed to Northern Va for 2 nights. Was our first road trip with everyone, dog, baby, etc. We did quite well. Once in Nova we had a whirlwind weekend for Hadley to meet lots of her friends. She met both sets of Gallaghers, Laura and her parents, Jon and Jenny, and SUnday all her little baby buddies (Sam, Elly and Connor) as well as Alex who was home from Australia. Was a fun time but we were quite wiped even still today. Thanks everyone for such a wonderful first Thanksgiving weeknd for Hadley!

2 comments:

Courtney said...

It is hard to believe Hadley is almost a month old! I hope you are napping as often as you can and enjoying ever moment (well, almost every moment!!) Can't wait to meet her soon!

The Abbotts said...

I am so happy we've gotten to see Hadley & mama twice...just the beginning of many fun visits!