Happy Thanksgiving 2009

At almost 10 months old, Carys celebrated her first Thanksgiving with her family. She had a lot of fun the week before making fun crafts for the holiday with her daycare.

Carys is all over the house, finding crawling so easy. She laughs and takes off. She is also now finding obstacles to overcome.

Carys is standing up anywhere she can find support, may it be the coffee table or simply a wall. She has barely started walking a little while holding onto the foot stool.

Thanksgiving was at our house. Here is our beautiful family.

Grandpa James and Grandma Cheryl came over bringing gifts and food. Grandpa James found a Yankees hat for TJ and Grandma Cheryl brought Carys two jackets for the dropping temperatures and our ski trip in December. Carys also got a sweet baby doll rattle for Christmas.

Grandpa Tom and Nana brought lots of food and drinks to share. Grandpa Tom also brought over treasures from Great Grandma Anne's house, including pictures and a baby blanket for Carys.

Auntie Kim made her famous apple pie and had lots of love for Carys.

A special treat came when Aunt Jackie, Uncle Rad, Grandad Lowell and Charlotte came over for dessert. Carys loves Charlotte and really wanted to give Charlotte love. The girls had a great time playing. Charlotte grows more beautiful every time we see her and she is getting so big, speaking in sentences and is not shy, sharing her Hello Kitty Pez with everyone including Mogli, the dog.

Our family from the back, left to right. Grandpa Tom, Carys, Nana Sharla, TJ, Auntie Kim, Lauren, Grandpa James, Maya, Grandma Cheryl, Macy, Maggie (Jared's beautiful girlfriend), Mogli, and Jared.

Jared turned 20 this week and is definitely growing up. He is starting to get a little paternal, picking up Carys when she crawled to him and enjoying Maggie's puppy Mogli.

A fun time was had by all sharing what we were thankful for and filling our bellies.