Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving was extra-nice this year, because in addition to having something (someone) to be extra-Thankful for, Andrew and I both had Wednesday off! So, we headed out Wednesday morning to Carthage and had a great time there hanging out with Klay and Olivia and everyone. Olivia did a great job helping Klay ride Princess - Johnny didn't get to ride Princess, but he did get to do the next best thing, which was riding on Mom or Dad's shoulders!

We had an awesome meal on Thanksgiving day, and headed to Marion after Johnny woke up from his afternoon nap. At Mimi and Gramps' we had a lot of fun and saw some friends and helped to put up the Christmas tree! We also go to hang out with Thomas and watch him dance :) We had a fantastic meal that night with the whole Marion/Chesapeake Dodge family.

On Saturday we headed out as early as we could stand it to drive back towards Raleigh. Johnny did well on the trip, but we were all ready for a break as we hit the triad area, so we dropped in on the Monroe family and got to meet baby Claire! She is so sweet, and was so tiny! We had a really nice visit, and I loved getting to hold Claire, and Johnny loved their stairs :) We made it the rest of the way to Raleigh and I dropped Andrew off at the NC State/UNC game (Go Pack!) and headed on to complete my "Baby Tour" of NC! Johnny and I went to see Kaye and Kelli and to meet Baby Meridith, who was about 4 months old that day. We essentially invaded the Brookshire Thanksgiving celebration, but they didn't seem to mind too much. Johnny had fun playing with the other kids (and their toys), but had a hard time with not getting the ones that he wanted! State won the game and we picked Andrew up and headed home for some unpacking and rest and relaxation.... and thus ended the weekend of Andrew's favorite holiday...

The pictures (including Claire and Meredith!):

Thanksgiving 2009 and Babies Claire and Meredith