November 26, 2009: Happy Thanksgiving!!

We have so much to be thankful for this year. First and quite obviously so, we are so very thankful for the safe delivery and trouble free NICU stay Cohen had, resulting in our beautiful and healthy baby boy. It is hard to imagine life without the little man, well actually, both our little men and we are so very thankful for how much joy and happiness they bring to our lives. We are also thankful for the support our family provided us this year, especially around the time of Cohen’s birth. Our friends keep us sane, and we are thankful for them too.

For Thanksgiving this year, we went to John’s mom house in Ellensburg, Washington. John and I had the entire week off of classes, but in true grad school fashion we spent most of it studying. For me especially, Thanksgiving break is all about the books. The Law School doesn’t have a “dead week”, as we still have a full week of classes before starting finals in 2 weeks. Needless to say, this break gives me uninterrupted studying without having classes and with the luxury of childcare :)

The boys had a great time at Grandma Cindy and Papa Rick’s house. Carter especially loves their house. They have everything a little boy could dream of….and Carter’s favorite is the tractor! We left Carter with them for a couple days because he loves having one on one time with them. In fact, this trip was Cohen’s first trip to their house, and Carter’s first time having to share grandma and papa. It was very clear who ruled the roost there…”No, baby doe, that’s my tato head”, “No want baby to play with that”, “That’s mine high chair.”, etc.

After a huge feast and some Wii, it was a successful Thanksgiving. We will forever remember Cohen’s first Thanksgiving as the day he started crawling! So, yes, it is official…Cohen is mobile!!