Sunday, November 30, 2008
Harrell Thanksgiving
On Saturday, we packed up and got ready to head home from a long, but fun filled week with the fam. Michael and Clint broke down the crib and loaded up Michael's truck. Since Lila climbed out of her crib(or should I say JUMP), she has been sleeping in her pack n play. Kim and Clint so graciously have lent us their crib, which looks beautiful in Lila's room. Graham will be sleeping in Lila's old crib until he too climbs out of it. (Let's hope not!!)
Anyway, we celebrated Thanksgiving with the Harrell side of the family on Saturday afternnon. It is never quite long enough, as the girls only got to stay a few hours. :( We did get to eat lots of yummy cookie cake for Carrie's 11th birthday!! I still cannot believe how fast she has grown. I remember going to her 4th birthday that was Santa Claus themed and Baylee was just a baby! Time flies. Carrie got a fun dancing game for her birthday and I totally got my tail kicked in a dance off with her. Yes, I said it. I LOST at DANCING!! I am still blaming it on the stupid mat because I was totally stepping on the arrows when it showed me too. The girls sure put me in my place and I realized I am way older than I think I am in my head. Lila and Rileigh had a lot of fun together. Lila was exhausted from not having a nap. We tried laying her down so she would be in a good mood for her cousins, but she just wasn't having it. She just knew they were out there and she wanted to join! We can't wait until Christmas so we get to see them again soon! Here are some pictures from our day:
I can't help but laugh at this face!
Lila and Rileigh had a lot of fun together. (I know it doesn't look quite that way here, but they were in a trance watching Carrie dance.) We are super jealous of Rileigh's cute pigtails! Here she is all ready for Christmas.
All the girls!
BayBay and Graham. Both her and Carrie are so good with the babies. I think they actually enjoy fighting over who gets to hold him. :)
We tried really hard to get a picture of all the Harrell grand kids, but it isn't easy with 2 1 1/2 year olds and a baby.
One of my absolute favorites! I love these girls!!!
Since the girls had to go home earlier than we expected, we went ahead and decided to leave thinking we could get home at a decent hour. Let me just say...it was NOT a pleasant trip. Just a reminder for you, we were in seperate vehicles. I think we stopped 3 times before we had gone 1 mile to make sure the crib was ok in the back of the truck. We then proceeded to stop another 3 times before determining that all was ok with the crib. Oh yeah...it is POURING down rain! All week my contact had been bothering me, but as we roll in to Knoxville I thought I was going to have to rip it out of my socket in order for it to feel better. Here it was pouring rain, dark, lots of detour traffic, my eye is pouring water, and Graham has woken up screaming hungry! Not fun. I will spare you all the other details, but lets just say it was a LONG trip home. But you know what? It felt so good to get here!
Even Graham was exhausted from the trip and glad to be home. :) Speaking of...he did not do real well nursing this week. It makes me nervous and I just know that something is going on. He screams and cries right after he eats and constantly sounds like he needs to clear his throat.
But you know what? Even with all the drama of trying to get home, I couldn't help but think of all the starving,cold people out there. The fact that I have my family and we have full bellies and plenty of shelter reminded me of just what this season is about. Happy Thanksgiving All!
Anyway, we celebrated Thanksgiving with the Harrell side of the family on Saturday afternnon. It is never quite long enough, as the girls only got to stay a few hours. :( We did get to eat lots of yummy cookie cake for Carrie's 11th birthday!! I still cannot believe how fast she has grown. I remember going to her 4th birthday that was Santa Claus themed and Baylee was just a baby! Time flies. Carrie got a fun dancing game for her birthday and I totally got my tail kicked in a dance off with her. Yes, I said it. I LOST at DANCING!! I am still blaming it on the stupid mat because I was totally stepping on the arrows when it showed me too. The girls sure put me in my place and I realized I am way older than I think I am in my head. Lila and Rileigh had a lot of fun together. Lila was exhausted from not having a nap. We tried laying her down so she would be in a good mood for her cousins, but she just wasn't having it. She just knew they were out there and she wanted to join! We can't wait until Christmas so we get to see them again soon! Here are some pictures from our day:
I can't help but laugh at this face!
Lila and Rileigh had a lot of fun together. (I know it doesn't look quite that way here, but they were in a trance watching Carrie dance.) We are super jealous of Rileigh's cute pigtails! Here she is all ready for Christmas.
All the girls!
BayBay and Graham. Both her and Carrie are so good with the babies. I think they actually enjoy fighting over who gets to hold him. :)
We tried really hard to get a picture of all the Harrell grand kids, but it isn't easy with 2 1 1/2 year olds and a baby.
One of my absolute favorites! I love these girls!!!
Since the girls had to go home earlier than we expected, we went ahead and decided to leave thinking we could get home at a decent hour. Let me just say...it was NOT a pleasant trip. Just a reminder for you, we were in seperate vehicles. I think we stopped 3 times before we had gone 1 mile to make sure the crib was ok in the back of the truck. We then proceeded to stop another 3 times before determining that all was ok with the crib. Oh yeah...it is POURING down rain! All week my contact had been bothering me, but as we roll in to Knoxville I thought I was going to have to rip it out of my socket in order for it to feel better. Here it was pouring rain, dark, lots of detour traffic, my eye is pouring water, and Graham has woken up screaming hungry! Not fun. I will spare you all the other details, but lets just say it was a LONG trip home. But you know what? It felt so good to get here!
Even Graham was exhausted from the trip and glad to be home. :) Speaking of...he did not do real well nursing this week. It makes me nervous and I just know that something is going on. He screams and cries right after he eats and constantly sounds like he needs to clear his throat.
But you know what? Even with all the drama of trying to get home, I couldn't help but think of all the starving,cold people out there. The fact that I have my family and we have full bellies and plenty of shelter reminded me of just what this season is about. Happy Thanksgiving All!
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