A California Thanksgiving- Part 3 (Thanksgiving)

I thought I would start this post off with the star of the show, the turkey. I know most blog followers would argue that the star of this show is Jessica but the Turkey only gets one day and she can have all the rest. My mouth is watering just looking at this beautiful bird. My mom always poses with her turkey, she use to dance with it for our amusement.

Joe was sneaking in some football whenever he could.Jessica was the official greeter when the guests started arriving. Here she is greeting Aunt Lindsay.Best greeter ever! Aunt Lindsay held her exactly how she wanted to be held and she rewarded Aunt Lindsay by not screaming and being cute.

Here she is greeting Aunt Mel, my aunt... I don't know what she is for Jessica... great Aunt?

Aunt Mel brought her outside to explore, mommy wouldn't let Jess stay out for too long because it was cold and she had been so congested in the mornings. All the grownups enjoyed some outside time.

There's Scrub, he had a fresh battle wound on his neck from picking a fight with a dog much bigger than him, he's a tough guy.

We went back over to Grandpa Jim's that evening and Jessica showed off the Thanksgiving jumper that her Lady made for her.Bald is Beautiful!

The jumper looked absolutely adorable on her. Thank you Lady!

A California Thanksgiving- Part 2

On Monday Night Grandpa Jim dropped me and little momma off at Mooma and Grandad's house. Jessica got reunited with Mooma and Grandad and I got some awesome pics.Jessica was introduced to Scrub and Oprah behind the safety glass. Oprah is afraid of babies and scrub is afraid of nothing.

Then we went shopping... it's a tradition.

Costco: they have these really stretchy tank tops that are a necessity for nursing. Jessica is modeling the new warm coat that Mooma and Grandad got her.

We met up with Uncle Eric and Shauna for lunch.

She was mesmerized by Uncle Eric... I think it's his cool hair... all the girls are going for that hairstyle these days.

Actually, Mooma woke Jess up right before the food got there so I made her hold her while I ate. We ate at Pasta Productions, cheap and delicious, I highly recommend it.

After lunch we stopped by Target before heading home. Jess was starting to get grumpy because the cold she caught from the airplane was starting to take hold.

I think she likes Christmas so far: lights, shiny decorations, and fun things with bells you put on your head.

Jessica fell asleep in Mooma's arms while I shopped.

It's really too bad they don't make a car seat as comfortable as Mooma. (Jess hates her car seat with a passion!)

When we got home we showed Grandad all the stuff we bought and Jess showed off her new hat that I found in Old Navy.

All this fun and we haven't even gotten to Thanksgiving yet!

A California Thanksgiving- Part 1

This Thanksgiving was spent in California and we spent a week there so we have a ton of pictures. That is why I have to split the blog posts up into several parts that will go in chronological order. Jess and I spent the entire Saturday before Thanksgiving on a plane... that was a very trying time for me. Luckily we made it to California in one piece, except for the fact that Jess caught her first cold (tons of snot and a low grade fever). Grandpa Jim picked us up at the airport Saturday night. Sunday afternoon we drove over to Grandma Kari's mom and dad's house so Jessica could meet her new cousin, Audrianna. Grandma Kari's youngest son, Michael, is Audrianna's daddy. Jessica was very pleased to meet a baby smaller than her. We had to watch Jessica's little grabby hands while they were on the floor together. I like the group shots we got of Grandma Kari holding Audrianna and Grandpa Jim holding Jessica.

We took several shots because it was hard to get them all to look in the same direction at the same time. Except for Audrianna, she slept like a little angel.Do you see all that hair! I just had to put my fingers in it, Audrianna is gifted in the hair department. It's kinda funny that Grandma Kari and Audrianna have hair and Jess and Grandpa Jim do not... the haves and the have nots.Grandpa Jim and Jessica spent as much time catching up as possible. She wouldn't take a bottle so that robbed Grandpa of some precious one on one time... we're working on the bottle thing.

Those hands are either clasped together, in her mouth or both. Here they are both... and I believe that's why she got a cold this trip.Grandpa Jim showed Jessica a new toy, she studied it for a while.Grandpa introduced Jess to bananas...

Jess introduced the bananas to her bib.After the bananas a bath was a necessity.

Then she has to be moisturized with Aquaphor which is almost as pleasant as the bath. It's putting on clothes that really makes her angry... almost as angry as tummy time. The only time she will tolerate tummy time is when she is already in a good mood and naked.

Tummy time is getting old so she is trying to turn over. That's it for this post folks!