Technically My Second Thanksgiving

As you probably know, I was born on Thanksgiving day last year, so technically this was my second thanksgiving. I, however, would like to count this year as my first Thanksgiving. Let’s be honest, I wasn’t really with it last year on Thanksgiving. I had just decided to come into this world and did not expect there to be so much action and activity all around me. I don’t think I even realized I was a part of this world until I was at least 3 weeks old and finally figured out I could do something besides eat, sleep and poop.

Based on everything that Mom and Dad have told me about Thanksgiving, it seems to be a pretty awesome holiday - You get to spend time with your family, talk about why you love each other so much and why you are so thankful for all the blessings in your life, all while eat a lot of amazing food. We had so much fun down in Texas this year that I’d really like to remember this as my first Thanksgiving. So I will from now on refer to Thanksgiving 2011 as my first REAL Thanksgiving.

So what did we do? We flew down to Texas for 6 whole days with Grandma & Grandpa Stoltz, Uncle Joe and Maggie the DOG (yes, I am even more in love with dogs now)!!! I was especially excited to see Uncle Joe as he lives in Colorado and we don’t make it out there too often. He and I had a great time playing with my toys and with Maggie and I’m so happy we were all together. We couldn’t actually get in the pool as the heater broke the day we got there, but I was still allowed to lean over the edge (don’t worry, I was fully supervised, I know not to go by a pool on my own) and splash around. Grandma also bought me a walker so I could cruse around the house and patio as fast and as often as I wanted. I am super fast and Uncle Joe says I should start considering professional race car driving for the future.

 I also participated in all the Thanksgiving preparations. While I didn’t eat any turkey, I watched in awe as it was prepared for the deep fryer – it looked bigger than me! But don’t be fooled, I still had about 5 pounds on it. Then we prepared all the sides, which I did eat – sweet potatoes, mash potatoes, corn casserole, and stuffing. YUM! We accidently forgot a green vegetable (but I don’t think anyone minded).  We spent the whole day together as a family talking, laughing, cooking, cleaning and chilling. We talked about all our relatives that weren’t there and how thankful we are to be surrounded by such a loving family. I was so happy and I am already looking forward to my second thanksgiving next year!