It’s weird to think about, but this has been our first Thanksgiving home in six years! Even though it was different being home instead of out of town celebrating our anniversary, different is sometimes even better…
We had Sloan’s newborn photos the day before Thanksgiving. She was snoozing the majority of the time and I am hoping the photographer captured a few with her eyes open. I still have to wake her up to eat at night. Poor thing hates to be disturbed while she is zoned out, but the girl has got to beef up!
Thursday we elected to stay home for Thanksgiving day. We were planning on going to the Hendo cabin for dinner, but with 25 grandkids we figured it would be smarter to stay home and stay healthy. But we weren’t alone the whole day. My parents, brother, and sister-in-law came to visit us for lunch. We had pizza and picked our way through the Black Friday adds.
That afternoon Sloan and I cooked Thanksgiving dinner. I was elated that I didn’t mess everything up for our first Thanksgiving as a family of three. Granted that the stuffing was Stovetop and we ate with Cafe Rio silverware…but we are calling it a victory because nothing was burned or tasted foul!
Even the pie, which I had to battle for at the grocery store because it was the LAST one, turned out ok!
Zach’s sister dropped of this hilarious onesie before dinner. So thanks to Lori, my daughter was festive for her very first holiday.
Friday I ventured to Target for a little bargain shopping, but wasn’t looking for anything in particular and left with sheets. Like we need another pair of neutral sheets around this house…
Zach spent his day off from work snowboarding at Park City. He put his new pole [his “new dad” gift he asked for] to good use in the park.
Saturday we got our family Christmas card photos taken by the sweet and talented Erin Burk. She was so sweet to put up with us and our (ok, this was MY idea, Zach was not so into it) theme for the card. I can’t wait to see how they turned out!
Later that night Zach took Sloan and I to Em’s Restaurant up by the capital. It was my first time and it did not disappoint. It is such a cute and quiet restaurant. Sloan slumbered next to me in her car seat the entire time. It was the perfect place to take her out with us. There were only a few other groups at the restaurant. Two out of the four tables asked to come see her. The reaction we got when they realized she was just two weeks old was pretty hilarious. People find it very odd that Zach and I are taking her with us everywhere, but we figure that WE are goers…so Sloan is going to have to keep up eventually.
I am so grateful for so many things this holiday. The support from our family and friends throughout this whole process welcoming Sloan into our family has completely floored me. I am so lucky to have my husband. He is such an incredible partner and parent already. I am beyond blessed to have an angel in our home every day. She doesn’t always smell like an angel, but everything else is heavenly. Sloan has made the two of us a real eternal family, and for that I will never be able to repay her. She is our little BFF already and I can’t wait to share more experiences with her and make millions of memories.