BRYNLEE'S FIRST MONTH continued...Thanksgiving

Ok, back to her first month....my dad arrived on Tuesday, November 22nd.  Again, thank goodness my mother-in-law (Mimi) was here because she was able to wait int the car with Brynlee at the airport when I went in to pick up my dad.  Mimi left on Wednesday since it was the week of Thanksgiving, and then Chris and Kendra arrived late Wednesday night/Thursday morning.  So, on Brynlee's first Thanksgiving she had her Grandpa Ransom, Aunt Kendra and Uncle Chris here to celebrate with.

We had a nice Thanksgiving dinner, we had a ham from Honey Baked ham and a small turkey breast with all the fixins!  YUM!  Chris was awesome and put up our Christmas lights outside and tacked a cable for the internet to the baseboards.  He also hung up some pictures that Kendra painted for Brynlee's room (in the picture below).   We kept him nice and busy since we know he can't sit still.  :)  We had some pretty nice weather too, so we were able to take a walk to the park in our neighborhood on Thanksgiving and the boys threw the football around.  Jason was able to get Thanksgiving day off as well as the day after and Saturday (a lot of football was watched!).  Kendra helped me paint a dresser that I ordered for Brynlee's room from IKEA.  It was really cheap and just plain wood color, so we painted it with the left over paint from when we painted the nursery.  Kendra is so crafty and she made it super cute!

My dad left the following Monday or Tuesday (can't remember the exact day...a lot of activity was going on during this time), and Kendra and Chris were able to stay until Thursday, December 1st.   So, Wednesday, November 30th we decided to take a day trip and drive up to the Valley of Fire State Park, which is about 45 minutes north of us.  Brynlee loved car rides, so we were hoping it would work out, and it did.  She slept most of the way and woke up a couple of times while we were there to eat.  She wasn't taking bottles, so we had to pull over and I had to feed her in the back seat, but at least the scenery was nice!