Gobble Gobble

What a great Thanksgiving holiday this has been. Matt's family, Dana and Rick and Jamie all arrived Wednesday evening...traffic was horrible. We had Miss B down for bed at her regular time and unfortunately Dana couldn't get her hands on her...yet. :) We got things together for Thanksgiving dinner for Thursday so when we woke up I could start cooking the turkey. We just chit-chatted for a while on Wednesday night then went off to bed.

Thursday morning we all got up around 800...well I did anyway. Bayleigh woke up around 530 or 6 in the morning after waking up at 3 so needless to say I was still tired at this very early a.m...not to mention cranky. LOL But after feeding Miss B I went back and snoozed for a little while. Matt and Rick and Dana were up from like 630. So once I was up and had gotten my coffee, my new daily routine and my new best friend, haha, I got all spiff-if-fied and started on my stuffing for the turkey. Dana and Rick started the potatoes while I was working with the turkey...washing it then stuffing it and getting it ready for the oven. I got some green beans going..and Dad, when you read this DON'T FORGET TO TELL GRANDMA THEY CAME OUT JUST LIKE HERS! I have mastered the green beans, but I am not having that much luck still with the butter beans. So I will keep trying..I'll get them one day. Once the turkey was in, we got some other things prepped. Brian, Andrea, and Cole arrived around 12. While waiting on the food, we played a round of golf, card game that is. Love it!

Once there was 1 more hour left for the turkey, we started finishing the food that we had prepped for cooking. Brian and Andrea brought some of Brian's Grandma's cornbread stuffing recipe...really good. I'm going to have to get the recipe one day. They also brought sweet potatoes as well, as Matt had requested those as a personal favorite. :) We had several other dishes to fill our bellies with as well. Everybody loved my turkey. It came out so well. Thanks for the compliments! And loved the green beans as well. Nothing like good ol' country cookin'. Everything was really good from everyone and I am so thankful we got to spend it together. It was hard not being able to see my parents and my family. It gets tough sometimes not being close to be able to see EVERYONE for the holidays. It's rough and that's one of the disadvantages of being in the military, but I can't complain that much b/c being in the military has SO MANY advantages and I am truly grateful for them.

After we were fat and happy, we got ourselves ready for the Cowboys game. They came through with a win...Goooo Cowboys! Cole was so fascinated with his cousin. Wanting to give her kisses and touch her and just look at her constantly. He was soooo funny. Such a character, just like Brian. The funniest thing was when he ran into Bayleigh floor toy thing and it slig shot him backwards and he just looked at us all like "What?". He was soo goofy. Full of energy. Miss B was, as usual, awed over. I just love her. Grandma LOOOOOVES her so much. I swear, I really have it easy. She is such a good baby, easy baby. Easy to please...I think that is a Matt trait as Dana has told me that Matt was just content as can be sitting in the floor. Bayleigh just looked around, talked, SMILED at everyone. She is ALWAYS smiling. And of course, let us know when she was hungry and tired. After Brian, Andrea, and Cole left to go spend some time with Brian's family in La Grange, we sat down and started watching the Texas A&M game. Although they lost, it was still a good game. Rick, I think I'm switching. I have noticed myself starting to lean towards A&M now. I'm sure you are thrilled about that. :)

That evening one of Jamie and Matt's high school friends came to visit us and see Bayleigh. Unfortunately she didn't get to experience the full joys of Miss Bayleigh Boo as I was feeding her b/c it was her bedtime and she was getting fussy. However, after B was done with the bottle and fell asleep, I got to come and hang out with everyone and really meet Megan and her boyfriend Zach. We played poker and taught Dana how to play Texas Hold'em. It was so much fun. After downing a few glasses of wine and beer, we decided to go out for a little bit to hang out...Meg, Zach, Jamie, Matt and I. Matt was DD. It was fun to hang out for a little while.

Today, Matt, Rick and I went golfing. I miss golfing so much. I actually had a good match today, no Rachel Overstreet or anything like that ;), but good for me. My 7 iron and up were pretty much dead on. I hit my 6 iron ok and didn't even bother with the lower ones or my woods. I couldn't drive worth my life, and driving is usually one of my strong plays. I won the "pitching and putting" award according to Matt and Rick. Haha. Rick won the "driving" award and Matt just won the "participation" award. LOL He didn't have a good day. LOL But it was so much fun. And I really didn't lose my temper. Since I can have a VERY short fuse with golf. It definitely can push my buttons, but today I really didn't let myself get that upset. So all in all, good day.

Now we're just at the house, chilaxin :). B is napping in her swing although this is usually the time we are giving her a bath and getting her ready for bed. I'll probably wake her up in a little bit to bathe her and then feed her for the night. Dana and Jamie are out shopping the sales. I know I know...SHOCKER that I didn't got with them. LOL But playing 18 holes of golf, after not playing for 3 months, really wears you out. Later this evening we will be getting out our Christmas tree. I'm SOOO EXCITED! I love to decorate, especially for Christmas. Tomorrow we will be decorating the house. Can't wait. I have SOOOO MANY decorations for Christmas.

I have LOADS of pictures, but I will post them later. I need to upload them on the computer. So keep a look out for them. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Love ya'll!