Thanksgiving

The month of November was a crazy one for us this year! My mom and stepdad usually come to NC for Thanksgiving. This year they couldn't be here so they came down to visit the week before the holiday. My mother in law who usually watches Mason had a wedding that week so my mom came down to help watch Mason during the week.  Both my mom and I worked for home for three days and man did Mason keep us on our toes.  He was in to everything and constantly on the move.  I think I got most of my work done during naps and after he went to bed at night!

For Thanksgiving my dad, his cousin David, and my stepmom came down to NC.  I made dinner at my house for them, my inlaws, and some friends. There were 15 people in total which was crazy! Everyone helped make dinner a success and it was very good. Kurt usually has to work Thanksgiving night but this was the first year he didn't.  He was able to help a lot with the turkeys and we didn't really have to rush to eat.  Here are some pictures of Mason on Thanksgiving.

 Watching the Thanksgiving Day parade. 

My favorite part of Thanksgiving is Black Friday shopping. This year I was determined to get to Concord Mills at midnight to get Mason some clothes at the Children's Place. But then I found out that Toys R Us was opening at 9pm Thanksgiving night. Unfortunately I had a terrible headache all day on Thursday so I really wasn't up for shopping. My stepsister and I went to Toys R Us at 930ish and the place was PACKED!  There were like 250 people in line and they were only letting people in the store in groups.  I was not in the mood to deal with that crap so we left. I ended up going to bed early and then woke up at 5am and couldn't go back to sleep.  At this point I was like I could just go shopping now.....and that is what I did. The malls were not crowded at all!  I was able to walk right up and pay for things without standing in line. 

Wow there is a lot of updating to do. I will finish the other entries tomorrow night!