to be thankful

thanksgiving was spent with some extended gerbick family near strongsville. wes' grandma gerbick was there...all 94 years of her. here is a picture of her holding her namesake, amelia anne (anne is her name, which is millie's middle name). she really enjoyed holding her & playing with both of the girls.

here is wes' second cousin, david, at the computer helping his granddaughter, maggie (older girl) & addy carve a pumpkin & cut out a snowflake on the computer. this was very exciting times for the little ones!

amelia riding her own personal dog.

millie & mama on thanksgiving. i tried several times to get the 'baby's first thanksgiving' bib on her during a thanksgiving meal...we went to three of them! so i would wash it & have it all ready in the diaper bag...then wes would pull it out in the middle of the night or something like that & use it during a feeding. so she never got to wear that bib on thanksgiving or during a thanksgiving meal. go figure.

i was going to do a little ditty about thankful things, but wes is grumpy this morning & it's now making me grumpy. so i guess i should be thankful that we're at least agreeing to keep the girls home from church (b/c of addy's constant cold & amelia's stuffy nose & constant vomit & some diarrhea...lots of bodily fluids going around here).

the main thing i'm thankful for is wes...he is really the cat's meow when it comes to fathering & being a husband. he always says things like 'i'm too selfish to be a good parent' but that is probably the furthest from the truth. he will give up his sleep in a moment to soothe a crying little lady (whereas i lay in bed for a minute or two praying that jesus' angels will somehow come & soothe the crier back to sleep...hasn't happened yet, but i can still hope!)...he will come home at lunch to spend time with us & sometimes help me get adeline down for a nap...he puts up with my pessimistic attitude & morning grogginess & knows me so well. it's just comforting to be with someone this giving & sweet natured. and he makes great beer. that's always a perk.