Happy Belated Thanksgiving

This post is a little late but we had such a great Thanksgiving and have so so so much to be grateful for. Ryan's sister Camille came to visit and we ate at my Bro's house. I cooked the turkey for the first time this year. It turned out okay but my gravy was not so good. Sorry guys.It was a fun day full of food, games and watching "Hancock."

I love holidays. It is so great to just relax. I just realized that Hayden isn't in any of the pictures I took. She was there, I promise.

We went out shopping on Black Friday. We're not really dedicated shoppers, though. We left the house about 8 so we still got to sleep in a bit.

Hayden had a great time with Camille here. She loves all of the extra attention and did her best to keep Camille busy.

We hope you all had an awesome Thanksgiving too!

Twilight at Midnight

Yep, that's right I went with my mom and Shylo to see Twilight at midnight on Thursday. Us and a bunch of middle school girls. We got to the theater at 10 that night expecting to wait in line in the lobby. But, I made the mistake of getting us tickets at the ghetto theater so we had to wait in line outside. Yes, we waited for almost 2 hours in below freezing weather. I really think I was reaching points of hypothermia by the time they let us in. I wanted to get a picture of Shylo huddled on the ground trying to rub some feeling back into her toes, but I couldn't feel my fingers well enough to get my camera out of my purse. We eventually made it inside and got to see the movie. I thought it was ok but I was a little disappointed. I want to see it again to see if maybe I was too concentrated on thawing out and missed the greatness of the movie. Maybe when it hits a Redbox near me....

Can I just say, I love the fact that I have a mom that will go to a midnight showing of a movie based on a book that she didn't really even like......what a fun mom!!

Anika's Big Day

My niece Anika was baptized yesterday. It was such a great event. It was awesome to see how excited she was. It was also awesome to see my brother baptize and confirm her. We're so proud of her. Congratualtions Anika!

Bye Mom

My mom went home today. So sad! We had a great time having her here and she helped out so much. Hayden absolutely loves her and would yell "Grammy" when she couldn't find her. Thanks for coming to visit mom. Thanks to my dad too for parting with her for 3 weeks. We missed having him here but appreciate his willingness to be single for a while. We love you both!

Hayden loved my mom's purse. She carried it around everywhere. We went to the dollar store and my mom got Hayden her own little purse with sunglasses, a comb and chapstick. Hayden wanted nothing to do with it. She only wanted Grammy's purse. Now that my mom's purse is gone, Hayden has been more excited about her own.

Aquarium Fun and other stuff too

Hayden is loving having Grammy here. Grammy is so fun. She plays games with Hayden, gives her treats, bathes here, holds her....... the list goes on. I'll admit it, it's been nice for me too :)

The Shedd Aquarium in downtown Chicago is free a bunch of days this month. Ryan had Tuesday off and my mom has never been so we headed down. It was so fun! The really cool stuff like the dolphins and whales weren't free so we just saw fish, but it was still great. All of the museums in Chicago are awesome.

This was Hayden's favorite part. They had this canoe out for kids to play in and she thought it was the greatest thing.

Ryan had fun showing Hayden all the different kinds of fish.
This was my favorite. The pictures bad because you can't use flash there. So, if you can't tell, it's a whacked out seahorse. So cool....

Then on Friday night my niece and nephew slept over. Hayden loves her cousins. She was asleep when they came on Friday but she was so excited to see them there when she woke up. Good times...

8's Tag

Ok, so I have seen this on a lot of your blogs, but Tiffini tagged me so I'm doing it too.

8 Things...

8 TV shows I like to watch
The Office
King of Queens
The Biggest Loser
Family Feud
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Chuck
Ellen
The Bonnie Hunt Show

8 Things that happened yesterday
Lost my car keys
Went Grocery Shopping
Watched T.V.
Made Meatloaf (it's good, I promise)
Watched Kung Fu Panda
Played with Hayden
Hung out with my Mom
Watched the CMA's

8 Favorite Places to Eat
Olive Garden
Buffalo Wild Wings
Jimmy Johns
Giordanos
Tacos El Norte
Applebees
Chilis
Walker Brothers

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To
Going to bed
The Twilight Movie
Going to see The Secret Life of Bees with my mom and sister in law
Christmas
Playing with Hayden tomorrow
Christmas shopping
The weekend because Ryan's home
Did I say Going to Bed

8 Things on my Wish List
Go to Hawaii
Go to the Caribbean
Go to any place that's warm (it's freezing here!)
A new Car
A trip to Utah to visit everyone
Rock Band for our Wii
A new wardrobe
The new Taylor Swift CD

8 people I Tag
Anyone who wants to :)

Goings on

Ryan's home! Hurray! He got home this afternoon and I am so glad. Hayden was very excited to see her Daddy. She wanted him to hold her and followed him around. She loves him so much and we both missed him a ton.

Ryan had to miss Hayden's first real Halloween. So sad, because she was adorable. She was such a cute cat. We went trick or treating with some friends in their neighborhood.She wasn't so sure about trick or treating. She made me grab the candy for her until the last 2 houses and then she was so excited to pick something out herself. We went back to our friends house for some chili. It was a fun Halloween and I loved taking Hayden trick or treating.

My mom came to help me while Ryan was away. It was fun having her here for Halloween. Hayden just loves her. They have been having fun together. She is here for 2 more weeks so we're getting a good visit in.

Wednesday was my last day of work. Thank goodness. It was absolute craziness around here with me working and I am loving just being home. Hopefully things will get back to normal around here, we'll see.

I realize Hayden has a binky in her mouth in every picture.....deal with it :)