Thanksgiving Recap

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We headed down to the beach on Tuesday evening and although it was a really late night, it was so nice to wake up at the beach.  It just feels more relaxed when we get down there.  The weather was warmer than I expected, so Sarah Graves spent our first day in just her diaper!  She was loving life being bare foot in her diaper!  Lovie and Pops brought her walker and she roamed all over while we worked on preparations for our big meal. 

Thanksgiving day was beautiful and warm.  Sarah Graves chose to dine al fresco for breakfast!

Sarah Graves loves to go out on the deck and go "sailing".  This is what Pops calls it when he takes her out and they feel the wind and sail on her "boat", the Watussy.  I'm not sure if her Daddy takes the Watussy out or not, but she was enjoying watching the boats out in the water with him and he was teaching her about the seagulls.

She loves books and Pops was happy to read this one to her. 


Lovie can always get a smile out of her!

Aunt Nay was showing her all the yummy food that we had for our Thanksgiving dinner.

Jeanne' came with her boyfriend, David.  David became Lucy's best friend when he sat and gave her some attention.

We made the tastiest Thanksgiving dinner.  Cornbread dressing and sweet potato casserole are my favorites!  We tried some of Pioneer Woman's recipes and they turned out quite well.  The brined turkey was nice and moist.

Sarah Graves enjoyed some mashed potatoes, turkey, and broccoli for her first Thanksgiving dinner.  This girl loves to eat!
Thanksgiving night, Mom, Jeanne', Jeanne's boyfriend, David, and I headed out to Silver Sands outlet mall to do some shopping.  The stores started opening at 9 PM and were open all night long!  Mom and I drug ourselves home at 5 in the morning!  We had a lot of fun, but I just about passed out on the car ride home.  We shopped for 8 hours without taking a break to eat or drink.  It was like some sort of an athletic event.  I bought some gifts and of course Sarah Graves was a big recipient of the stuff.  You wouldn't believe the people that were out shopping at that hour!  I was surprised and felt sorry for the babies whose parents drug them out in the middle of the night.  I'm glad that Aaron and Sarah Graves could get their sleep while I shopped.  I slept for a few hours while Aaron and my Dad took Sarah Graves (in her pajamas with crazy bedhead) to Home Depot to do some Black Friday shopping of their own!

Saturday we dressed in our LSU gear and cheered our tigers on one more time.  We were very disappointed to see them lose, but with a girl this cute, we weren't sad for long!




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