Thanksgiving!

Our Thanksgiving celebrations were pretty spastic and I think the pictures that I ended up taking reflect that well.
The morning started nice and slow, Max was off of work and Charlie slept in so that meant we all got to sleep in, always a pleasure!
Then the busy day started...
We of course wanted to get together and at least say hi to all our family members in the area which is a lot. We planned to have dinner and pie at my Red Grandmas. Traditionally we have pie first, around 1 pm. That way, we definitely have room for it.  So we got to my Grandma's around 2 and ate some pie. It would still be a couple hours before dinner was ready so we jumped in the car to drop Justin off at Max's parent's house and wish them a happy Thanksgiving. We then scurried on over to my Green Grandma's house to say hi. I especially wanted to stop by here because some cousins were there that we don't get to see very often.

This is when I remembered I had a camera...
We woke Charlie up from his car seat nap and went inside to have a quick visit before they started their Turkey dinner there.

 My cousin Andrew has 5 sisters so he always gets super excited to play with Charlie

My youngest cousin, Catherine. I think she is about 18 months and she was still tiny last time I saw her!

When they were all sitting down to dinner we left to go back to my Red Grandma's for dinner. The tables were just being set and the food was ready. We kinda felt lame because we didn't prepare any food (there was already too much anyway) and he didn't help with any prep. We just showed up and ate. Some day I'll be a grown up and take more responsibility.

We were able to stay and play for awhile after dinner which was nice. Charlie had some fun times with his second cousins and all of Grandma's many fun toys.  

Charlie and Evan played Grandma's organ together 

After it got late we headed home, picking up Justin on our way.

The next day Max had to go to work for a little bit, he luckily got a decent raise at work so he has enjoyed spending more hours there. When he got home we made some plans to do some Black Friday shopping! We may have gone a little more overboard than usual, needless to say, I'm writing this blog on a new laptop. We also got a new vacuum because our old cheap one officially died. Anyway, new stuff is always exciting. This also means that we already got our Christmas presents. haha!

The next day (Saturday) we had a Thanksgiving celebration at Max's uncle Jay's house with that side of the family.

Thanks to some amazing organization (thank you Lisa) we had a very filling meal. Charlie had a blast with his cousins even though they are a bit older than him.

I think Auntie Lisa taught him this cheesy face because he kept doing it after she had taken a bunch of pictures of him!

Shadow. I think this weight bench was the favorite toy for all the kids. Oh the home of a bachelor. 

 And that is my baby belly at 22.5 weeks. Also, this is Charlie's old bedroom!

Jordan and Mitch

Mitch and Grandma...and Charlie falling down the stairs

I saved him!

Max and his mom. 

Alright, that was the extent of it, we got away with only two full meals when I'm sure we could have had more. We really do have so much to be Thankful for. Even though it is such a busy time of year, it is truly wonderful that we are able to see so many family members and that Charlie can really know his cousins and second cousins while growing up. We are blessed.