Thankful

This year as Thanksgiving weekend rolled around it made me realize how thankful I really am. We started out the long weekend on Thursday by having a fantastic dinner at Rob's parents house. The house was full of Petersons, Englers, Dittmans, Hansons and Gelderts. Cooper enjoyed spending time with his Great Grandma who took him down stairs and rocked him where it was quiet. He also got to meet his future fishing buddy Abby who was born a month before him. After leaving the Peterson's I had to drop our dogs off at my parent's house so Cooper and I were able to see my parents and the Duran's as well. Kaylin looked so cute in her Thanksgiving dress. I had Friday off from work so Cooper and I hung out while Rob worked half a day. After being away from him on Wednesday, I have to admit I didn't put him down much. When Rob got home we packed up the truck and headed down south to Freeborn for the night to visit James, Natalie, Jordan and Jake. Jordan was so good with Cooper, he wanted to hold him all the time. Jake helped me feed Cooper and entertained Cooper while I was changing him. It was really good to visit with James and Natalie as well. Especially since the last time we saw them James was still in the hospital recovering from his fall so it was really great to see him up walking around. Saturday on the way home from Freeborn we stopped at the Peterson's again to spend more time with Rob's parents, Grandma and Aunt Di. We played a fun game of Hand and Foot and had another great meal. On Sunday my parents, Christy, Adrian, Kaylin and Brandon came over to our house to watch the Vikings game and visit. We have been trying to get together for all the Vikings games to catch up with each other and see the babies. Of course we had to take pictures of Cooper and Kaylin together, here is one of the kids playing on Cooper's baby Einstein mat.

So even with all the running around it made me realize how lucky we are to have our incredible son, great family and wonderful friends to spend the holidays with.