Thursday was my Birthday! It was fun to be home for my Birthday and we had a big day planned. First David and I went to Shady Maple Smorgasbord, a big breakfast buffet place about twenty minutes down the road. I do not use the word big lightly, they have special parking places for buses. We left Emily and Haley home with Mimi, Kelly and Kimi who were visiting. The girls were in good hands, Haley played with Clark and Emily could play with Ellie! David and I had a nice breakfast and then came back home. We were only home for about thirty minutes before we headed out again. Grandma and Grandpa came by and visited for a while and then David and I left with Emily to go see the movie the Hobbit. I left a bottle for Emily during our breakfast but she would not take any of it so we decided to just take her along to the movie and hope for the best.
It ended up working out wonderfully! Emily slept the entire three hour movie. I fed her a little bit at the beginning and then she snoozed nicely in my arms the rest of the time. It was kind of nice watching a movie and holding my little baby. Emily definitely sleeps well in the dark and doesn't mind noise at all. After the movie David and I headed home where we were greeted by the Brust family! They had arrived from Chicago while we were gone. Haley had just woken up from her nap and was playing with Calla, Kelsey, and Clark. We visited and watched the kids play until dinner.
The Fentons and Mountzs joined all of us for my Birthday dinner at the house. Mom made some delicious chicken and rice and Kimberly contributed a green bean casserole, one of my favorite sides ever. Mom also made a chocolate torte for my Birthday cake, it was amazing. After dinner I opened gifts and we all talked and watched the cousins play. It turned out to be a really great Birthday and we ended the night with our customary game of Settlers. Dad won, I thought it was mean of him not to let the Birthday girl win.
TODAY our little family ended up sleeping in until 9:30. It was kind of overcast and our room was pretty dark so I thought it was super early but it obviously wasn't. David took a shower and gave Haley a bath and then we all went downstairs for breakfast. All of us except Emily that is, she slept in until past ten. Kelly and Clark and Kimi and Ellie came over to hang out in the morning, it gets pretty noisy around here when all seven grandkids are here! David, Kelly, and I left Clark and Haley with Carly and took Emily along with us to the outlets. It was super nice to shop in peace, we got around those stores so fast! I finished my Christmas shopping for David and Caleb and David finished his shopping for me. Emily slept for the first part and then I put her in the bjorn until it was time to go.
When we got home Haley was still napping. We basically spent the rest of the day visiting and watching the cousins play. Jonathan and David made chicken and beef tacos for dinner which were super good. Haley ate a bunch of cheese and chips and that was about it. After dinner the boys went to play video games at the Mountz's house and the rest of us played with the kids and then put them to bed. Then we wrapped presents and played a game of Settlers. Dad won again, it's his third win in a row!
Haleyism:
Haley loves playing with her cousins, sometimes she is a bit of a bully. We think she's trying to make up for her short stature by acting tough.
Emilyism:
Emily has been sleeping great here so far!
Sorry it is late so I just uploaded this video:
Pops and Haley
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