Thanksgiving and Madison turns 1

Madison celebrated her 1st birthday on Thanksgiving this year. We had a good laugh at the fact that I had Madison the day before Thanksgiving in 2008, and I had Rylee on October 15th of 2009. Two labors, two hospital visits, two babies in less than a year. I shouldn't have been able to look back at Madison's birth a year later, and have already had another baby. Life throws curve balls some times.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. This was the first time I was cooking most of the meal, including the first time I've roasted a turkey. In the past nine years that we have been married, we have either spent Thanksgiving with my parents or Chris' parents and they have always been the ones that have cooked the meal. This year our friends Lance and Amy Oyler and their kids spent Thanksgiving with us. Amy brought her yummy homemade rolls, pumpkin pie, pear pie, and mashed potatoes. It was a wonderful meal, and my first turkey, sweet potatoes, and stuffing seemed to taste just fine!!

After an afternoon nap, we took the girls for a drive hoping to find some Christmas lights. We found a few houses, but headed back home to have Madison's birthday cake. She went right for the cake before we even had a chance to light the candle. She surprisingly didn't want anything to do with the chocolate cake once she had one taste of it! Ashley helped by blowing out the candle, and then she took the candle and put it in Madison's mouth so Madison could lick the frosting off of it. We had to giggle at that! Then Ashley helped Madison open her presents.

So many things we were thankful for that day, and that we continue to be thankful for.