Thanksgiving is over and it was a nice time this year. I was going to post this whole thing about everything I am thankful for, but the week and weekend got away from me and here it is December 2nd and I never did. So every year, I try to work thanksgiving because I really like to be off for Christmas. It's always been my favorite holiday and my parents always have this really awesome open house on Christmas eve that I cannot miss. FYI, Alex and Charlie are Jewish so we celebrate Hanukkah, but we also do Christmas. Charlie is one of those "lucky" kids. Sooooo, long story short, I worked Wednesday and Thursday nights of thanksgiving. I didn't mind, the preemies were well behaved, and we all brought in some food to eat Thursday night...I made home made mac and cheese which was really yummy. My mom came and picked Charlie and Alex up Thursday morning so they could hang out at their house while I slept all day Thursday. I got out of work Friday morning and found that my car (named Ben) was broken into. I was so bummed and so annoyed. The person smashed the back window and stole my cell phone (who knew that pink was a popular color for thiefs) and my favorite Ralph Lauren sunglasses and a bunch of quarters. Two hours, a police report and some fingerprints later, I was frozen solid and so tired! 
I went home and crashed for a few hours and then taped Ben up and drove to Downingtown to be with my family. Charlie had a blast making cookies with tutu (my mom), and Alex was able to watch some football.
Charlie putting sprinkles on the cookies...
So proud of his creations! He's been very excited to make cookies...we've made them a few times at our house and he's very patient and quite helpful!
Charlie wearing Grandpa's light. My dad uses this to see in the attic. Charlie loved wearing it around their house! My parents also set up a large area in their basement with lots of play things for the kids. It's all kid friendly and full of lots of fun things. Charlie had a great time going down there by himself and playing and doing his own thing...we loved it too!
Mommy and her boy. I was lucky enough to have a wonderful dinner made for me last Monday. Alex made me some amazing portobello mushrooms, a wonderful salad, and coconut shrimp. He also made some yummy fruit cups with whipped cream for dessert. It was very nice to have dinner made for me and I really appreciated all of the work he put into the dinner! When I asked him to make dinner one night, I was thinking spaghetti or boxed mac and cheese...anything as long as I didn't have to make it!
I went home and crashed for a few hours and then taped Ben up and drove to Downingtown to be with my family. Charlie had a blast making cookies with tutu (my mom), and Alex was able to watch some football. 
Charlie putting sprinkles on the cookies...
So proud of his creations! He's been very excited to make cookies...we've made them a few times at our house and he's very patient and quite helpful!
Charlie wearing Grandpa's light. My dad uses this to see in the attic. Charlie loved wearing it around their house! My parents also set up a large area in their basement with lots of play things for the kids. It's all kid friendly and full of lots of fun things. Charlie had a great time going down there by himself and playing and doing his own thing...we loved it too! 
Mommy and her boy. I was lucky enough to have a wonderful dinner made for me last Monday. Alex made me some amazing portobello mushrooms, a wonderful salad, and coconut shrimp. He also made some yummy fruit cups with whipped cream for dessert. It was very nice to have dinner made for me and I really appreciated all of the work he put into the dinner! When I asked him to make dinner one night, I was thinking spaghetti or boxed mac and cheese...anything as long as I didn't have to make it! Everything with the pregnancy is going well. Last Monday night and Tuesday, I was having lots of contractions and pains that had me pretty worried. I am only 21 weeks and was nervous...so I went to the hospital to get checked out. I am so afraid to miss any warning signs...things with Charlie were so unexpected I feel like there was something I should have noticed that was wrong. So anyway, everything checked out fine. I was having contractions but they weren't causing any changes or dilation so I went home happy to know that everything was fine. The NP who came in to see me at the end made me feel like a complete moron and pissed me off so much I would have liked to have told her off...but there's no reason to bring all of that up. The baby is fine and for that, I am grateful!
Speaking of grateful, this year I am grateful for: my parents who are so generous and so helpful and so wonderful, my husband who loves me more than anything and treats me like a princess even when I don't deserve it, my little Charlie Bear who holds my hand and tells me he "lubs" me daily, the fact that Charlie's asthma has improved drastically this year, extra time with my hubby the past several months...even though it's because he lost his job, we are fine and I've had him around alot more which is fantastic, my pregnancy and the fact that I was able to conceive so easily...I see and know so many people who are not so lucky so I am very grateful for this, and I am thankful for the new direction this country is headed...and am looking forward to the future of the United States!
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