Jack's First Thanksgiving!

Jack's First Thanksgiving. He loaded up on lots of yummy cereal, formula and oatmeal. Mmmmm!

Ok, I realize it's nearly Christmas and I am just posting pictures of Jack's first Thanksgiving. We've just been so busy. At some point this month I decided to give up the idea of being a super mom. Which means, the blog will not get updated every week, the last 7 lbs of baby weight is still there and Christmas cards are not getting sent this year. Take that perfect moms!! I'm going to try to stay in the moment and enjoy time with Jack instead of worrying about all the things I am SUPPOSED to do. Ahhh.....what a relief!

Anyway, back to Jack. We traveled to California for his first Thanksgiving and Jack got a taste of a true California holiday - it was 88 degrees on Thanksgiving Day. We sat outside and it was gorgeous. He wore shorts and a T-shirt....gotta love Cali! We had a great trip, of course. It's always awesome to spend time with family and friends. Jack had fun with his Mimi and Papa and all 8 of his aunts and uncles. But most precious was his interaction with Marseille. She just ate him up and was so sweet with him. I love seeing them together - they're going to be great pals one day!

It's sad that we don't get to see our families all the time, but times like these leave lasting impressions. Thank goodness for photos, videos....and skype! It's forced the grandparents to get on board with technology. Love it!

Here are some of the fun pictures from our trip to Cali...

Family photo on Jack's first Thanksgiving. He looks thrilled as usual.

Hanging with Uncle Jess and Aunt Donna.

Jen and my beautiful niece Marseille.

The cousins! We forced them to don Christmas Pj's for a photo op since we won't be seeing them at Christmas. They both cried but M recovered quickly. Jack - not so much! We spent the morning opening gifts for the kids which is always fun.

Opening gifts proved to be exhausting for baby Jack.

Jack with his great auntie Marlene. He got passed around all day and was a total trooper!

The boys on feeding duty. We have two kids that absolutely LOVE to eat!

What a hunk! And he knows it. We think he doesn't smile because he's practicing being coy with the ladies.

Baby M with her grammy Delora. We had a really fun family day at my mom's house. Jack got to be with all of his aunts and uncles.

At Dave & Busters with Mimi and Papa.

Uncle Adam was so great with the babies. Who would have thought a 13 year old boy would love babies so much. He's turned into a sweet young man.

With beautiful Auntie Marina.

I can't decide if Jack and Marseille look like the cutest bank robbers ever or funny looking old people.

Jack's first experience in first class. Of course mommy had to give up her seat so he could spread out. As you can see he's quite enjoying himself. Uh oh, we've created a monster!