What's Up With the David's: Dylan's First Thanksgiving!

We celebrated Dylan's first Thanksgiving at my sister's home in Carlsbad. I was a beautiful 74 degree fall day at the beach - a perfect first holiday for our little princess! We decided to skip the big Barber family dinner and chose an intimate and relaxing affair with just 14 of us. We definitely missed our extended family but Dylan isn't a fan of crowds so this was just the right size celebration for her first big holiday.

My sister set a beautiful table and we all made something delicious for the feast. Everything was scrumptious! The highlight of our day was watching Lady D eat sweet potatoes for the first time. After a week of rice cereal I know she was excited about a little flavor. She devoured it, of course! And during dinner we all expressed what we were thankful for. Family, faith and health were at the top of everyone's list and I couldn't agree more. Just knowing all I have all of these amazing people in my corner is all I really need.

I am so thankful for these four souls...

Me and my man in a rare kid-free photo...

We were so happy to have Obed's aunt and cousin visiting from New Mexico...

Obed and his mom Ofelia...

Our lovely hostess and her beautiful dinner table...

Even the kiddos got to sit at a fancy table. Too bad Jack couldn't make a fancy face...

Dylan was all smiles in anticipation of her first taste of real food...

Ok, so that Thanksgiving bib has been passed down from when Jack was a baby, so I just had to hunt for pictures of the boys wearing it. Here is Jack at 4 months. You can definitely see the resemblance but Dylan has a rounder face...

And Gavin at 2 months. Its funny because lately I have been feeling like Dylan is looking more like Gav and when I look at this picture I absolutely see their similarities. But Gavin has always had such a smaller head that Jack and Dylan's giant pumpkins...

First bite! She's seriously looking at me like I'm crazy...

But then those sweet potatoes hit her lips and she was all in...

Yummo! Keep it coming mom...

I LOVE this picture. Her face is absolutely priceless. Lately we've been calling her Queen Serious(remember Jack was Captain Serious!). She's a total ham at home but as soon as she sees a stranger she shuts down. They literally need to do somersaults to make her laugh. But in all fairness to her, she actually made this face because the camera flash was bothering her. Regardless, its still hilarious and very fitting to her personality sometimes. I think she's storing some potatoes in those cheeks...