Giving Thanks

We are so thankful this year to have a happy, healthy 10 month old (Brett always rounds up to 11 months when people ask and I get mad at him) who allows us to cart him around everywhere and do things on whatever schedule we feel like for the day.  Today we got up and had breakfast before heading into Hyde Park State Park above Santa Fe.

When we got there, I had some serious doubts about my abilities because there was snow everywhere and because the hike kicked off with a 1000 foot climb in the first mile.  But Augie's spirits were high and that lifted mine and we made it.  After the first climb, we had to pause and take off our outer layers because it was so warm once we got climbing up.  Augie waited patiently.

After our hike, we came home and Augie took a 2.5 hour nap.  Brett and I almost didn't know what to do with ourselves.  When he woke up, we heated up our Whole Foods "Thanksgiving dinner for 2" that was perfect, with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberries, green beans, and dinner rolls.  We finished it off with some individual portions of pie -- I had pecan and dada had apple and Augie and had a little bit of both.

What do you mean, the dinner didn't include pickled herring?

After dinner, things got a little zany (may or may not have resulted from an Augie-daddy wrestling match) we determined we needed to take a family walk.  We walked down to the plaza and back and that just made everything normal again.  Dada read Augie our go-to bedtime book, Goodnight Moon, and Augie turned the pages for him.

We are so thankful for this week that we get to spend together, for our family and friends near and far, and for so much more.  But this year we are especially thankful for our little boy and the joy he brings every day.