Food and furniture...a Thanksgiving to remember

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. We spent it in Little Rock with Christian's family. Hadleigh loved every bite of her Thanksgiving meal. She embraced the Thanksgiving weekend tradition of stuffing herself at every meal. She ate everything from ham, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, apples, her first Happy Meal (with apple dippers, of course), shrimp, a quesadilla, chips and salsa, practically an entire bottle of ketchup, ...and that doesn't include her breakfasts and snacks! We had quite an eater on our hands this weekend. In fact, we literally had to pull her away from the table at the Mexican Restaurant we were eating at Saturday afternoon.
After a fun- and food-filled weekend, we had a relaxing day back at home today and enjoyed watching the first snowfall of the year. We went over to a couple's home from church to pick up a table and chair set and rocking chair for Hadleigh. They had bought it for their granddaughter to use at their house and now want Hadleigh to have it. Hadleigh loves her new furniture! We are so grateful to Judy and Bob for their special gift.

The new rocking chair

...and table

"I LOVE bouncing on the bed at Doc's house"

Doc chasing Hadleigh around. She spent most of the day pulling out all of Landon's toys...too bad she doesn't chip in with clean up yet.

On the move---"Where's the turkey?"

"Feed me!"

This is where she hides when she first meets strangers.

The shirt says it all...

Step by step

We can finally and officially say we have a walker. After weeks of taking a few steps here and there, Hadleigh has worked up the courage to stay on her feet long enough to actually get somewhere! She's still a little slow, so if she wants to get somewhere in a hurry, it's back to her knees. I haven't been able to get any video of it (mainly because I don't know how) and it's hard to capture the movement in a picture, but I included one below that shows her getting started. I can't remember why she is crying in this picture, but check out all her teeth! She is close to having a full set of chompers.

Thursday we went to Baby Bookworms at the library and had so much fun. Hadleigh loved the songs and dancing, but her favorite part was digging through the bucket of books and chatting with all her classmates. She has become quite the talker these days. She is the most talkative one in her class at school according to her teachers (she obviously gets that from her dad)!

Saturday night, Christian and I went to a Gala to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association. It was fun to get dressed up (we felt like we were in college again) and have a night out. Thanks to our wonderful sitter, Haley, Hadleigh also had a fun-filled evening.

More Halloween

Here are some pictures from Friday. We went trick or treating on the Square with Scarlett (the skunk) and then Christian and Hadleigh hit the neighborhood for more loot. Her favorite part though was passing out candy to the kids that came to our house (except she didn't want to let go of it most of the time!). In the spirit of the day, I did let her have a sucker but she took one lick and then gave it to Scarlett. We'll see how many more years she'll be willing to share her candy!

Hadleigh showing Daisy all the treats she got.

Our little bumble bee

We had our neighborhood Halloween party this afternoon so here are some shots of Hadleigh in her bumble bee costume. She was a little confused about the whole thing, but she did great keeping it all on, even her floppy antennas. We are working on the sound a bumble bee makes, so maybe by Friday she'll have it down.

Bourbon, tractors, and football...oh my

We spent a fun weekend in Kentucky touring the Maker's Mark Distillery, visiting family, and watching the Hogs lose another game. We stayed on my Uncle Jack's farm so Hadleigh got to experience lots of new activities. She loved riding the tractor, the Mule, but not so much the horse. She did enjoy petting the horses though and was lucky they didn't mind her sticking her finger up their noses. Christian dipping his bottles in the wax...he was a pro.

His dream job...if only they needed a taster

Mom tasting the finished product

"Please, just give me a taste!!!"

The UK dress my mom made for Hadleigh (no, she did NOT wear it to the game). We'll save it for basketball season!

Pops and Hadleigh petting the horses

Her first horseback ride...not a fan yet

Driving the John Deere with Daddy

Jack, CB, and Hadleigh going on a ride on the Mule

Pumpkins, pumpkins, and more pumpkins...

Hadleigh finally got to pick out her pumpkins. She loved touching and climbing on all the pumpkins and especially enjoyed eating the straw from the wagon. It was a beautiful fall day and such a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon!