Gobble Gobble

Gobble Gobble, Y'all!

Stella celebrated her second Thanksgiving with the Burns family in Seattle. We had a wonderfully relaxed time visiting with family, gorging on all things tasty and watching Stella have a ball with all her big girl cousins.

And what would any holiday - or day for that matter - be without coloring. Stella was in heaven drawing with her cousins and camping out in the hallway with a big tin of crayons.

The day after Thanksgiving, the Burnslers and McIntosh clans headed down to Grandma's showroom to help her do a final pack and clean before she officially retires on Monday. (Congratulations, Grandma! Cheers to twenty three years of Country Charm. Now it's time to play!) Despite feeling pretty darn whooped from all the Turkey Day festivities, Stella was a trooper, helping to sweep and ride the cart with Hannah and Amelia.

I can tell we're getting used to having Stella around these days. We're taking a lot fewer photos in general. We looked back at last Thanksgiving's photo file, and it was ridiculously enormous. Totally ridiculous. This year, we snapped a few shots (not enough, really) and continued enjoying ourselves. I'm actually sort of pleased by this development. It means we're back to enjoying ourselves in the moment. (It also means Stella keeps us much busier these days and we have little time to grab the camera.)