Happy Thanksgiving!!

On this special holiday of giving thanks, I would just like to take a minute to praise the Lord for all of His good and perfect gifts. God has given me so much to be thankful for that I don't even know where to begin. I'm so thankful for my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, a loving and supportive church, the best husband in the world, a healthy wonderful daughter, the best family and in-laws anyone could ask for, my Grams, true friends who have stuck with me through everything, health, life, Brian's job, our home, having enough food, caring neighbors, and the list could go on for days! We had a fantastic Thanksgiving with family and friends, and I hope everyone else had the best Thanksgiving yet!! I'd love to hear from you, what are you thankful for?

From my family to yours, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

SOOO BIG!!!!

My Gram was sweet enough to come visit us again this last week, and we had such a fantastic week! My mom and Gram wanted to keep Hopey for a sleepover on Wednesday night, so they tried to teach her something to show me the next day. They would ask Hopey, "How big is Hopey?" And then they would raise their hands above their heads and say, "SOOO Big!!!!" Well, of course she thought this was hilarious and caught on to the game immediately! This is a video I took of her showing off her new game at Olive Garden over the weekend!

St. Louis Weekend

WHEW!!!!! What a crazy weekend!!! Hopey got to meet her great-grandma Schell for the first time on Saturday! We left for St. Louis Friday afternoon, and Hopey decided to scream for us all the way there...it was so beautiful... Anyway, once we got to the hotel, Hopey decided to let all of the guests hear how lovely her scream really is. She ended up sleeping for a couple of hours that night, but she was up bright and early to begin her chorus of screams again. We finally figured out that she was having tummy trouble again, gave her some medicine, and she was an angel for the rest of the weekend! On Saturday, we headed over to my grandma's house so that Hopey could finally meet her other great-grandma. Those two hit it off instantly, and it was such a super day!

Of course we had to have our four generations picture, so here it is! By the way, many people thought I had given up on my contacts because I've been wearing my glasses so often lately, but I didn't. I've had an eye infection for weeks now, and it just won't go away!!

Saturday evening, we got to meet up with the whole Schell "gang", and we had such a fantastic night! All of the babies got to play together, and I got to catch up with my wonderful cousins and uncles!

We got home Sunday evening, and Hopey was a mess from no sleep, so we tried to put her down for a very late nap. I heard her in her room talking and giggling up a storm, so I peaked in at her, and this is what I found! She just learned how to pull herself up tonight!! I thought it was so cute, but then I realized it might be time to move the mattress down! Anyway, we had a really wonderful weekend with our awesome family, but I really need to get myself to bed! Have a super week!!

Our Little Gingerbread Gal

Hopey had a fantastic first Halloween! Well, I kind of take that back, she absolutely HATED her costume, but I loved it!! :) She wouldn't give us a smile all night!! This is our little gingerbread gal!!!

We took her trick or treating in our neighborhood, and then out to my parent's house to see a few friends.

Brian's parents stopped by to see how the costume turned out. Grandma brought Hopey a toy treat so that she wouldn't feel left out when everyone was getting lots of candy!

I think the night was very succesful! Brian and I went to bed sick from eating all of Hopey's candy, and she went to bed without her costume on! We all won!! Next year will be even better when she can walk!!