Thanksgiving & Black Friday

Hayden's 1st Thanksgiving was very nice & quiet. It was just our little family so we just enjoyed a quiet day & had dinner. We were invited to have dinner with some friends which wasn't until later in the evening so we did go join them for awhile. Rya wanted to go home shortly after we arrived so I took the kids home. Garyn came home & enjoyed dessert with me. My peanut butter chocolate pies were amazing!! I'm so proud of myself! We also took one to our friend's place. They also said it was delicious! We finished the day with family time at home, watching movies & munching on leftovers. Hayden's 1st Thanksgiving was also his 6month mark. Our little man is now 6months old!

We decided to go shopping on Black Friday this year. We really enjoy doing it but we've only been able to go once back in 2007. We were supposed to have someone come over on Thursday evening & spend the night so Garyn & I could get up at 4am & go shopping & not have to worry about waking up the kids. That person cancelled on us. We still decided we'd go so we woke up at 3:45am but changed our minds because it was really cold outside & the kids were sleeping so good. Rya woke up on her own at 4:00am & Hayden shortly after so we decided to go anyway. I got both kids bundled up very warm & Garyn went out to start the car. We went to Target 1st. It wasn't as crowded as I thought it'd be. We got a great parking spot & both kids were in a great mood! At Target we found a hair dryer for me, a shave set for Garyn, an awesome picture frame set & an adorable beanie for Rya! The sales were pretty good! Walmart was next on our stop list. There we got Mermaid Barbie Doll & Tinkerbell table & chairs set for Rya for Christmas & a few other little things. Time to run home & change the kids & drop off a few things. We headed back out & got Dunkin Donuts. Then we went out to Toys R Us. Their sales were terrible! We did find some great outfits for Hayden on clearance. We went to get in line but when we got up to the front, there was an employee directing people who wanted to check, we'd have to go all the way around the store (which wouldn't have been easy) so we decided that it wasn't worth it, put everything back & left. We heard that 2 of the bike shops in town were going to have some good sales so we went to both of those but they weren't having any sales. We decided that our Black Friday shopping trip was a huge success & time to go home. Rya & Hayden did great on their 1st Black Friday! They'll have to keep up with Mommy & Daddy! We knew Rya & Hayden would sleep well tonight & they did!