Happy Moon Fest, Thanksgiving etc etc...

When you have a little person who is growing up and becoming very busy, it is difficult to get time on the computer, read your library books and generally do anything that does not include paying your complete attention to your child. I have been thinking of blogging for days now but just haven't had the chance!!!

We had a lovely moon fest and went to the top of the mountain to make our moon wishes, ate moon cakes and celebrated Jack's first birthday. That week we also attended a great dinner with other families who are waiting for their children from China and Vietnam. It was a very nice evening and Annie did very well, sitting in the restaurant for over three hours. Thank goodness we have a child who enjoys food!!!

Here she is in her pretty yellow dress at Jack's birthday party.

Thanksgiving was wonderful and I have to say, it was super to have the time at home to prepare. In years past, Colleen has always prepared the meal but this year, with Shawn and Bob's schedules, we stayed home. Staying home also meant having guests and we had a full table for our evening. I was able to bake apple and pumpkin pies, get all of the vegis done, cook a 25kg turkey with homemade bread stuffing and prepare the homemade cranberries too. I LOVE being at home. I only wish that we had photos of Annie as she sat at the end of the pretty table and looked at all the food around her. She was THRILLED to say the least. Veronica may have some photos but she is so hard to get these days!!! We both now have head colds and the weather has changed to windy and rain but the weekend was lovely. Thank you to Angela and Gary for having us over on Saturday night too. It was a blast.

Here are a few photos of our darling girl to share with family and friends. There are some neat photos of Annie and Shawn playing guitar that I will post on facebook too...

Annie is wearing her Grandpa Ivan's hat. She loves to look at herself in her mirror when she put on "ats".

This is how hard it is to get a photo of Miss. She has her Fu dolly in her carrier but when it came time to take the photo, she came running towards me!!!!! Love the corelle dolls - thank you Auntie Colleen!!!!