Thanksgiving

The day started off with a delicious breakfast at Grammy's. Mike wasn't feeling well so he stayed home to catch up on sleep. The rest of us watched the parade and just hung out!
Grandma was working hard on this gorgeous blanket!


Mackenzie colored as she watched the " big, big stars!" and other balloons float across the TV screen.
Last year, Mackenzie ( 8 months old) was a crawling machine and had mastered the art of "pulling up" to a standing position.
Fast forward one year, and look what you get!


After Mackenzie's nap, we headed to Northville to spend the afternoon with Aunt Meg, Jenny, Shelly, Aunt Janet, Kathleen, Bruno, G.G. and Grammy. It was a full house overflowing with conversation . It was a very nice time.


Mack and Aunt Meg sharing some pre-dinner hor' devours :

Mike sipping on cider. Isn't he handsome?


Mackenzie was ready for some turkey well before anyone else was!

There! Now that looks like a party!
First to the table and first to finish. Mackenzie was ready to PLAY!

But first she stopped to taste what Aunt Meg had to offer:

After dinner, Aunt Meg showed everyone some super cute video of Chloe crawling. Mackenzie got a front row seat with Grandpa Bruno!


Mackenzie, overly tired and sporting a pretty decent sugar high( see photo below), entertained the crowd of people by singing, counting and acrobatics. She was having a ball and we had to peel her away at 8:00 pm so she could get to bed.
Mackenzie's new pre-bedtime ritual is to wind up the train decoration ( passed down from her daddy) and stare herself, dazed by it, into a ready for bed state:
Although , at the end of a very busy, fun filled day, we all had the same turkey induced stare!