Refugee Thanksgiving!

This turned out to be a very nice Thanksgiving. :) I knew I really wanted to have it at home, but a couple weeks ago I got to thinking how small it would seen with just the three of us. Then I realized there are lots of families in the same boat, so asked a couple families to share it with us who also have no extended family in the area. It turned out great for me as they were more that happy to bring a few dishes each, so I ended up having it pretty easy as far as cooking! Good thing since I ended up nauseous most of the day. I was really bummed about that as I am exactly 12 weeks and was hoping it would be mostly gone by now.

My table! So the chairs don't match, but I got to use my china and stemware for a group for the first time! Ron and I have used it several times, but it was nice to give it the kind of use it should have haha. I even got black melamine plates for the kids so they would match, and I looked up a fancy napkin folding online haha.The knife wielder! Notice the patches of skin off the turkey. I used a bag again, which seemed like a good call as it was pretty tender, but we had a moment of comedy getting it out. I needed the juices for gravy, so we wanted to try cutting a hole in the corner and draining them out like that before taking the turkey out. Um, yeah. Ron lifted it up and it help for a few seconds, then the bottom came out and it dropped into that pan (thankfully) and splattered turkey juice all over both of us! Good thing it had been sitting out awhile, as it was done much sooner than it said, or we probably would have been burned. Ron had a blast carving it with our old family knife, but I swear he ate so much I was surprised he could have dinner!
My only complaint was all the stupid football. But that seemed to be what all the menfolk wanted, so I guess it was OK.

Pics of Pics :)

I managed to get Orion to the mall for his 3 year old pictures! Last time, everybody gave me a hard time about the hair in his eyes, so I decided to use his cute matching sweather and hat outfit for this one. I thought it would work as an outdoorsy looking picture since I am going to give them out at the holidays, and I do think they came out adorable! Here they are...

Orion Mac Daddy

Wow, I have been a picture and blogger slacker. I am feeling much more nauseous this time around, and just don't feel like doing much of anything most of the time. But we did go to a birthday party today, and I got this cute picture of Orion and one of his many girls haha.

Funny Tati

We went to a playdate today. No interesting pics of Orion, but this one of Tati cracked me up. She looks like a biker chick.

My funny boy

Today Orion informed me, "When I grow up, I want to be a planet."

Oh, and, "I think we should name the new baby Whiskers."

Um, kids are so strange.

Chews!

Also knows as shoes.Orion and I went to a cool vegan festival today, and we spotted these on the way out. They were cute on their own, but flanked by the autumn leaves, they looked really neat.

Lots of people had gluten free stuff to sample, so Orion had a great time. But the best part was going to a cooking demo. Orion likes watching cooking shows, so he actually got into it. We talked about all the different steps she was taking and what foods she was using. It was so cute!

Look What We Got!

And what was I thinking?! Orion loves it of course. But what does he love most? Throwing the balls out of the pit. Of course. So mom has to decide if she is just going to chill out and keep it and accept a destiny of picking up balls. The problem is I am worried my patience with the balls is going to keep going down the farther along in pregnancy I get! But look at that happy punum.
Fwoosh!
Beware the power of the ball....