Numerous November Gratitudes

  The first couple weeks of this month was a McGary family ill-fest. I have no doubt Kallie picked it up and graciously shared with the rest of us. She made sure to pass along to Jayda via sneezing directly in her face. Jayda ended up with bronchiolitis. I'm pretty sure all the doctor appointments in the world were huddled together this month. During every appointment that wasn't for Kallie, my friend Robin watched her. Robin's husband looked at their calendar and asked why Kallie's name was written all over it.

 This month Jayda decided to refuse the bottle. I'm sure it's my fault she never got used to it because I didn't give it her often enough. From now on I shall have a Jayda on my hip at all times.

November is the month of Kallie's birthday and with that comes a PARTAY! (full of running, screaming, drooling toddlers). I would say it was a success in spite of the fact that I'm the worst hostess on the planet. I always nervously run around breaking a sweat as I try to make sure everything is taken care of and hoping everyone is having fun (which is why I don't have very many pictures of the event). It doesn't end up being very fun for me but luckily all that matters is Kallie had fun. It seems a little extravagant to throw such a hoo-ha for a toddler who will forget the whole thing by the next day but I figure our family is small and when it grows into a brood of little people we'll condense birthdays into family celebrations.

The Girl

The Spread (minus the crockpot of delicious Sloppy Joe meat)

In the middle of opening gifts Kallie decided the only thing worth her time was the pen and paper Aunt Jen was using to record who brought each gift.

The after-party grazing. She pulled the chair up to the table and climbed onto it by herself.

 

 Our friends Don and Robin invited us over for Thanksgiving along with the missionaries and we the guests got the best part of the deal. Don cooked everything by himself and we got to sit back and enjoy the fruits of his post-sous chef labor. That food was ohhh-so-good. Brad did not stand by me in my Black Thursday boycott but it actually turned out well. The stores may actually know what they're doing this time because there were no long lines to wait for shoppers to trample one another, shopping was a breeze and he was home by 10pm. Again, I am a failure at capturing our life in great detail so here is the one and only picture I have of our Thanksgiving fun:

Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner Exercise

Donny & Kallie going for a joy ride...with their eyes closed.

   Brad figured out how to use our laptop as a security camera and monitor from our tablet. As we were at church waiting for sacrament meeting to start Brad was watching a live feed of our living room and the fire alarm started sounding! He drove home to make sure everything was ok but by the time he got there it had stopped. I think it was God's way of saying we shouldn't be playing on the tablet in church.

I guess Kallie got tired of begging to get out and walk.

Pony ride at Chick-fil-A (or in Kallie's words: Hosee!)

Emme, Donny & Kallie

Kallie's first taxi ride!

Drivin in style