Give Thanks!

The Family
Just the 2 of us! (3 if you count Claire)

This picture captures exactly how I remember my Uncle Greg when I was little. He was always so much fun! McLean loves seeing him!

Pre-Thanksgiving Festivities

We kicked off our holiday season by going to visit Kevin's family this past weekend in Greensboro, Summerfield, and Madison. We got to see a lot of people in a short amount of time. It was so fun and a great start to the holidays! McLean did great traveling and loved seeing everyone. We stayed with Kevin's brother Mike and his wife Sarah. Unfortunately, I set my camera out and never got a picture of the fabulous meal we had with Sarah's family. Sarah is an incredible cook and we left town with full tummies! We also got to see Blair, Kory, and Millie. The highlight of the weekend was telling Kevin's "adopted" gramma that we will be naming our little girl Claire after her! McLean told her as soon as we walked in and it will be a moment I will never forget. She has done so much for Kevin and we are so excited to honor her in that way!

McLean with Gramma and PopMcLean loved playing cars on the kitchen floor with Gramma. He cried when it was time to go!

Surprise! A picture of the 3 of us. This never happens!

McLean wanted to "hold" Millie.
Grove Park Inn with Mommy and Daddy



Happy Thanksgiving! We are heading to Hickory tomorrow to be with my family and we are really looking forward to it!

Big Boy Bed!

Last night we started on a big adventure with McLean. When Kevin got home from work last night, he and "Woody", disassembled the crib. It made me a little sad to see it come apart, but excited to know that it won't be long and Claire will use it. We were prepared for a long night, however, McLean did great!! We snuggled up with him in the bed and read a story, prayed, and sang, and then when we turned the light out he told us to go get in our bed! We were quite surprised! He stayed in it until 5:30 when he called out for us. Kevin went and told him it was still night time and he went back to sleep until 7:30. Then, we heard the sweet sound of "footed pajama footsteps" coming into our room. We were so proud of him! As of now, he is asleep in the bed for his nap. What a big boy! We still have to paint his room and do new window treatments, but we wanted to go ahead and get him in the big bed!

Kevin and "Woody" taking the crib apart.

All snuggled in and ready to go to sleep!

Nap time today!

It's a.....

GIRL!!!!!!

We were so excited to find out on Friday that we are having a girl! Everything looked great! Thoughts of pink have already started running through my mind. McLean is very excited to have a sister. He has referred to the baby the whole time as "she" or "her". Maybe he knew!?! We have also had such a fun Halloween weekend. Saturday was rainy and yucky, so they moved our church's big "Hoopla" even inside. It was absolutely packed. McLean really had a good time, and he enjoyed the music and the clogging the most. He is still wearing his Woody costume today. We have really gotten our use out of it.