The Baranko Family: Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

Monday, November 29, 2010

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

We have so much to be thankful for this year, most especially our little turkey Luke. We'd like to give thanks also for our fabulous family and friends, who make our lives so meaningful. Thank you for everything!

On Tuesday Donna, Luke and I had the chance to meet baby Jackson Alexander Warner, Kelly & Drew's new baby boy. For those of you following the blog, you may remember me attending Kelly's shower the other week. Their little boy is so precious, and Luke looked like a behemoth next to him!

This week was the last week of my maternity leave, and Isolene was here too, so I thought it was the perfect year to host the Baranko side Thanksgiving for the very first time. Yes, it was the first time I cooked a turkey. I thought everything turned out great! We had 9 people over and it was really fun. Luke enjoyed his first Thanksgiving immensely, and didn't seem to mind that he couldn't partake in the gluttony. He is such a good baby, he even slept during dinner so the rest of us could eat!

Luke's Thanksgiving outfit #1 with tiny turkeys on it - thanks Grandma Mackus!

Matt's ingenious table extension

Uncle Garry and Luke

On Saturday we drove up to have a post-Thanksgiving celebration with the Mackus side. Mom and Dad made a delicious lobster, steak and lamb chops dinner and we had a fun weekend.

Everyone IS thankful for Paige Jane

Sisters with their babies:)

PJ helping Grandma Mary sew (sort of)

After dinner snooze

So today was my first day back at work and it went well. I made it! Everyone made me feel very welcome back at Walgreens, and Isolene sent me a picture of Luke on my phone and gave me updates on what he was doing - so with all of that the day went by really fast. I couldn't wait to get home to squeeze Luke though, and was relieved that even with a full day of work I was able to spend a few hours playing and spending time with my baby before bed. I think this is going to be ok!