Our Thanksgiving Gift!

So at the end of the thanksgiving dinner my mom (who is in charge of Thanksgiving every year) gave us all these amazing cook books! These are the coolest thing ever. My dad comes form a family of 9 siblings and one did pass away when she was 15 but every one else is living and has several children of their own, and then there are grandchildren. My mom had everyone email ALL of the recipes that they use everyday, special occasions. The point of this book was to combine all of the recipes that you use into one book! Can I tell you how much work my sister McKenzie and my mom put into this! Literally Hundreds of hours! IT'S AMAZING! I LOVE IT! They did such an awesome job and I'm so grateful that they would share it with all of us! HUGE THANKS TO MOM, MCKENZIE, AND DAD! YOU GUYS ROCK! I LOVE IT AND JUST CAN'T STOP LOOKING AT IT! ONE OF THESE DAYS I MIGHT EVEN MAKE DINNER:) THANKS GUYS. I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK YOU BOTH PUT INTO THIS!

Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving with the Baird side is soooo much fun! There is always a plethora of food, not to mention plenty of family and friends to catch up with! This year was especially amazing. There were 2 different families (a brother and sister, and then a young husband/father that was away form his wife and baby. His lives in Taiwan, but is here going to school and then will go back home to be reunited with his family) all three of these people had connections to my sister who is serving a mission in Taiwan. The young husband/father had called my dad the day before his birthday and said that he had just gotten a call from his wife, she had just gotten home form being on splits with my sister and she mentioned that it was her dad's birthday the next day. So they got my parents # and called to wish him a happy birthday form my sister. Oh I just started to cry when they were all talking about what an awesome missionary she is. I just miss her so much, but know that there is no better place for her at this time. I'm so proud of her. I know this was not an easy decision, but what blessings she will have! It was an awesome Thanksgiving! I didn't really pull out my camera so I don't have pictures, but I loved it!

Thanksgiving Warm Up!

Being as most of us were headed to opposite side of the family, Kris's parents had us all over the night before for a Thanksgiving dinner. Oh it was so good! We had a blast! Here are just a few pictures from the night! How cute are all of these kids? We sure missed the Brindley family, but are excited for them to come up shortly!

Potty Time!

So when Kris went in to check on Molly she was standing in her bed. Our assumption was that she needed to go potty. Kris wasn't thrilled with the idea of sitting in the bathroom for a half hour at 10:15 at night. So I told him if he got her on than I would come as soon as I got Stella down. So here is what we did for the next 45 minutes.

This is the song I made up. (the tune is "oh what do you do in the summer time)

Oh what do you do during po-tty time, to keep yourself amused?

Do you sit very long, or sing happy songs? Is that what you do? So do I!

I know I'm totally tickled about that song! Totally a Baird thing! So we still had time to kill so I decided since Molly is in one place and not really moving I cut her finger nails and toe nails, but we still had more time, so I went one step further and painted her toe nails... Still not done so we painted her finger nails... Still not done but I put her diaper on and called it a night! Oh well. She was thrilled about her nails and she hasn't moved her fingers since. She is so funny. All girl!

Back In Commission

When we went to Lake Powell I lost the battery charger for the camera. Last week my battery died and I have felt totally lost without my camera. I have missed some classic moments that we will try and recreate, but tonight for date night one of the things on our agenda was to hit Circuit City to get a new battery charger. Ya, not cheap $44.00 worth but the memories are priceless. I guess when we go down to Powell next time I don't have to take my battery charger with me, I'll just use the one I left there...I'm really bright sometimes. I just hate those expensive mistakes.

Giving Thanks: Day 25 {Date Night}

It was nice to go out and have date night, just Kris and I. This was the first time I have ever left Stella with anyone other than Kris on Wednesday nights for young women. Thanks Kerry and Becky for watching the girls. It was really nice to have some one on one with Kris. It has been too long.

Giving Thanks: Day 24 {Good Dad}

Today is my dad's birthday and how can I not think of how grateful I am for him and all that he has given to me throughout my life. I am a better person because I have him for a dad. I'm so grateful that he is my dad!