Thanksgiving travels

Okay, so it's been so long since I've posted that Lizzie's gotten another tooth, started crawling AND started cruising on furniture. Wow, I'm good at this blogging thing.

We've had Thanksgiving in Arizona. The kids and I, along with my mother, drove to AZ for an 11 day stay. Edin slept well for the most part but Lizzie proved to be a pain, probably do to teething mixed with a new environment. We were sleeping in the same room so I didn't sleep well either. I stayed at my cousin Sheri's house the whole stay. We stayed up late nearly every night watching shows, talking, coloring my hair, painting my toe nails and basically taking a break from our kids while they slept. You know they say "while the cats away the mice will play." And play we did.

Thanksgiving dinner was at Sheri's, which was awesome for me because my children took fabulous naps while everyone ate and schmoozed. Then when they woke up they were so much fun! Everyone got to meet Lizzie for the first time and Edin chatted it up with all the aunts and uncles. What a guy.

While I was there I saw Twlight with cousin Becky. I was disappointed that it didn't get better the second time I saw it. I gotta say it didn't live up to the books. Dumb Robert Pattison. He's no Edward!

We also had a play date at Becky's house for Kody and Edin. It took Kody a few minutes to warm up to Edin but then they had a lot of fun playing together. That Kody sure can speak well. I'm so impressed. I was hoping she could teach Edin a thing or too but time was too short. She can count and say the alphabet, recognize letters and the sign for letters. Dang that girl is smart! And she's cute, to boot!

I tried to make the rounds and visit everyone's house, Laura, Lisa, Rita, but I didn't spend enough time at each house. It was hard to juggle nap times with visits. One night be went to Peter Piper Pizza and Edin had a blast. He could hardly leave the place. So much to see and do and touch! I did a lot of shopping while I was there, too. Something about all the driving around and passing stores just pulled me in. Oh yeah, and the whole fam got together to eat at La Casa Reynoso. It was fun to have one long table full of chatter and children and yummy food.

I also celebrated my 23rd birthday, which just so happened to be on Thanksgiving day this year. Woot woot! Laura hosted a birthday party for me at her place. The whole fam came by and ate pound cake (mmm, Laura's sour cream pound cake...) and ice cream. What good people. The Schurig family sure knows how to party.

The night before we left, Sheri started feeling sick. We thought it was just the giant Pizookie (Pizza cookie) we ate during the day but then she got a pretty bad fever that night. In the morning Edin pointed to his tummy and said "owie!" and wouldn't let me put him down. So I packed up the car as fast as I could and picked up my mom. Of course it took way longer than it was supposed to and I was hecka cranky. We did finally hit the road and Edin fell alseep within minutes. I wish I could say the same for Lizzie. Anytime I got close to falling asleep in the back seat between the children she would start wining and crying. Then just before we pulled into a rest stop about five hours into the trip Edin threw up. I only caught the second half in a bowl...We cleaned him up and he was so happy after that. It's usually really hard to tell if he's sick because he's still so happy. Lizzie, not so much. She's a normal child. When she's sick, everyone knows it. She was so sick of being in her car seat by the end of the trip that she cried the last hour and half. Yay. Needless to say it was a long trip home. But we were safe and when we got to the house James had put up the Christmas tree! Yippy! It was so nice to be home again and sleeping in our own beds. Although I did have to reteach Lizzie how to sleep through the night. But we had some good nights.

I'm thankful for my family and friends. I have a roof over my head, a car to drive, and food on the table. My husband is doing well in school, my kids are beautiful and happy, and we're all healthy. Not to mention I have the gospel and a kowledge of my Savior Jesus Christ. I know Heavenly Father has a plan for me and He hears and answers prayers. I have so much to be grateful for in my life.