Last Thanksgiving, Ryan was about 10 days old, so this one was more enjoyable for everyone, including Ryan. We spent Thanksgiving afternoon with Nick's family and extended family, ate yummy food and hung out for a while. Thanksgiving night, we hosted some of our good friends, Warner, Melissa, and Caroline. We also had Mandy's sister, Beth join us for the evening as the rest of Mandy's family was celebrating at the beach. It was a fun time, and we all enjoyed more good food, and more laughs!
Gobble Gobble!
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| Something must be funny! The Saturday after Thanksgiving, we went to the annual Mitchell Santa Party. Some of Nick's family friends host this lovely party every year, and since we've had Ryan, we've gone the last couple of years. Ryan is not Santa's biggest fan, yet! We had a nice time seeing Santa and enjoying the company of friends...what a nice way to usher in the Christmas season. |
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| Oh Gosh! Hurry and take the picture! Santa is scary! |
To close out Thanksgiving weekend, we took a family field trip to get our Christmas tree. It was coooooold, so we picked a tree quickly. I always enjoy the smell, and the look of a real tree...and this one did not disappoint! It was fun taking Ryan and seeing him look at the trees and such.
December began with a bang as Mandy attended the annual GHBC ladies Christmas tea. We attended Owen Gleaton's Christmas party at Anthony's Fine Dining in Buckhead. We had our Christmas card photo shoot, and a good visit with Nick's cousin, Karen. That weekend, we had another Santa encounter (our 2nd one of the season). Ryan's school, hosted a Santa breakfast that was really nice. Since Ryan was not impressed with Santa this go round either, we opted for a family Santa picture, that actually turned out very good!
The next weekend was just as jammed...Friday night we attended Holder's Christmas party at the Atlanta History Center. It was a nice evening out! On Saturday, we went to our annual Christmas dinner with Nick's Georgia Pacific friends...we do a secret santa and gift exchange and it's always a blast! We closed out this weekend with the Johnson Ferry Christmas Festival...it is the choir and orchestra cantata, and it was incredible! We went with grandmama and grandpa and they enjoyed it as well!
We celebrated Maggie's 4th Birthday on December 14! I know you're probably tired...bear with me we're getting near the end. I'll save the Christmas post for next time!
The weekend before Christmas, we took Ryan to Phipps Plaza to see Santa Claus. This Santa is the real deal, and we're so glad we began this tradition from birth. We will have all of his and our kids Santa visits on DVD, which will be nice to look back on one day when we're empty nesters! Anyways, this time he did fairly well with Santa! We had to wake him up from his nap, but he did remarkably well to have just been woken from his slumber. We filled out his wish list and got in line to wait to see Santa. Mandy took him up to put him on Santa's lap, and the crying began. BUT, Santa calmed him down, and we were able to get a decently good picture! Santa reads his wish list and talks to him a little after the photo, so after about a minute of idle Santa chatter, Ryan was done, and begging Dadddy to resuce him! It was a great memory!
That afternoon, we (Mandy) did a little Christmas shopping, and we had the Mays' over for Christmas dinner and a little gift exchange.
The next day, we went to Ian's birthday party. The McFadden's were in town from Chicago for Christmas and had his "Atlanta" birthday party while they were here. It was good to see them!
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| Happy Birthday Ian! |
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