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1st Thanksgiving

Grampa and Peyton

Our First Thanksgiving as a family was absolutely wonderful!  There are so many things that Scott and I were thankful for this year, or course the number one thing being our beautiful daughter. We are so blessed to have jobs, good health, and loving family and friends. Thanksgiving was  a super busy day, but we had such a great time. We went to Laura and Mel's first and then to my Nanas with my parents. Lets just say that Peyton was never sitting down except for the short, very short nap she had at Lauras. She was being passed around the family like a football haha! She was so exhausted from all passing around that she slept 10 hours that night!!

Nana, Ju, Peyton

Before we left Nanas she went ahead and cured Peyton of any possible "ojo". (In the hispanic culture there is a thing called "Ojo".  It is called the evil eye and happens when people admire babies and do not touch them after. Babies are then said to come down with symptoms of sickness etc. ) She rubbed an egg over Peyton several times and then cracked it into a glass of water. Luckily Peyton did not have too much ojo. There was some air bubbles which meant that she was being exposed to too much air, like a fan or wind. And there was only some pieces of white that were floating. If there is any white in the water from the egg it means that the ojo was taken out of the baby and put into the egg. Peyton is doing just as great as before so luckily we have had no problems with ojo and her getting sick. My mom is a huge believer in "ojo"and that you should always touch a baby after admiring it. (I was even surprised on Halloween night when a mom that was with her kids asked if she could touch Peyton after saying how beautiful she was because she did not want to giver her ojo. I of course said yes by all means touch her LOL. )

Weezer VS Paw Paw (Peyton is neutral)

Over the rest of the weekend Scott, Peyton, and I went shopping and got the house ready for Christmas. We went to Carters, Best Buy, and Target on Saturday. Peyton did awesome being out and about for so long! She is such a champ, Scott on the other hand was pretty ready to go towards the end. On Sunday I got the tree put up and decorated the living room while Scott hung the lights outside.

I have enjoyed this holiday break so much that I am not ready to go back to work tomorrow. Peyton is now cooing/talking so much in the mornings when she gets up. I love laying there and listening to her talk. I can not wait until Christmas break when I  have 2 weeks off!!


On the last note, I am getting so excited about being an Aunt again. Bonnie's due date was officially today but no baby yet. She will be induced on Wednesday if it does not happen by then. I am so eager to find out if I will have a niece or a nephew. I'll post results later this week  =)