Happy Thanksgiving!

We all spent Thanksgiving in Nashville with my parents and my great Aunt Doris. Caroline's vocabulary has grown exponentially and she's getting really good at picking up names. It was cute to hear her call Aunt Doris by name and she loved looking at lots of family photos naming everyone in the photo (Joy - she says "Aunt Joy" when she sees your pictures now too!).




Mom and I attempted to get a photo of Caroline with Santa.... it went worse than last year (and I didn't think that was possible!). We got her all dressed up, stood in line for 20 minutes, she was waving to Santa and saying "Hi Santa" from the line, but when it was her turn things went south the moment I set her in his lap. Mom caught it on video - Josh and I are still debating whether it is blog material since it was not one of her best moments (but pretty funny video). So, there will be no picture in Santa's lap this year... this is as close as we could get her to the scene and still have smiles!

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Weekend with Mimi & Pappy

Caroline spent the weekend before Thanksgiving with her Mimi & Pappy in Nashville while we went to Knoxville to visit the McDowell family and take in the UT vs Vandy game (so close...ugh!). She had lots of fun making up new games, playing hide & seek, sharing her favorite Wiggles' songs & an outing to the bookstore (and I was only away for 2 days!). Most of the pictures from the weekend are on my mom's camera, so I'll have to add more later.

First hair cut

I gave Caroline her first hair cut last night. It was getting really long in the back so it was time... but I wasn't brave enough to take her to a salon (as much as she hates going to the dentist, I was just sure putting her in one of those chairs would not go very well). So, I took it upon myself! She kind of looks like a 1920's doll we've decided, and it was much easier to tame this morning.

Early bird

The time change has been rough... Despite our efforts, Caroline's clock has not switched over yet, which means some early mornings. On the plus side, we were up to have a bowl of cereal with Josh before he left for work.