Thankful - adj. thank-ful, Aware and appreciative of a benefit; grateful.

It's been a very busy week-or-so! Thanksgiving was so much fun. We got to spend a very long weekend with a big part of my family (only one brother and wife couldn't make it). We left Wednesday morning when Jack (3rd older brother) and his family swung by Charlotte and picked us up for a ride into Atlanta. They showed up, we had muffins and orange juice and we headed down the road. Unfortunately, a 4 hour drive turned into a 6 hour drive while the babies enjoyed screaming at each other! We still had a good time though and we were excited to see everyone when we arrived. We had a good Thanksgiving and a really great small Christmas celebration and on Friday we had a rainy time Stone Mountain. A very fun weekend, full of board games and laughter, here are some pictures...
Isabella and Evan enjoy running around our little house before our long car ride. I'm sure they enjoyed the break from their even longer car ride.
Me, Misha and Courtney take some time to cuddle with the Ugly Doll between our Trivial Pursuit game. I'm not sure about Misha's expression here, clearly didn't approve of something.
These two were inseparable the entire weekend! And so cute! Isabella and Avery could be sisters...
Me, X and my dad, prepared for a big Thanksgiving feast. About to head over to the club house to meet up with the rest of the family.
Me and Misha.
My beautiful family, I love those guys so much!
I mean...
The moments of Xander and Evan noticing each other were adorable and usually pretty quick, that's why the picture is kinda blurry. That's Xander stealing Evan's paci.
Don't mess with me...I'm gangsta.
Nate and Ariel supplied all the kids with Bangladeshi clothes. They were so cute together! Ashi, on the way left, was SUPER cute in her baby sari...it showed off her favorite part of her body, her belly.
We're so excited to be surrounded with Christmas lights.
I mean....SO EXCITED.
I'm a tree hugger. But really only a Christmas tree hugger.
Caleb...bought X a coon-skin hat. Yikes. But it was so cute! I'm pretty sure he liked it too, when it wasn't on him he was playing with it and tried to put it back on himself.
Everyone was singing 'Happy Birthday' and he couldn't quite figure out what was happening. He just stood there looking at everyone. It was adorable. We let him go after the cupcake and he didn't waste any time. He didn't even taste it, just grabbed, squished, smeared and threw.
Here's the little one with Uncle Nate, waving goodbye! Poor X (and poor me) managed to catch a cold while we were away, no fun at all. We're currently holed up at home trying to get better.