A little secret. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s a holiday that involves eating and drinking and being with the ones you love, no presents, no jolly man to scare the kids, no eight lights that require a sprint home by sun-down.
On Thursday we cooked for 16 adults and 4 kids. Despite the hectic pre-prep the day went relatively smoothly. We had a themed “old-fashioned” style thanksgiving which resulted in Arch wearing a turtleneck and blazer, together and I wore a dress, heels and a lovely hot-pink apron. What with all the hullabaloo, cooking, dressing, chasing Jack I had little time for reflection, but when I got to it I was reminded of just how damn lucky we are. We were surrounded by friends and family, with a healthy (well, check that, he has another ear infection), happy, super smiley baby boy.
This Thanksgiving was a far cry from where we were last year. A dinner that was ordered in and my mom as our only guest (not that having my mom as a bad thing, but it was 1 guest versus 15) and a baby, home from the hospital for 2 weeks who was still not technically supposed to be born.
We’re lucky to have our friends, our family and our boy. We’re also very lucky to have made some new friends, some of whom we’ve met in the flesh, and some we’ve just met over the inter-webs. We’re thankful that we have you in our lives and we’re hoping that someday we can find a way to pay it forward. So. With that sneaky and truly heart felt intro, I bring you to the starving children portion of our program…we still have 4 more days until the end of Prematurity Awareness Month. If you’d like to donate to the March of Dimes to help educate the general public on premature birth, please consider making a contribution in Jack’s name.
Just to make sure you’re paying attention – here are some new pics of two fantastic preemies.
Nina, Jack’s preemie buddy from the NICU. Isn’t she gorgeous?!
Jack, in the elevator coming back from visiting Nina.
