Thanksgiving!!

First of all, this post may take a while to actually post from the time I'm sitting down to type it. Since last Tuesday (when I last posted), my little princess has begun pulling up on everything. And I mean everything!! So I'm constantly right behind her just waiting for her to let go and fall. And I have hardwood floors sooooo I'm a little more nervous than I would be if I had carpet.

Thursday morning we got up and got ready to head to Walmart. I was dreading this decision BUT it was actually fairly empty. It was rainy and nasty so for this, I was thankful. We then headed to North Little Rock to get 2 out of 3 of my stepkids. We were having lunch at my moms in Benton at 1 but we weren't able to pick the kids up until 1:30 which put us in Benton at 2:00. So by the time we got there, everyone was done eating and lunch was rather cold. It was okay though because I wasn't too hungry and I'm not a big turkey eater anyways. Emma looked soooo adorable in her tutu. And wouldn't you know, I forgot my camera so I'm relying on my mother to send me pics as soon as she can and then I will post them. We stayed there for a little bit visiting because my uncle, aunt, and cousins were in from Texas. We left there abt 4:30 and the weather was even worse and colder than it was when we got there. So we made the decision to wait to pick up my oldest stepdaughter Friday morning because she lives in Quitman and we had heard it was sleeting there and weren't prepared to brave that. When we finally made it home Thursday night we started preparing some things for lunch at our house the next day....and when I say "we" started preparing, I mean Chris, haha. I kept a handle on the children :). So Friday morning I woke up with the worst tooth ache! I can't remember I have had a tooth ache and it was awful! But I've come to the conclusion that it was sympathy pains for Emma because her first tooth has cut thru the gums!!! And I think we're working on a 2nd one. My baby is growing up :(. Chris' parents picked Chasity up and they got to the house around 11:00 and we had some family friends that also came over about 2:30 that afternoon. We just hung out, talked, laughed, and enjoyed each others company. Everyone stayed fairly late and the kids had a blast!! They all slept good that night and even slept in the next morning....except for Emma because she was up almost every hour due to her gums. I felt so bad for her. Saturday we stayed in our pjs as long as possible. The kids started getting cabin fever so Chris took all 4 kids to the store to get the ingredients to make them chocolate chip pancakes. They also had family movie night in their bedrooms this time because I wasn't feeling well enough to stay up late with them. Chris took the older kids to see Tangled Sunday afternoon while I stayed with Emma. And next time it will be my turn to take them somewhere. We ate at Dairy Queen before taking them home and then we crashed when we got home. I hated seeing the weekend end because we had an extra day with the kids and I loooove that! I will post some pictures later today but I'm getting ready to put the Christmas tree up and finish decorating :)