Thanksgiving weekend

Well, we had our second baby girl over the weekend! However, before that, we had a great time hosting Thanksgiving for our families!

My sisters and their families arrived on Wednesday night. Avery remembered her 10-month old cousin Cooper right away and was happy to play with him. We ordered pizza for dinner and relaxed.

On Thursday morning, I woke up early and prepared the turkey, before heading out to the Kent City Turkey Trot. Travis's family came over early and came with us. Avery ran in the kids race and loved it! Travis ran with her and they may have been at the back of the pack, but Avery was the cutest! She wore a Turkey hat from her aunt Kelsey, and she received many compliments.

After the kid's run, we had a 5K. Travis, Kyle, Lindsey, and Kelsey ran the race, and Travis's stepfather walked with me. It was a very slow go, and we finished at the end, but we finished! I didn't realize how much "pressure" I would feel in my body, but I was 39 weeks and 5 days pregnant.

After the run we came home to some French toast casserole and parade watching. We spent the rest of the day cooking, eating, and spending time with family. It was very relaxing and nice to have that time (relaxing for everyone except maybe my sister who chased her son Cooper and her dog Olga the whole time...but that's life with a crawling baby haha.)

On Friday morning we made pancakes and spent the morning with my sisters until they left in the afternoon. Avery loved spending time with them and has really matured in the last several months. I loved watching her play with everyone and be completely social and relaxed, and have real conversations with everyone too. I could see that she was ready to become a big sister, and she's really not my baby anymore.

On Saturday I wanted to get out of the house a little bit, so we went to Lowe's to see what Black Friday deals were still going on. We walked around a little and I had to tell Travis to slow down for me several times...which should have been a clue. Since the Turkey Trot I had begun having a lot of cramping, but wasn't sure that it was contractions. We came home and watched the Ohio State-Michigan game and I made a pumpkin pie. We had Travis's parents over for a few hours, along with Travis's old boss from when he worked at the tree nursery and his wife. Everyone left by about 8 pm, and I started having real timetable contractions around 8:15 pm on Saturday night.

More on Kendall's birth story to come!