Gobble, Gobble

Luke’s 1st Thanksgiving was spent in North Carolina at Granddad and Gramma Sue’s house. It was a wonderful trip filled with good food, great company and a healthy dose of Dominoes (the ‘dose’ comment was not a clever pun due to my parents being doctors).For anyone wondering, it’s about a 9 hour drive down to the grandparents. With a newborn in the car that has not yet developed the ability to be distracted by anything other than nursing; the drive became perilous on the way home. Going there was great. I slept after work and then drove us down through the night. Stacey and Luke slept like babies (okay, that one was intentional). For some reason, though, I decided to drive home in the day time. NOTE TO READERS: Babies do not sleep as well in the car during daylight hours. If the experience of Luke screaming for what seemed like endless amounts of time didn’t test our marriage, I don’t know what will. At one point Luke was crying, Stacey was crying, and I was yelling… It was a mess. Fortunately, a rest stop, some breast milk, and a lot of “I love you”s made it all okay.

Here is a close-up of that cute Thanksgiving suit. It makes you wonder… Years from now, is Luke going to give Stacey and I that look (rolling eyes, head shake, furrowed brow), and ask, “What were you guys thinking dressing me up in THAT!?”



Thanksgiving Day Tradition

Dr. Robert Hallmark, is there something in turkey that makes people sleepy after eating?

Why yes, as a matter of fact there is. The natural sedative in turkey is an amino acid called tryptophan. (ATTENTION: NO BABIES WERE FED TURKEY FOR THE TAKING OF THESE PICTURES)