Thanksgiving

We had a very relaxing and low key Thanksgiving and following weekend. N. and I spent most of the day Thursday at my mom's helping to prepare the meal and hanging out with family. M. came over before dinner and it was just the 7 of us. We ate kind of late because my brother had football practice... hey, nothing is more important than D1 football, right? N. had sweet potatoes, white potatoes, a few lima beans, and 3 itty bitty pieces of turkey. She enjoyed her first Thanksgiving dinner. My mom even gave her some apple pie later on.
We had plans to go over to my aunt's later for a more extended family get together, but it just got so late so fast that we ended up just staying at my mom's. It was good for N. to spend that much time with my mom. It hurts my mom's feelings when N. cries when she tries to hold her, but it's just mostly because N's not familiar enough with her.
Friday, we went out to breakfast and then to the Strip to get food to make for M's mom. She came over around 3 and hung out with N. while I made dinner. I didn't like the idea of making Thanksgiving dinner all over again, so we had salmon, asparagas with hollandaise sauce and rice. Do you know how fattening that sauce is? A whole stick of butter and 3 egg yolks does not a skinny person make.
The rest of the weekend we just did random stuff. We did get some chores done, but mostly just relaxed and watched football, etc. Since the Steelers were playing so terribly on Sunday, M. and I went out for a bike ride and then met up with my parents and N. later.
While I wish that we might have gotten a few more work-type things done, it was nice to just bum around and do whatever.