Thanksgiving Update

For our first married Thanksgiving we headed up to Adam's parents' house for a few days. Lucy's always pretty excited to see her grandparents and uncle, but we weren't sure how she'd handle seeing the whole family, so we brought her a rawhide bone to distract her. Unfortunately, Lucy has enough doggie instinct to want to bury or hide her bone before she eats it, and she hid it somewhere in the house. We still hadn't found it by the time we needed to leave, so maybe when we head back for Christmas she'll find a nice little surprise.

Lucy also had the excitement of meeting her cousin puppy, Prescott, for Thanksgiving. Adam's cousin Dan brought Prescott over for the day (he's the other dog in the pictures with Lucy) and the two puppies had such a good time chasing each other in circles around the outside of the house. Lucy discovered that running on top of the pool cover is not the best idea, but luckily for her she's light enough she didn't pull the whole thing in.

Adam and I had a lot of fun hanging out with the family on Thanksgiving Day. It was the first time we'd seen most of them since we found out about the baby, so we got to talk about that a lot. Adam got to show off the ultrasound video to several people, so that was a good time too.

The next day we headed to Bryan, Ohio to visit with the Oxenrider grandparents, which included a visit to the world famous Christmas Manor. That's where we saw the John Deere Christmas tree, and also where we got the "Our First Christmas Together" ornament.

I'm a big believer in setting up the Christmas tree as early as possible, so when we got home after Thanksgiving we set up the tree that night. It's a little big for the size of the living room, but it's so fun to come home and see the lights through the window! We've had a bit of trouble convincing Lucy that she's not allowed to dig under the tree, but I think she's finally figured that out.



Last night, we went to see Handel's Messiah at the arts center on campus. It was a little bit of a surprise to us that it was in German rather than English - the fact that it was Mozart's arrangement didn't make it into the advertisements. But we still had a good time, and we found out that Lumberjack is a big music fan too. Whenever the music got really loud or exciting, I could feel her really kicking and rocking out. When it quieted down or stopped, so did she. It was our first indication of anything personality-wise, and it was so cool!