Addy's First Thanksgiving

We had a very busy Thanksgiving this year! We had two celebrations this year. We first went to my Aunts house and had most of my extended family there. We have always had a very traditional Thanksgiving and two of my Aunts and my mom have always made all of the food. Well, Jesse and I wanted to contribute this year so we made a sausage and cornbread stuffing to go with dinner. It was very tasty and I am pretty sure it went over very well! Addy was very good all day, even though she was off her schedule a little bit. After our first celebration, we headed over to my sister-in-laws parents house for dessert. We have made this a tradition over the last few years because we get along with her family so well. I also wanted to contribute to their celebration so we made dessert. I tried a new recipe: Spiced pumpkin cheesecake with toasted pecans and a bourbon salted caramel drizzle. Wow! That's all I can say. It was absolutely delicious and everyone loved it!

Our first Thanksgiving as a family

Addy was a perfect baby all day Friday for our peanut brittle marathon.

On Thanksgiving night Julie and Brian and I decided to do some Black Friday shopping and Jesse stayed home with Addy. We got out to the stores right before midnight and I finally got home just before 4am. We got some amazing deals, but I was one very tired mama! The next day was our annual peanut brittle making day. We made 23 batches in just about 8 hours. It felt like a marathon, but we did well.

We will be passing on the making of peanut brittle to Addy some day, so she is learning early!
It looks like she wants some already!