Thanksgiving Weekend

As you all know, we have been sick in the Chandler household.  Jeff had it first, and he gave it to Madison, who in turn gave it to me.  I think we are all almost over it.  Jeff is still a little stopped up, and I have a little bit of a sore throat, and Miss Madison is about 85 to 90% better.  She still has a tiny bit of congestion and drainage, but she's sleeping through the night again and taking her naps.  I think by Monday or Tuesday we should be in the clear, but you never know.

My parents were supposed to come for Thanksgiving, but they had some very sick cats, and they had to stay home and take care of them.  So, it was just Jeff, Madison, and me for Thanksgiving.  It was really quiet.  I cooked most of the day while Jeff and Madison laid around and watched football.  We ate around 4:30 that afternoon.  Here is Miss Madison all ready for Thanksgiving dinner.  She's wearing the bib that her Grandma got her.  And yes, she's still in her pajamas!

And for some reason, Madison has decided to start crawling.....finally!!!  I've been so worried and upset by the fact that we are less than a month away from her first birthday and she has shown no interest in crawling.  She would get up on her knees and rock back and forth, but that was it.  She rolled everywhere she needed to go, so there was no need for her to crawl.  Her crawl is a cross between an army crawl and a regular crawl.  She's not all the coordinated with it yet.  She keeps getting her left arm stuck under herself, but she did the same thing when she was learning to roll.  So, I guess I just need to come to terms that Miss Madison is just a late bloomer!

And in other exciting news, Nacho has decided to start playing with his kong again.  For those of you who don't know what a kong is, it is a rubber type toy that you put some sort of treat in for the dog to try and get out.  Well, when we first got Nacho, everything we read said to get a kong to help with separation anxiety.  He hated it, and never would play with it.  We tried all different types of treats, but to no avail.  It's been in his toy basket in the house for probably a year and a half now.  Well, he got it out this weekend, and started playing with it.  So, Jeff put a biscuit in it, and he loves it!  He plays with it for awhile and stops, but he always goes back to it.  It's really funny!  

Here he is trying to get his biscuit out...

Yesterday we put up the Christmas tree and decorated.  We didn't put up a tree last year since I was giving birth to Madison only 5 days before Christmas.  So, we get out the tree, and we have no idea how it goes together.  We spent all afternoon putting it together and decorating it.  We didn't know where we were going to put it, but we ended up putting it in this archway between the family room and the formal dining room.  It's about the only place we had a place for it in a common living area.  Our other choice was to put it in our sitting room in the master bedroom or in the game room. 

This view is from the entry/hall/dining room.  The other view is partially blocked from the chair and ottoman.  I think Santa is going to have to move them out to be able to put Madison's presents around it!

I think tomorrow we might actually venture out from the house and run some errands.  It will just depend on how everyone feels.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!