hAPPY tHAnKSgiVInG!

I couldn't upload any pictures today.  I got a message saying I am out of space.  My girlfriend from high school who also blogs got the same message at the same time so it seems too convenient that we'd each reach it at the same time. 

Anyway, Thanksgiving this year was really nice!  Just spending the day together at home is a thankful day.  My Mom is here too!  Dan put up the Christmas tree and we played.  I organized all of our Christmas decorations and we ate until we were stuffed! My boss Mindi's husband Mark made us some homemade stuffing since I told him we were going to make Stovetop.  He thought that was preposterous so Mindi drove it down to us.  So sweet! 

Dan and I did something we've never done before and I'm not proud to admit this, but we went to Target Thanksgiving night at 9:00 pm.  Mind you were weren't even shopping for door busters.  We walked in and saw the line and wondered what in the world were we thinking.  I think there were different words used, but we probably repeated them to each other a few times.  We decided we were already  there so we were able to find a few things we wanted and even snuck in a little Christmas shopping.  You couldn't even shop in certain parts of the store because that was where the line was.  As luck would have it thought there was a line just for people who were paying with their Target Red Card!  So we were in and out of there in no time and didn't feel so dumb anymore.  We seriously would have been in line to check out for an hour or more. 

Kieran had his follow-up ENT appointment.  We haven't been too worried about it since he's been showing signs of hearing, cooing at us, and startling .  I took him up by myself today and to our disappointment he failed it again.  We are really down about it and worried for him.  Most importantly though we are SO THANKFUL that he is healthy.  Whatever the outcome is we're just nervous and worried for him like any parent would be.  He still could be totally fine, which we aren't too hopeful for anymore, but it's still possible.  We are preparing ourselves for some amount of permanent hearing loss and praying that he's not deaf, although we just don't think that is possible because, like I said earlier, he is showing signs of hearing some things. He has another test in three weeks that measures his actual brain activity to see if the nerve connecting his ear to his brain is giving and receiving the messages so he can hear.  At first they told me he'd need to be sedated, but now they are going to try it when he's sleeping in my arms.  Whew...another thing to be thankful for!

We hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving.  We are very thankful for each other, for time together, for good jobs and the fact that we are happy in them, that our kids are happy and healthy, and most of all that God is providing all of this for us.  We are thankful to God for all of our blessings!