First Hewitt Thanksgiving

What a big year for the Hewitt's and the most exciting part is starting all of our family traditions!  Thanksgiving is the first of the major holidays we were able to celebrate as a new family.  Unfortunately, we were too far away to join any family this year, but it was nice being able to have it - just the four of us - and create some of our own traditions.

No one ever tells you when you are married that holidays are one of the odd times of the year that you truly have a fixed idea of what has to be or else its "not really Thanksgiving" or "not really Christmas."  What I mean is that, at Thanksgiving, I have found out that what food is served and how it is cooked is what makes it "Thanksgiving."   Ours was no different and Will and I having to come to some sort of middle ground of what would be served was an interesting endeavor at that.  He wanted broccoli casserole and cornbread stuffing.... I wanted candied sweet potatoes and cranberry jello salad...Will wanted cranberries out of a can (i mean REALLY??? a can??...pshaww!).  So, after much debate, we finally settled on OUR family menu: smoked turkey, cornbread stuffing, broccoli casserole, cranberry jello salad, candied sweet potatoes and cherry pie (to which I had no idea that Will hated cherry pie...fail).

Will received a new smoker for his birthday (yay me!) and this would be our first use of it.  I should've known....the turkey came out a little well done, at least on the white meat part (which is the only part I'll eat).  But, none the less, it was still tasty and he did a great job!  He stayed up all night cooking the turkey and slept on the couch.  So sweet!

obviously she wasn't happy the sign was on her head...or that she couldn't partake in dinner!

Also, while on Thanksgiving break we decorated our first Christmas tree.  First we were going to decorate the fake tree and then realized in our new home, it looked rather tiny.  So, in the true spirit of Christmas, and Will missing getting a live tree from his dad's garden center... we did the next best thing and purchased one from Home Depot!

Can't wait until Christmas is here and we agree upon which traditions to start on Christmas day! So much fun having a new family with a new baby and doing everything together as a first!

Merry Christmas ya'll!

Wilkes' 2nd Star Day

I'm a little delayed in this post as this is about Wilkes' November star day.  But, hey, two kids, a job, a house to keep running, who has time for blogging?!

This month's Star Day theme was "Favorite Stuffed Animal."  Wilkes decided to take Spiderman, which technically isn't an animal, but it is a stuffed toy, so we met 1 out of 2 requirements.  So, when he got to show the class his favorite stuffed MANimal, he told them it was his favorite b/c he got it at a fair.

The class then gets to ask questions to Wilkes about it and he explained to me that if someone asks the same question as someone else or asks a question that he already gave the answer to when explaining why it is his favorite then he gets to tell them "sorry, someone already asked that question" or "I already explained that."  This is apparently to promote better listening skills amongst the kindergartner's.

Some of the questions he was asked were:

Q: Do you sleep with him at night?
W: No, I don't. I just like him a lot.

Q:Do you play with it?
W: I did a long time ago

Q: Where did you get it?
W: I already answered that. At the festival.


Next month's Star Day theme "Favorite Game"

Hadley is 4 months!

Oh sweet Hadley, I cannot believe how fast time is flying by!  I feel like it was just yesterday that I was in the hospital anxiously awaiting your arrival and now you, my baby girl, are 4 months old!  Here's a look at what has happened to you this past month.

YOU

• weigh 13lbs 12 oz!!!
• give "kisses" by just opening your mouth right on mom and dad's cheeks (sometimes you lick!)
• reach out and grab anything that's within your reach, especially if its colorful.
• scream, little happy screams and like to hear us scream back
• sit on the table in a bumbo chair
  
  
  
  
  
  
• smile back and someone who smiles at you
• kick your feet against anything they touch
• chew on anything in your hands
• love to have your calves and legs massaged when your upset
• love Fleetwood Mac and when mommy sings their songs to you.  Your favorite is "Songbird".  And much like mommy you dislike any of the songs sung by Stevie Nicks.
• received your first exersaucer but are very unsure of it.  I think it is because your little legs are still a tad too short to reach the ground so you aren't sure what to do! 

  

  your thanksgiving bib