It was really important to me to make the Peanut a costume for her first Halloween. I finally decided to go as classic as it gets and whip up a bed sheet ghost using one of her crib sheets that didn't fit the mattress very well. It was a no-sew affair, I just used iron-on transfer paper for the eyes and mouth and did a sort-of drawstring neck so that it would fit over her noggin but still stay on. She wasn't too sure about the whole thing, as is obvious above. I couldn't manage to get one shot where you can actually see the costume and where she is not flailing and wailing. Honestly, I love that picture that picture though. I think it captures the gap between real life and staged for social media-perfect nicely.
Then there was Thanksgiving. We decided not to fly with baby quite this early on, so instead of being back in Illinois for Thanksgiving and Christmas, we celebrated at home as a family of three.
We managed to make a proper Thanksgiving dinner, though between talking to family on the phone/video chat and keeping up with required baby maintenance, we ate about three hours later than planned. Delayed dinner time aside, for a first attempt at cooking a turkey, it came out quite well, as did all the sides. And baby slept while we ate, so we actually got to enjoy the meal. As Greg's t-shirt indicates, it was not a formal affair, still it felt good to mark the "firsts" this season, even if doing so in this particular instance only directly benefited Mommy and Daddy. :)
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