Happy belated Thanksgiving! It certainly was a special one for us, and I hope it was for all of you. It was so special to be in our home with Matty and to have my parents with us as well. We missed the rest of our family very much, but it was wonderful nonetheless. And how much we have to be thankful for was not lost on us at all. I, myself, got a bit choked up during grace. To have our son with us and my mom healthy...oh we are blessed!The Thanksgiving celebrations started for us last week with a party in Matty's class. The kiddies weren't exactly chomping down on all the turkey and gravy, but the parents sure were while our little ones just kept on playing! And each child was sent home with his very own Thanksgiving place mat with his name on it! Mom and I worked away in the kitchen Wednesday and Thursday and if I do say so myself dinner was great. Matty
sat happily with us at the table with his place mat, but only tasted the mashed potatoes and, surprisingly, those were not such a hit. I picked up another one at the store today however, I'll be giving it another go this week. While Mom and I cooked, Ben, Bop and Matty just played and played! I think they all wore each other out! Matty played with every toy he owns and then moved onto super fun things like lamp cords and sharp table corners. After all they are way more fun. :)Matty is 8 months old today if you can believe it! And he has lots of news to report this month as well: Matty has cut two new teeth in the last week alone! Not the top middle two, however, oh no, in the spirit of Twilight and all things vampire, Matty is cutting fangs! At first I thought "oh no, these are not coming in right at all!" He is doing pretty well, but those poor gums. Thank goodness for baby Orajel. And last Sunday morning Matty pulled to kneeling for the first time and just as I could motion to my mom what was happening he was pulling to stand! I could hardly believe it! Now nothing in the house is safe and it's amazing how he finds the least sturdy items to pull up on! We're very proud of him and it's just a matter of time before he's walking...God bless us. He is also starting on finger foods now! So far however he's not so interested which I find shocking, because everything goes in this kid's mouth! But every time a puff goes in, he promptly sticks his tongue out til it falls out. Hmm...
The rest of us Browning's have been keeping busy as well. Ben is getting more and more Georgia Solar projects and I seem to be volunteering for everything under the sun! But the end of the year will be here before we know it and chances for lots more family time together. I can hardly wait!
