Abby Lee

Our second thanksgiving was with my family. Grammie & Pop Pop(we have renamed you) came down early. In fact Jason and I were sitting at our living room table, finishing up dinner and I was fretting about our apartment not being clean. Jason of course was calm and not stressing about it at all. His regular temperment and attitude. I went out to our back porch for some reason and heard a car horn honk. I thought to myself. It would be just like dad to honk the horn in order to get our attention because he knows our door bell is broken. So I decided to check our parking lot to see if it was my parents. And it was. I couldn't believe it. They said that they were going to arrive on Sunday mid day, and yet here it was 7 o'clock on Saturday night! Oh well, the apartment was going to have to stay a mess.

Grammie & Pop Pop were ecstatic to have Saturday night with Abby just by themselves. Although exhausted from their long drive down, they spent the evening watching Abby run around.

Sunday, Jason went to Raleigh early to pick Mary up from the airport. Grammie and Pop Pop took Abby for a walk, while I did homework. The rest of Sunday was a blur, with Jason and Pop Pop heading to Wake Forest to watch the Bears and Mary & Grammie playing cribbage and watching Abby, while I continued to do homework. That night we opened Christmas presents. This was the Lake family Christmas because Jason, Abby, and I were heading to Michigan for actual Christmas.

Monday came and went, Jason and I worked, while Grammie, Pop Pop, Abby, and Mary went down to visit the Knapps. Dinner was at Hazel and Bernard's House(Abby's baby sitters).

Tuesday, Grammie & Pop Pop left to go back to Vermont, and Sue flew in from California. Wednesday, Matt and Ruth arrived with Brad and his girlfriend (sorry, I can't remember her name). Dang it was a full house, and Abby loved every minute of it.


By Friday morning, everyone was gone except Sue. We spent Friday relaxing and watching Cars. It was a good day to relax after all of the guest that had come to visit.

Saturday, we headed to Durham. Sue's college roommate, Julie came up and we were able to eat some Cosmic Catina Burritos for lunch. God, I love that place.

Sunday evening, Sue and I headed into Raleigh so that I could drop her off with my friend Emily Sheridan. Since Sheridan lives in Raleigh and Sue's flight was leaving at 6 AM. We had prearranged for Sue to stay there for the evening. It was a good night. We went out to dinner. It was the first time in a long time that I had gone out to dinner without Abby or Jason. It is amazing what changes occur when you get married and have a baby. It isn't bad, just different.

When I finally got home, this is what I found. I wouldn't give it up for anything.