thanksgiving

On our way to California for Thanksgiving. We were so excited. Many thanks to Dad and Brenda!

We were so thankful to get to spend the holiday with friends and family. It was great that Emad finally got a chance to meet everyone. We had a GREAT time!

Savana is soooo cute and loves her new chair!

Emad, Laurie, Leslie

Aunt Teri, Grandma, Grandpa, Grandpa Ken, Grammy Lou, Dad, Brenda, Daren, Savana, Leslie, Laurie and Emad. Great picture of us all at Thanksgiving. What a great day with amazing food and company!

Friday morning we went to Lake Casitas for a yummy breakfast and saw some friends.

It was a beautiful day.

Surprise, Dad!

Emad got to meet Sam the dog. That's as close as he got - which I thought was pretty brave for someone who had never been that close to a St. Bernard before!

Later that day, Mary, Robert and Izzy came over.

We got to the beach just as the sun was setting. It was nice to be on a "real" beach again.

Laurie & Mary...so happy to see each other! After the beach we went to Olive Garden for dinner. Yum! Thanks Mary, Robert and Izzy for a great dinner and for the cute shirt, rattle and figurine!

Silly Savana

Playtime before Mom and Steve came over for dinner on Saturday.

Time for a tea party!

Thanks to mom for a great tri tip dinner and dessert! Very yummy! We also love all the cute baby clothes. Thanks so much.

Thanks to my generous sister, we won't need to buy any baby clothes for at least a year! We brought extra luggage so we could get it all home - and there were a LOT of clothes! We are so thankful.

Sunday we went to Dad and Brenda's for a pancake breakfast.

Leslie and Savana did some dancing.

Auntie Laurie and Savana

Sisters

Cheeeeeeeeese!

Daren, Leslie, Emad and Laurie

We were so sad to leave but so grateful for the 4 days we got to spend with everyone. What a great time we had. We enjoyed every minute we were there. We hope to see you all again after Sumaya is born.

In other news:

In record time, Emad's green card has been approved! Yahoo! Tuesday we're going to his biometrics appointment where they'll take his fingerprints and photograph. He should receive the card hopefully within a week. This is great news since the typical processing time is about 5 months - not 3 weeks!

I'm now 23 weeks along and other than another nasty cold, everything is going well with the pregnancy. Sumaya is very active and we love watching her moving around in my belly. Our next ultrasound and appointment is on Thursday. Hopefully we'll get more pictures!

xoxo