Thanksgiving

We have a lot to be thankful for. Our little girl keeps growing stronger, doing flips and making her presence known with a steady barrage of kicks. Heather already thinks our daughter is hilarious, and observes with bemused wonder as the baby contorts herself to sit all on one side, or all up front, showing some lively personality even at this stage. We'll see how funny it is when the rib-jabbing starts...

Most of the immediate Donahoe clan spent the Thanksgiving holiday with us in San Diego. We had a very relaxed week of cooking, visiting, and kayaking. Erin taught Heather some killer exercise moves, so she'll be prepared for baby-lifting, stroller pushing, and (from the toughness level seen here), probably street fighting.



In true Donahoe fashion, we celebrated on the most logistically favorable, rather than most traditional, day- eating a delicious turkey meal on Friday. This was fine with me, because I'd rather watch college football on Thanksgiving anyway. A week later, we're still working on the leftovers. Here is the gang on the day after- we missed you, Ryan and Andy!



We have been showered with thoughtful gifts already, and feel very encouraged to have so many people keeping us in their thoughts. Thank you. A notable gift arrived last week from Aunt Melanie and Uncle Henry, and serves as a nice visual reminder of what Heather is hauling around in there.



Sorry for the long delay on the blog post- I'll try to be more on-the-ball as our adventure continues. Happy last day of November!