shmanksgiving.

we had a fabulous thanksgiving this past week. since levi's interviews are excused absences {lucky} we got to spend 10 whole days for thanksgiving in california and at my parents house. =) it was nice. but i will say that i'm having a hard time getting back into the swing of things now that we're home. unpacking is a chore. and i hate it so much. but anyways, here are the pictures from our adventures

{grandma knows what we like. we spent many a hours playing the "drums"} 

 {we were having a rough time with our little teefer coming in. and it probably doesn't help to have mom taking pictures of it either haha}

 {dad and baby's new favorite thing to do. baby likes to rip dad's hair out too. haha}

 thanksgiving dinner was delicious for baby. he got turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and uncle josh's favorite to feed him-- pumpkin pie. he was quite satisfied eating big people food. 

 {the cat sits and listens to josh play every day. it's pretty funny to watch. her tail also keeps time like a metronome.} 

we got to open our christmas presents early so they didn't have to ship them to us. it was fabulous!  

surprisingly, the beast is quite good at opening presents. he is his mothers boy, not wasting anytime ripping that paper off, eating tags, putting them in his mouth. it was quite fun to watch him get all excited for the toys, and become very impatient while we were trying to take the cords/tags off of all of them. 

 his friends are going to be jealous of this bad boy. the eyes of the truck move and everything. 

 we hit the mother load with this one. 

 {he was really tired while we were opening these, which is why he was not excited to look at the camera. he did however enjoy them after his nap}

mom got a SEWING MACHINE- which she was very excited for, a new diaper bag {necessity}, an apron, some recipe books, candy, clippers to cut levi's hair and some other stuffs. it's all still in the car so i'll have to look later. dad got some more wii remotes and some contraptions for his bosch, which i was excited for. because you can grate a whole block of cheese on that bad boy. it's incredible.

all in all, it was quite the successful trip. it's so crazy that school's almost over. wahoo for christmas. have i mentioned that i am loving this cold weather and snow right now? so weird. but i do.