Thanksgiving!!!

We had such a busy Thanksgiving this year!

The Saturday before we had dinner at my Mom's.  For the past couple of years we have been doing that and I love it.  We usually do it early because everyone has so many places to go.  That day I took some pictures of Maddy, Mom took some pictures of me and Alan announcing we are pregnant, and Alan proposed...all before dinner!

I stayed at home pretty late that evening, then met Jo for dinner @ El Tap.

I worked Monday night.  Wednesday, we went with a realtor to look at 4 different houses.  We loved 3 of the houses, but did not like the location of any of them, so we are back at square one.  After that, I met Pauli at El Tap for lunch to catch up.  She wants to move back to Atl. and I'm hoping that happens sooner rather than later!  I miss her like crazy!  That evening, Alan's dad came over!  We ended up going to town for dinner and to do a little shopping!  He is so ready to start shopping for the baby!

Thursday morning, I met Krystal and Brit at IHOP for breakfast.  Krystal was in for Thanksgiving.  I'm sure we probable drove Brit insane talking about pregnancy stuff.  After that, I went to see the baby for a little bit.  He was sick and a little cranky!  I miss him like crazy because I never get to see him but he is getting so big!  After I left there, I went to Granny's for lunch!  Of course, that's my favorite dinner.  There's just something about being there on the holidays with my family!  I was supposed to work that night so I didn't get to stay long because I had to drive back home and lay down for a nap.  I ended up getting called off and we went to Alan's Ma's that night and ate leftovers for supper!

I was supposed to work on Friday, too!  So I slept and then got called off again.  Alan and I went to town, did a little shopping, got something to eat, and then went by Brandon's to hang out with him and Margaux a bit!

Saturday, was Alan's Ma's 85th birthday party, so we did that.  Then we had Thanksgiving with friends that night @ Brandon's.  There was enough food there to feed an army and everything was sooo good!  I can't wait to do it again.  I love getting together with all our friends for holidays!  After we left there, Jo and Noah came to the house and stayed until about 1:30 playing the xbox and looking at pictures!

I had to get up early Sunday morning to drive to Harriman to meet Tot for breakfast at Cracker Barrel.  It's so hard for us to get together when she comes in because she is so busy and then I have a crazy work schedule, but we actually made it work this time!  I'm really hoping I can make a trip to see her soon!  I was exhausted after breakfast and ended up having to stop about 1/2 way home to take a nap because I was afraid I was going to fall asleep.  I slept for about an hour and then finished driving home!

It was a long and busy week, but so worth it.  I got to see 3 friends from out of town, spend time with my family and have dinner with friends.  Couldn't have asked for a better Thanksgiving!

I said YES!

Alan finally popped the question!  It was perfect and I couldn't have asked for a better proposal story!

On the Saturday before Thanksgiving (11/19/11) we were having dinner with the family at my Mom's for Thanksgiving.  Tennille had asked me to take some pictures of Maddy that day, so I went up early and Alan came later.  He and I had planned on having Mom take some pictures of us announcing we were pregnant.  So, right before dinner Mom came outside to take our pictures.  We used a small chalkboard and wrote the due date/+1 on it and took pictures.  After we were done, he said, "What if I have an idea?"  So I gave him the chalkboard and he started writing away.  However, he would not let me see what it said.  Logan was the only one outside with us at this point and he had the camera.

When Alan was done writing, we went back around to the front of the house and Mom came back outside.  Logan really wanted to take pictures, but Mom insisted that she get the camera back, which I thought was really weird.  After Alan moved me around 15 times trying to find the right spot, he finally told me to stand right where I was, put the chalkboard down by my leg (which said forever), got down on one knee, and proposed.  My mom and Logan were both outside with us and my mom took pictures of the whole thing.  It was absolutely perfect.  My whole family was inside, but had no clue what was going on.  He had only told my Mom.

I have always thought it would be awesome to have my family there when he proposed and to have pictures, BUT I had never told anyone that!  Crazy how things work out!

He gave me the most beautiful ring!  It was well worth the wait and I love, love, love it! It's perfect!

 Love the big smile on his face in the picture!

This pictures was taken right after I said I loved the ring.  He made this face and let out a big sigh.  He said, "I wasn't worried about you saying yes, I was just worried about you liking the ring."  

I showed my Granny thing ring once we got back inside, but let everyone else figure it out on their own.  On the way back home, I called Kelsie and told her.  I met Joanna for supper at El Tap to show/tell her and then went by the hospital to show Brit and Peggy!

Most perfect day ever!