The day started with some scary news from India, where Aunt Claire is galavanting around on an “independent study,” where terrorists bombed Mumbai last night. Happily, we heard from A/C that she is fine and will be changing her travel plans to skip her planned stop in Mumbai.
Mom got up with me around 5:30. I ate my bottle and then we hung out and played with Mom and Grandma. After breakfast, we made an impromptu trip to Wal-Mart where we got some stuff for Thanksgiving dinner (and also saw my friends Don and Peggy and their whole room (!) dedicated to the St. Louis Cardinals).
When it was nap time, I got to sleep with Mom in her bed, which is the best. I got up to find Dad hovering over the bed, ready to whisk me away. Dad fed me lunch (split pea, parsnip, and pear stew) and then we walked all around the house. My afternoon nap was with Dad, in his bed again!
When I got up, Great Grandpa Harris was waiting for me in the living room. He’s so fun and he has an awesome Donald Duck voice that makes me laugh. Then a bunch of other people came over for Thanksgiving dinner: Great Uncle Mark, Great Aunt Joanne, cousins Sam and Hunter, Great Uncle Michael, and Great Aunt Karen. I missed Aunt Claire though!
For about three hours I got to hang out with all these people who love me so much! Hunter was especially fun – he taught me how to take his hat off his head and he let me play with his Cardinals hat! Uncle Michael also walked around with me for a really long time – I bet his back hurts tonight! Mom made sure that I got my own Thanksgiving dinner tonight: turkey, sweet potatoes, and cranberries.
As soon as I got done eating and the Harris family left, we zoomed off to Great Grandma Droste’s house (after I changed into something appropriately feminine!). It was getting to my bed time, so I took a quick catnap during the car ride over. I had heard about the millions of people who go to GG Droste’s at Christmas, but I had no idea that there would be so many people there for Thanksgiving!
First I went to see GG Droste and Aunt Jackie who were finishing dinner. Then I went into the living room where all the cousins were hanging out. I especially liked sitting with Jen. She’s so nice and she’s about to have her own baby! And Great Aunt Jackie was so nice she even changed my dirty diaper. It was such a special day, Mom and Dad let me stay up way past my bedtime! Even though I didn’t get cranky my eyes started glazing over around 8, so dad gave me my bottle, put me in my PJs, we said goodbye to everyone, and we went back to G&G’s house in Dow. I fell asleep on the way then back to sleep after we went in the house. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
margaretyagan 
Maggie, I didn’t teach you how to pull my hat off you did that yourself! Can’t wait to see you at Christmas!