Thanksgiving went off without a hitch. We had a great time, and I was most thankful for the end of Audrey's diarrhea with a successful, normal poo yesterday at my parents' place, after a two-day break. *phew!* She's also stayed dry for at least 3 days now, and I'm starting to relax about everything. Seriously, seriously, thankful. Her last awful episode was Thursday while we were visiting Patrick, and thankfully most of that went in the potty and it was only a small amount to clean up in the prison visitiation room bathroom. Thank you, Audrey, for yet again helping me to expand my list of life experiences. :) The girls did great during their visit with Pat, though, and I was really proud of them. The most special part was that we got a picture of the entire Sullivan clan together, for the first time.
After we got back to Trav's parents' house, we stuffed ourselves with the traditional dinner, and Audrey took a hearty nap during the afternoon. The rest of us went outside since it was warm and beautiful out, and the guys got out a couple of shotguns. I got to shoot baskets, and even though it was windy and most of the "court" was grass, I had a great time. Then I chilled out on the grass chatting with Tilly and Lea, and it's so nice hanging out with them. Then we ate pie, and the girls were quite confused as to why we were having dessert but no supper, and Travis's explanation didn't seem to quell them so I gave them cheese and bread, too. :) Then they had a fantastic, relaxing bath, much to the amusement of their grandparents, and we piled them in the car to go Rockford for part II of our lovely, relaxing, fantastic holiday.
When we got to my parents' place, my siblings and parents were chatting in the living room, having some wine and cookies. I stayed up waaaaaay too late, but it was our only evening together, since Jenny had to get back to Ames the next day. It was so very, very fun. The meal the next morning went really well, and I was impressed that my mom pulled everything off so well. She had some good sous chefs between my dad, my sister, and myself, but she was in charge and calm and collected by the time we sat down to eat. Made the whole day just relaxed and easy.
Saturday was an Emily and Grandma day. It was so fun to have a day with nothing going on, and Emily really took advantage of it by bring book after book after book for my mom to read to her, and they did a bubble activity that she absolutely loved. It was like her own little private preschool day, which was amazing that she had the energy for that considering this was the end of three wild days of attention and interaction with her favorite people. We piled them in the car and got home after they'd been asleep about an hour. When we walked in the door, the house was so clean and empty, but by the time we got everything unloaded, the house was trashed again. Ahh well. We got a lot of it put away today, but we also got a Christmas tree, up and half-decorated, and Travis did a TON of work in the garage getting ready for winter. And the piano tuner came today, so now my piano sounds fabulous again. :)
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