A Very Thankful Thanksgiving!

We have so much to be thankful for this year! We are so thankful that Mason is here and that we were able to have him with us for Thanksgiving! It made our holiday extra special! We are really enjoying getting to know him and having him as a part of our family! Already it is hard to remember life without Mason! Here is his hospital picture that we received in the mail this week. He really scratched his face well as you can see! I thought it was pretty neat how they took the picture of his head in Matt's hands! He is one day old in this picture:



I thought this pose was cute. Mason was sleeping in the bouncy seat with his arms up in the air. "Touchdown!"


Thanksgiving for the Baker family was pretty low-key. Matt was still recovering from strep throat and we had only been home 2 days. Matt's mom, grandma, brother, and sister joined us on Thankgiving Day. It was the first time all but his mom had meet Mason. We went to Hy-Vee and loaded up with food from their deli. It wasn't your "traditional" Thanksgiving, but it worked for us! It was nice to have family with us and also to have the help...since I had been doing everything on my own with Matt being sick. Everyone enjoyed holding Mason and Marcy brought her wii, which Zane loved playing! Here are a few pictures from our day:

Great Grandma Baker meeting Mason

Zane & Grandma playing Mario Kart

On Friday my brother and his girlfriend Michele came to meet Mason. It was nice to see and visit with them! Mason was born only 2 days after Michele's birthday! I think Aaron enjoyed cuddling up to Mason for a little while, he's so good with little kids!

Aaron, Mason & Michele

After Aaron & Michele left, I convinced Matt that we needed to put up our Christmas tree! I always like to put it up the day after Thanksgiving. We didn't get a chance to get the outside lights up, and who knows if we will, but we did get the inside of the house decorated!

Is it working right, Dad?

Zane seems to want in EVERY picture we are trying to take lately! This first one is one where he was acting silly and posing for the camera. There are a few other shots following that I thought were too cute not to share.

"Look at me!"

What a face...isn't the hat hilarious?
How can you resist this face?

So peaceful!

Mama's boys!

Rubbing noses...Zane kept saying

"Mason not doing it!"

On Sunday we went to church for the first time as a family of four! I was afraid the music would be too loud and scare Mason, but it seemed to do the opposite...he loved it! We are really getting into the Christmas spirit at our house...Zane is in LOVE with the snow! He was super excited when he saw it and had to come get me to see it! We let him run through the yard and make footprints...you would have thought we told him he won the lottery! To be a kid again...

After church we made a gingerbread Santa's sleigh. Zane really wanted a train again, like last year, but we finally talked him into this one.

Open wide!

Decorating the sleigh

We hope that everyone is doing well! Take care and thanks for checking in on us!