Thanksgiving!!!

Thanksgiving is coming friends!! ( I doubt anyone is reading this yet but ill talk anyway, this is sort of like therapy for me :) Anyway, back to thanksgiving. I grew up with the concept that thanksgiving is a holiday (like most in my childhood that is spent and celebrated more than just once in a day). Last year followed perfectly in suite, we ate "dinner" with Taylor's parents at noon, I spent the night in the guest bedroom and the smell of the turkey at 8:00am was AMAZING and I agree with their family, why torture yourself to smell it all day and eat lunch that isn't that smell.....JUST EAT IT!!! So that's exactly what we did, we had this amazing thanksgiving dinner that we ate until we felt like we could die (without remembering we had another "dinner" in a few short hours).
Taylor's mom is an incredible cook and I thank her for teaching my husband the value of a good home cooked meal because he encourages me and pushes me to learn to be a better cook for our family. I have very very high expectations to live up to!! We play a game each new recipe I make that I ask Taylor about 5 bites in "Is this a do-over?" meaning can I make this again or is it not worth repeating. So far all the answer have been mmm-hmmm!!! With his mouth full :) That part makes my heart happy because as they all say "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach". I know I already have Taylor's heart but ill use food to keep it!

So the second thanksgiving dinner was with my mom, stepdad and little sister (let us not forget the amazing grandma janet or taylor lovingly calls her "G.J."), We had almost the exact same meal but from a different cook so it was just a little different but in a good way. We ate at like 3 oclock and couldn't really find room to eat everything we wanted, even my dessert stomach was full! We then packed up and bundled up and went to the plaza for the lighting, Taylor had never been before and we stole a lightbulb for our miniature box. shhhhhhhh! It was our first thanksgiving together, we had to, don't judge.

Sadly, this year is going to be a lot different, I love my job but since I am newer and the low man on the totem pole I work thanksgiving night this year  and even though I requested to be off the night before as a trade off, I lost. So I work both nights and that means I have to sleep all day on thursday or I will be a mess on thursday night for my babies and that is not fair to them or me. So I will miss Taylor's family thanksgiving this year and waking up to turkey smells. I will get to eat at my mom's this year but will miss the lighting (unless I get upstairs in time to catch it from our 5th floor windows overlooking the plaza) and I will miss the food, because this year thanksgiving in GLUTEN FREE UGHHHH! I love feeling better, but I hate missing out on all of this. The holidays are my favorite but gluten free holidays are a beast I have yet to tackle and I am not sure how that't going to pan out. So this year I will count my blessings in the company of the babies and my fellow nurses while eating leftovers out of my lunchbox and be thankful that I get any food at all and have a job to be at. :) Happy Thanksgiving everyone