All Things Turkey

Tucker and I had the wonderful opportunity to host our family Thanksgiving this year. Many people wait years to host Thanksgiving at their house. I am so happy that we didn't have to wait that long :) It was also so nice to host our first Thanksgiving in our brand new house. It feels a little more like home with every memory we make.

I was definitely nervous to say the least. I was in charge of the turkey and the dressing. These are the two things that people look forward to all year long. I didn't want to be the one who ruined Thanksgiving! I'd never live to hear the end of that! Luckily, the turkey turned out great thanks to Trisha Yearwood :) and the dressing was a hit! (Thanks, Grandpa!)

 Before

 After

 Dressing! Yum!

 Tucker carving the turkey.

 I don't think we had enough food! Ha!

After dinner, we did some relaxing on the back porch. Tucker set up a TV outside so we could watch football and enjoy the beautiful weather. The chiminea kept every one nice and cozy! It was the perfect way to recover after eating so much food!

 Al, Phyllis, Mymama, and Tucker relaxing after lunch.

Keeping warm with the hubs <3

Then on Friday, we went to Tucker's Aunt Katie's house for a pig roast. Uncle Larry roasted a whole pig! Yes, I said whole! It was an experience that's for sure! We had so much fun, and the BBQ was delish! It's times like these that I'm glad I'm pregnant! Ha!

 The Boswell's and Fuller's at the "Holley"day Pig Roast.

Too cute!

I can't imagine Thanksgiving getting any better, but I know it will! Next year Baby Fuller and Baby Boswell will make everything even more special! 

Amanda 

Celebrating Baby Fuller

This weekend was Emily's baby shower and Andy's diaper shower. I was so happy to help host such an important event for my sister-in-law. She and Andy did a great job getting the house ready! You couldn't even tell they had moved in only a week earlier! Everything looked wonderful! I'm not sure how Emily did it! She continues to amaze me! I know with being seven months pregnant and just moving into a new house, it must have been stressful and exhausting. We are just all so happy they are in and settled now. It has been a long time coming for those two! They deserve it!

Emily and Andy did not want to know the gender of the baby, so we had a gender neutral party. I'm not sure how she's doing that either. The suspense would kill me! We had fruit with custard, little sandwiches, and biscuits with chocolate. Yum! And of course we had the usual petit fours with little yellow and green booties on top. They were precious!

It was such a joy to see Emily and Baby Fuller showered with gifts. She received so many cute things that I can't wait to go shopping myself! So many people showed up, too! Emily and Andy are loved for sure by so many! Meanwhile, Andy and the boys were celebrating at Buffalo Wild Wings. It's always fun when you can include the Dad and make him feel special too.

Tucker and I can't wait to meet our new niece or nephew! We are just so excited about all the little new additions to the Boswell and Fuller families!

Amanda

 Just some of the presents!

 The beautiful mom-to-be opening up the gifts.

Emily, Kate, and I

(By the way, I'm 15 weeks pregnant!)

 Kate, Kathie, Emily, and I

 Amanda (Andy's mother), Emily, and Katie (Andy's sister)

Katie, Emily, Andy's little sister, and stepmom

Sick and Pregnant

I'm sick AGAIN!!! What I thought was a cold morphed into part stomach virus. I had to leave work at 9:30 yesterday, and I'm still running a low grade temperature today. My doctor says my immune system is weaker because I'm pregnant. I haven't been sick this many times since my first year if teaching.

Being sick right now is really not working into my schedule! Today, I was supposed to be heading to Emily and Andy's new house to help them clean and move. Now I'm not even sure that I will be able to help tomorrow. I'm hoping for a speedy recovery!

On another note, I'm 13 weeks pregnant. I'll be 14 weeks on Sunday. I was just starting to feel good again. That is, before I got sick. I was feeling more energetic and food was starting to taste good again. I can't wait till my sweet baby arrives! All of this sickness will all be worth it when we get to meet our baby girl or boy in May!