I’ve been absent, I know! I’ve been busy as hell. And not really a fun busy…just work, and doctor’s appointments, and kids, and normal everyday life. But I apologize for the long absence. I’ll try not to let it happen again.
So, what’s happened since my last post? Oh yeah, Thanksgiving! I am seriously still recovering from all the driving we did at Thanksgiving…maybe that’s why I haven’t written…it brings up the memories of nearly 24 hours spent in the car with a 1 year old and almost 3 year old. Not.fun.at.all.
But yes, we drove down to Florida for the Thanksgiving holiday. We basically did the tour of Florida! We drove to Orlando (7 hours), then to Fort Lauderdale (3.5 hours), then to Sarasota (3 hours) and then back to Atlanta (10 hours). Luckily, for it being the Thanksgiving holiday, the traffic wasn’t too bad, but I can honestly say I will never drive that much in that short of a time with two small kids ever again. Overall, the kids actually did OK, but it’s just miserable for them to be stuck in their car seats for that long of a time. I honestly feel guilty about it along with the endless DVDs we exposed them to and the disgusting fast food they had to eat along the way.
Our Thanksgiving was nice! It was great to spend a few days with Kahn’s family and stuff our faces and catch up with family. Some of his family had not met Olivia yet so it was great to be able to introduce her to everyone. And everyone was so happy to see how much the kids have grown and to spend a few days with the little ones. And the weather could not have been better! It was a great tribute to Dick, the late host, who died earlier this year. We had one last ‘hooray’ before his kids sold his house and it was a really great time. He was smiling and enjoying a glass of wine in heaven as he was watching us!
We have a ‘big’ Thanksgiving every other year at Dick’s house in Fort Lauderdale and it’s always a blast! I guess I should rephrase that… it WAS a blast until we had kids. Now, for me, it’s been downgraded to just fun and good to see everyone. Prior to kids, it was basically 2 days of eating, drinking, staying up late, drinking, playing card games, drinking and just lots of laughs. Honestly, some of my favorite activities of all time and it was nice because it was with some of my favorite people. But since our sweet angel babies have been born, there are no more late nights and definitely not any heavy drinking (boo! And I mean, BOO!!!). This year Thanksgiving consisted of me chasing the kids around to make sure that they didn’t knock over the Chinese dragon sculpture on the pedestal in the dining room probably flown in from some small village in China; that Olivia didn’t wipe her yellow snot on the white, white, white, white, white couches in the living room; that neither kid escaped onto the porch and fell into the pool; that Kahn didn’t leave some of his original artwork on the walls; or that Olivia didn’t crack her head open on the tile steps that she had to play on the entire time! To be honest, it was exhausting! But Dick, please know…we left the house intact! Thankfully, nothing was broken on behalf of my two kids.
It is honestly no fault of Dicks or anyone who invites us over that doesn’t have kids, but as a parent it is really nerve-wracking to bring two very young, very active kids anywhere that is not child proof! There is just no way to relax! We recently brought our two kids to DC to stay with our good friends up there and I was equally as nervous having the kids there---although they didn’t have any super expensive art showcased on pedestals throughout their house, but nonetheless, I would have been devastated if they would have ruined anything in their brand new house. I mean, it would have been totally OK if I would break their banister from dancing on it at 3am after 15 cocktails, but God forbid one of my kids break something in their house. I would feel terrible! I was a nervous wreck in DC and I was in a nervous wreck down in Fort Lauderdale for Thanksgiving!
But overall, it was a great Thanksgiving and I am thankful for the time we got to spend with everyone, the wonderful food and the wonderful conversation (even if I was half listening since I had one eye on the kids at all times).
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I am thankful for our families, our friends, our house, our jobs…my life! And I am thankful for my kids. Even if I can’t enjoy the conversations and cocktails like I used to on holidays like Thanksgiving, I wouldn’t want life any other way. They change everything…for the better! And I am forever Thankful.
And my apologies…sadly, we didn’t take any pictures while down in Florida for Thanksgiving. We had our hands full with the kiddos.
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