Highs and Lows

It's been a bit of a rough week at our house.  

We definitely had lots of highs and lows 

with Thanksgiving, traveling and more

so I'll get started with my list:

HIGHS:

1. We got to travel to Indiana to see our families for Thanksgiving.  Our road trip to Indiana was our fastest one yet (in under 8 hours with stops both ways) and perfectly uneventful.  We got to see so many people we love.

  2. We got to eat LOTS of delicious food and I was happy to contribute a little by helping my mom make the pies.  Isn't that tiny squirrel cookie cutter adorable!?!?  I am planning to make a mini Thanksgiving for my family next week.

3. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was on the hunt for a berry wreath for my front door.  I searched high and low for an affordable one and my mom found the winner at Hobby Lobby.  They are expensive if you pay full price so be sure to buy on sale or use a coupon.  The wreath looks lovely on my front door!  I love the shades of red, the size of the wreath and the overall look of it!

4. We got to go on The Polar Express train ride in French Lick, Indiana.

My siblings, their kids and my parents all got to go and it was so much fun!

I felt like it really kicked off the Christmas season.

I'll post more on the whole experience next week.

Olive learned how to do the choo-choo sign so she was thrilled when we actually got to ride the choo-choo train!  She also learned how to say papaw so naturally he was thrilled.  She's been saying choo-choo and papaw every since.

5. I made our Christmas cards and am almost ready to put them in the mail.  My address list is updated and I ordered them from Sams during their great Black Friday sale.  I also started getting Christmas cards in the mail this week.  I love going to the mailbox every day around Christmas to see what cards came for us.

6. We got our Christmas tree!!  It smells like Christmas in my house and I can't wait to decorate it.  I'm going to keep our special breakable ornaments packed away this year and decorate the tree with nonbreakable, toddler friendly ornaments.  I don't want to have to guard the tree from my little toddler tornado all month long :)

The major LOW that dominated our week:

Olive pulled my hot curling wand off the bathroom counter last Friday and badly burned her hand.  We've spent the week in the ER, pediatrician's office and seen specialists at the burn center.  She had to have surgery on Wednesday to help her hand heal.  We were so sad to see her in so much pain and having to go through all of this at just 18 months old.  It's been exhausting and we are hopeful that she's on the road to a full recovery.  We are thankful for great doctors and are praying she'll heal perfectly without any further procedures.

#healfastlittleone

Hope you have a great weekend!!

We are planning a low key one so that Olive can just rest, relax and HEAL!

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