Happy Thanksgiving!!!

I hope everyone had a great holiday! Michael, George and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We spent the week with his mother and step-father in Front Royal, VA. This tiny town is about an hour outside of Washington, DC. We were also joined by his sister, brother-in-law and little nephew. It was a blast!
We spent our time relaxing and shopping. We made trips to the grocery store, Target, Jo Ann’s, Michael’s, Kohl’s, Pier 1 and Wal-Mart. Very fun for Shelly and me, but not so much for Michael :) George had a wonderful time in the big house and large back yard. He had plenty of room to play inside and asked us to go outside every 5 minutes. He looked so small out there.

Michael’s favorite part about Thanksgiving is the food. Not just the eating part, the cooking part too. Michael made the turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing and cranberries. I made green beans, sweet potatoes, 2 pumpkin pies, a pecan pie and a chocolate chip pecan pie. Yummy! There was way too much food, but nobody seemed to mind. It was a great dinner!!

We also had a blast with Michael’s nephew, Ben. You can definitely tell he’s a Brugal! He looks so much like Michael and his brother, Nick. He has got to be the happiest little boy in the world. He is so cute and super smart! We took a trip to Washington on Friday and he really enjoyed himself. We went to the Natural History Museum to see the dinosaurs. We all had a great time. We also visited the Washington Monument and the White House.

The drive from Boston to Front Royal took us about 8 hours. The drive back to Boston took 12!! We decided to leave on Saturday to beat the crazy traffic. However, on Saturday the New Jersey turnpike was closed because of an accident. We thought we would be home by 6:00 and we had just arrived in NYC at 5:45. It was a nightmare!

We are looking forward to our next appointment on Tuesday Dec. 9th. We will be scheduling our next ultrasound that will show is the sex of the baby!!! Michael says he is 90% sure it is a girl, but I can’t seem to make up my mind. We’ll all have to wait and see!

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