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1st Thanksgiving!

This year for Riley's first Thanksgiving, we went to see her great-grandparents in Oklahoma. What a trip! We even drove! (OG came too! She was good company for Riley in the back seat.) She was an incredibly good baby, but what else would you expect? The weather was COLD, but we survived. (Despite the fact that we showed up in flip flops and T-shirts.) Fortunately, I had packed warm weather gear.
Riley enjoyed her first turkey dinner. She especially liked the stuffing and the green bean casserole (one of her mommy's favorites, too.) She had a particularly funny way of eating it though; she would suck all the stuff off the green bean, spit it out and then suck the bean back in. It was hysterical. I'm not sure why she did it that way. Her great-aunt Leslie and 2nd cousin Michael made the trip as well. Her aunt went a little crazy buying her fun jeans and stuff, so Riley left OK dressed better than when she arrived.
After dinner on Thursday, we took Riley to the city park to see all the Christmas lights. I think she really liked it. She also got to meet Santa for the first time. She was okay with him until I tried to put her on his lap. She wasn't having anything to do with that! Unfortunately, the batteries in my camera picked a most unfortunate evening to give out. Aunt Leslie got some pics of the ordeal though, so once she sends them to me, I'll post them. They're too cute!
On Friday, Amy, Jimmy and JT came in to see us. JT is such a cute, happy baby! He's gotten big and he's crawling all over the place. He and Riley had fun together.
On Saturday, Ty and I headed to Norman for the OU/osu football game. BOOMER SOONER! With a score of 49-17, the Sooners ran away with the win. It was a great game and Ty finally got to see a "real" football game. Thanks to my fabulous friends Becky and Jake (and their parents) for the tickets. Unfortunately, Jake was sick, so it was just Becky, Ty and I for the game, but it was fun. I ran into some friends from college that I haven't seen since I graduated.
All too quickly, Sunday rolled around and we had to say a tearful good-bye to everyone. But, shortly they'll all be out here for Riley's Birthday Bonanza Blowout!

Our little kiss....

Riley was the sweetest little kiss for Halloween! She went trick-or-treating like a pro and was walking all over the place. She totally amazes me.

The first picture is of her and her OG, who was dressed as a hippie for the day. The second on is of her and her cousin Ethan, or Dr. Q. T. Patootie.