The Parnell Family: Happy Thanksgiving

11.28.2008

Happy Thanksgiving

Bennett and Lila were super excited about their Thanksgiving cookies!

Lila and G

Elise and Aunt Mo

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! Hope you all had a wonderful day filled with good food and family! I am especially thankful that I was well enough to at least eat some of my Mom's awesome food yesterday! YUM!

Obviously, much more importantly, we were feeling especially thankful yesterday for all of our family and friends..it was great to spend time with Grandpa and Virginia, Mo and Phillip, Jared and Erinn, Ms. Ann, Austin, and Shannon, and of course our three very special little pumpkins!

So much to be thankful for...

In other news, our special elf (elf on the shelf) arrived from the North Pole yesterday. Elise named him Red last year, but this year informed David and I that he is actually a she. Hilarious. So, we now have our little elf watching over our munchkins so that she can report back to Santa....

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!

1 comment:

Brad and Lissa said...: ours is a girl too! quinn named her she-she last year!; December 4, 2008 at 1:42 PM

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Elise

Elise Laurent was born at 5:00 p.m. on July 19, 2005. We did not find out her sex during my pregnancy and we were thrilled to tears (and slightly shocked) to meet our beautiful baby girl. She was a big baby at 8lbs, 8oz, and David and I couldn't take our eyes off of her. Elise is an old French name that David and I have always loved. Laurent is both my paternal Grandfather's name and my Dad's middle name. We always dreamed of having a daughter and were so thankful and overwhelmed to be given such a blessing.
Elise is a true first born. She likes structure, likes to fully understand everything, likes her questions answered to her satisfaction. She loves to be challenged and to challenge. She is also highly sensitive and independent.
She is a wonderful big sister to Lila and Bennett....

Lila and Bennett

It would be an understatement to say that we were shocked to learn on November 11, 2006 that we were not expecting baby #2, but baby #2 and #3!! In just shy of two years we would have created quite a family!
But, on June 1st, 2007, at 36 weeks exactly, we were thrilled and completely overcome with joy and gratitude as we welcomed two big, healthy babies into our family. First, Lila Sue, named after my Mom at 7lbs 0.6oz, and secondly, Bennett Raymond, named after David, David's Dad, and my maternal Grandfather, at 7lbs 10.4oz.
Lila has been the vocal one from the start and to this day is still pretty much running the show. She is the life of the party, the entertainer. But she is also the most compassionate, most giving of our children.
Bennett is a true boy. He is active and rough and loves to tackle and throw. He also adores his sisters and his Dad and gives the best hugs around. His big baby blues get me every time.