Uncle Todd and Hannah kicking back after dinner
Grandpa showing Hannah how to walk like a big girl
We had some pumpkin pie and then my dad set-up the old 8mm movie projector to watch old family movies. Watching these movies reminds me of how important it is to capture Hannah on video while she is little.
After all of the excitement of the day, Hannah was beat!
Eventually, the night wound down, and we went back to my parents' house for the night. I'm not sure what i was thinking, but I decided that since I was in the Birch Run area, I wanted to go to the outlet mall for Black Friday midnight madness. Madness was definitely the right word. Courtney and I got there a little before midnight, and the place was a madhouse! Cars were lined up for a couple miles down the expressway just to get off at the exit. Lines literally wrapped all the way around stores. The line just to get into Coach was 5 stores down! It was crazy! I was exhausted by the time I got home at 3:15. I did find some good deals, but I'm definitely not in a hurry to do it again anytime soon.
The day after Thanksgiving has traditionally been the start of tthe Christmas season for us. However, to make things complete, we needed a tree. After last year's Christmas tree fiasco, we have been on the hunt for the perfect fake Christmas tree. Where better to look than the home of world's largest Christmas store, Bronner's!?! Fearing a packed house, my parents watched Hannah. Thankfully, our trip was a success! We walked out with a new 7.5' pre-lit Christmas tree, along with a few new ornaments. For as crazy busy as the place was, they know how to check people out. We walked right up to the cashier and were out in a matter of minutes.
Yup, I've become a total tourist in my former hometown. I made my husband pose for a picture with a fake Santa at Bronner's.
We're not alone in getting our house ready for Christmas the weekend before Christmas. My mom had her house almost all decorated by the time we arrived on Thanksgiving night. She still hangs our stockings up and has added more as we've gotten married. Hannah even has her own special stocking that my mom made for her this year. Abby, my parents' dog, apparently thinks she deserves a stocking to be hung as well. She kept going after the stocking hanging on the bottom. At first we thought it was b/c the stocking had a cotton-y ball on it, so we swapped that stocking for one with a bow. She then proceded to try to pry that one off as well. My mom may have to give in and get Abby her very own. I wonder if JJ will get one, too....
Abby caught in the act of trying to sneak away Courtney's stocking
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