Your first Thanksgiving

So Noah, yesterday was your first Thanksgiving, and you were 7 weeks and 1 day old.

It was extremely low-key. Our family Thanksgiving was cancelled because your grandparents are both sick, and no one wants to pass any germs to you or to me right now. I called around to see if anyone else wanted to come spend it with us, but everyone I called had plans already which was to be expected, and so I gave up ('cause probably if I'd kept going I'd've found someone!). Your dad and I decided not to make a production of it.

So we hung out and you did your things. Here's what you did: you played in your swing for about an hour, you laid in your sling - thank goodness you like your sling again - for lots of contact time. You played in your playmat for a stunning 40 minutes, and made all kinds of sounds, practicing your voice again. You smiled a lot, all day. You have finally started touching your hands to each other and feeling your fingers and it's very cute.

In the afternoon we were going for a walk, but it was raining. So we went for a drive instead. I didn't know Guildwood was so close to country-ish roads, but we are, and we made it up to Stouffville and went through a drive-through and got doughnuts. The fall colours were great, and we saw miniature horses, and cows. I also discovered a riding school just 25 minutes away. I kind of hope you want to learn to ride 'cause I do, and I was thinking when you're old enough maybe we could take lessons together one year (at the same time I mean; I hope they would have a class for kids your age), if they're not crazy-expensive.

But your parents made their first major parenting error: halfway through the drive I noticed that when we switched from the plan to go for a walk to the plan to put you in the car we didn't fasten your straps properly. So you were riding in your carseat unsafely. I thought I was going to throw up and I bet you'll have me triple checking from now on. I hope all our errors come to such a good end.

What to be thankful for was really easy, besides the usual: you, your health, and oh yes - you.