Sweet November

As the season starts for the holidays things around the Kells home have been crazy. Iain studying, Collin teething, and getting everything ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Needless to say we didn't get much sleep at all this month.

With this new job for Iain came a great deal of new opportunities. The Army was sending him to the board. If you don't know what that is, it's like a group of people that one has to go in front of to prove themselves worthy of a promotion. So in other words Iain has to study so that he can impress the board so he can be on promotion status. He won't actually get promoted until the points match up with his points. I know this is all confusing and I don't even know if I got it all right. So I have been helping Iain every night with studying before we go to bed.









Collin has decided to start teething! Everything is in his mouth and drawl is everywhere. Sleeping has been crazy for him and me, in other words lack of sleep. Lots of things come with teething that I had no idea about. I never knew how bad a messy diaper can get until they start teething. I don't know how many times I had to change not only Collin's diaper but his clothes as well. One good thing though is you do get some sleep when he finally gets too tired.




We decided to set up for Christmas early. I'm not talking about right before Thanksgiving, more like a couple of weeks before! I love Christmas and so does Iain so it was very hard to wait especially since we started getting presents. That meant I have to hide the presents away from Iain so he cannot get ahold of them! He is so sneaky, he's as bad as a child. Got to love him though. So after all the decorating we needed to do some shopping to fill out our collection of Christmas decor. There was a Bazaar on SHAPE with a lot of local vender's one of which was polish pottery. We bought somethings and got some ideas about what we want in the future.





To add to the ciaos of my house I started watching a little girl named Jordan. She is about 4mos younger then Collin. Iain works with her dad and I have become friends with her mom(Kathi). Such a big difference between Collin and Jordan. Jordan is so easy, she hardly ever cries and she is so easy to put down to sleep. Amazing how opposite the two of them are. One good thing is that Collin really likes having a friend over even though he does get a little jealous when I have to take care of her. So now I not only take care of Collin but I also take care of our new puppy and Jordan. My house will never slow down.




Thanksgiving dinner. I cooked all day the day before and prepped the turkey for the big bake! I had emailed my mom and mother-in-law for some recipes so that we can have some familiar meals to make us feel more at home. Let me tell you everything turned out great. I never cooked a turkey before and wow it was perfect. Iain couldn't believe everything and how well it all turned out. Luckily with all this food I made we have one of Iain's co-workers Mario come and eat with us since he was single and wasn't going home. We still had tons of leftovers that lasted us quit awhile. That Saturday we were invited to go over to our friends house the Vokes for a big Thanksgiving meal with everyone in Iain's shop. What a great time to spend with new friends and eat a ton of food.

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