. . . that next Thursday is Thanksgiving and my 32nd wedding anniversary?
On our 10th wedding anniversary (also on Thanksgiving Day that year), G and I announced that we were expecting baby #3. I was more than a little surprised by my parents' less than enthusiastic response. I almost wondered if they had suddenly become ardent supporters of Zero Population Growth and were upset that we going to "overpopulate" the world. Later on my mom told me that she and my father weren't sure if G and I were all that excited about adding one more to our family, so they didn't know if they should make a big fuss.
Well, baby #3 turned 21 earlier this year, and aside from my father persisting in calling her Susie for the first couple months of her life, I think everyone (even her oldest sister who didn't want another baby and definitely didn't want another sister) would agree that M has been a lively addition to our family.
I'm looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with my family. E and N will come from Virginia, stopping in West Lafayette on their way to pick up M. My mom will throw out all the stops to make a memorable meal, even though her dietary restrictions mean that she probably shouldn't eat half of what she's fixing. If we're lucky, we might get to see my cousins and their children, and we will all walk around the block to visit with 94-year old GAR.
I hope we'll have good weather -- for driving, for the runners in our family, and for the outdoor family photos I plan to take in the hopes of getting a good picture to enclose in our Christmas cards.
With all of the changes in our family this year, I didn't know if we would be able to gather in Decatur again, all eight of us around my grandparents table in my parents' home. But by God's mercy and grace, it looks like it will happen.
I can hardly wait. : )
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