Alena Babbles

Here she is, talking in her own language. She has been great at imitation and loves to "chat it up" as we call it! I just missed capturing her "yelling" where she babbles with such ferocity! It makes me laugh every time. Hopefully I'll catch that soon!

Hunting Season/Thanksgiving

Checking out cousin Josh's kill!

Alena seemed to like her mama and grandma's special friend, Larry.

Posing in front of our Thanksgiving feast at the Cerkas cabin.

Our fam :)

Daddy and his little girl sharing a special moment and licorice!

It seems like we just had Thanksgiving, but it has been a couple of weeks, anyway! We all went up to Tomahawk for opening hunting season as is our tradition. Alena and I stayed at Grandpa Cance's house, while Daddy slept at the DeNamur hunting cabin. It was a very warm season, overall, and we only saw a few deer. My cousin, Josh, shot the lone deer of opening weekend on that Sunday night.

Daddy went home on Sunday evening, and Alena and I stayed in Tomahawk until Wednesday. Then, we went to the Cerkas Cabin over in Fence for a couple of days. Alena seems to like it quite a bit at the cabin, despite the fact that she doesn't really have room to roll around. We improvised with her naps (especially since mama was tired, too), and she napped with me. She even slept well once she got over her angry tirade over being put to bed! We had a sweet Thanksgiving feast thanks mainly to Grandma Cerkas :) and her innate ability to decipher the workings of the crazy oven! Grandpa injected the turkey with what we called 'roids, and then cooked it in the Weber grill. Yum!

We have a lot to be thankful for this year, namely our mostly sweet daughter, Alena. We are thankful for our loving family and friends. But most of all, we're thankful for all of the blessings and grace poured down on us from our Father in heaven!