Thanksgiving prayer...

We went to Cincy for Thanksgiving. This is the first year without my grandfather, so it was going to be a little difficult for me. But we had some BIG news to share with all the family, so it was definitely worth the trip!

When we got up to Cincy, we met Nancy, Steven & Laura at Skyline. Since Don wasn't there, we decided not to say anything to them. Afterwards we went to my Grandma's house, chit chatted some, and I told her I wasn't going to be able to have bourbon slush this year... :) ...she was excited for us!
Later that evening, Don was still at work, but we decided to go ahead and tell Nancy & Steven, who were home. It was just too hard to carry on conversations without telling them. So Michael ran out to the car, and got the box that had the picture frame in it. Needless to say, Nancy was very excited and couldn't believe it. We ended up making a trip out to the airport, where Don was working and told him real fast too. Later that night, we went up to Laura & Dave's for dinner and let them know too.

On Thanksgiving, I ended up going to my grandmas and hanging out there for a while. I ended up cornering Julie into the office and told her that I had some bad news: Michael and I wouldn't be able to go to the family vacation this year like intended. She just looked at me, like its no big deal...and then I told her because we were pregnant!! She was really excited! I got a little emotional, letting her know I'm nervous about the health and maintaining the baby. As I was talking about that, Angela walked in and I told her the same thing. She was excited too!! (of course)

After that, we went to see Grandma Maushart at Larry & Jodi's. After a few minutes, Michael whispered in her ear "how do you feel about being a great-grandma?". She just screamed and couldn't believe it. Everyone else was really excited to hear too :)

We didn't stay too long - and then headed back over to the Mausharts for the Donnelly family dinner. The dinner was set out, and then Nancy said grace, and at the end asked if anyone else had anything to say. Quickly, Tom said "AMEN"...and after (what seemed like a long pause), I chimed in..."Well...we have something to say". Immediately (without even really saying anything) Karly screamed...and then I said "Michael and I are expecting". Everyone was soo excited and the room was filled with lots of congrats!

After dinner, we headed back over to my Grandma's house, and hung out. By the time we got there, everyone had left except Jack, Kim, Molly, Rob, Ang & Julie. I couldn't find a 'right' time to say anything, but at the end, I ended up saying something when Kim & Molly were at the table. They were also very excited.

Anyways...long stories...

We had a great time. We painted pottery with the Kues family, shopped some (didn't buy anything), and went downtown to see the trains. After a 13 hour drive back home...it was nice to be back home!!