This Thursday marks my eighth Thanksgiving with Brett. Eight Thanksgivings! Four with my family, and four with his. We rotate every year to keep things simple.
Simple. Such a sweet little word. Our Thanksgivings have been rather simple these past seven years. We wake up leisurely, and enjoy breakfast together before putting on our “dinner clothes” and driving to his family’s house or mine. Sometimes we bring an appetizer or dessert, sometimes we don’t. We spend the day eating way too much and reflecting on God’s blessings, clinking champagne flutes and toasting family. And then we come home, where our warm house smells of pumpkin spice candles. We get our Christmas tree that weekend and decorate the house, stringing lights up and down the banister. We make hot chocolate and listen to Christmas music in our pjs as we hang ornaments on the tree. That’s our Thanksgiving every year. It’s simple, and relatively quiet. Have I mentioned how much I love the quiet?
Next year, our Thanksgiving will be slightly more complicated. We won’t wake up leisurely, and I’ll probably spend more time dressing our baby than I’ll spend dressing myself. There will be car seats and breastfeeding and diapers and spit up. We will probably be late. Possibly very late. It will be loud(er) and I don’t know if we’ll have time to get our tree that weekend.
Yes, Thanksgiving next year will not be as simple as the previous eight. Today, I am especially thankful for those eight quiet and peaceful thanksgivings. And I’m even more thankful for all the chaotic ones to come.
Sounds like an absolutely wonderful day. That can only be made more wonderful by the arrival of your little one
Enjoy. x
I love Thanksgiving<3
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I so love this time of year. Since our business is a summer season business – we also look forward to a slower pace. Enjoy this quiet Thanksgiving with the Gadd family. Baby’s first Thanksgiving will be with us next year and I can not wait for the sounds of baby – whether it be giggles or cries. Have I said I can’t wait to be a Grandma?? I am so excited!!
Love you, Mom aka Future Grandma
Love that you’re embracing the simplicity! We’ve never had a simple holiday schedule, and we’re actually hoping that things will die down a little once we have kids (and convince people to come to us instead of continuing our hectic travel). That’s so great that your parents are willing to give you up every other year…if only ours would instead of insisting we do BOTH dinners the day of. :/
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I just love you and your perspective on life! I wish you were my neighbor so we could be best friends. I am excited to see photos of next Thanksgiving for you!
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So sweet! I’m looking forward to my first chaotic Thanksgiving this year!
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Such a sweet post!
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This is so sweet. I get the warmest feeling every time I read your blog.
Enjoy your last “simple” Thanksgiving! PS – This photo is ADORABLE.
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I seriously can’t tell you how much I love visiting your blog every day! Your photos are always so gorgeous, your writing is amazing and your outlook on life is just so touching and dreamy yet honest in the best way possible. I feel like I want you to be my real life friend
Enjoy your last “quiet” Thanksgiving. It may be a little louder when the bebe comes along, but just another amazing season of life!
What a sweet post, Ashlee! I absolutely love your outlook on life & how you convey that in your words. Happy 8th Thanksgiving to you & Brett!
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Happy Thanksgiving, lady! And that photo… man… so pretty. xo.
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