Thankful

The night after Thanksgiving our PopPop passed away. Pop was an amazing man and we are all so blessed to have had him in our lives. Pop was 85 years old when he passed, he was married to MomMom for 62 years.

When we were little, Pop would meet the school bus at our house and take us back to his & MomMoms until Mom came home from work. Pop would mostly sit and read in "his seat" while Laur & I tormented him: taking his seat, eating his chocolate, and talking his ear off. Pop read more than anyone I knew-- the librarians loved him and would call him every time a new book came in (although it didn't hurt that hi bribed them with chocolate ;)

As we got older Pop started driving us to school when I was too cool to ride the bus. After several times of us not being ready in time, he brought over an orange bell. He came over early enough to give us time to get ready, ringing the bell as a warning when he would come in.

When my parents moved to Tulsa, it was MomMom & Pops house that I would stay at when I would go "home" to see family & my highschool friends.

A few years back Pop had a stroke and he really slowed down-- but he hung in there. He could no longer bowl like he use to. Pop was a great bowler, he was always in the local papers for winning tournaments, I thought for sure he was famous. And sometimes, when we stayed home sick from school, we got to go to the bowling ally with him. To help, MomMom set up a miniature bowling ally in their house. This is the kind of relationship they had. They enjoyed each other's company until the end. They took daily walks in the park, weekly trips to Arbys, they even made the grocery store an outing.

I am glad and beyond thankful that Dean was able to meet and spend time with Pop after we were engaged. Pop was able to make it to our wedding, he saw me pregnant, and met and spent time with his first great grandchild, Quinn.

We love you Pop and I am so thankful for you!

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Some recent pics of us with Pop:

The Nakrasius Family on Pop's 85th Birthday

Pop seeing me pregnant with Quinn

Meeting Quinn

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We had such a FUN Thanksgiving. We were back in Selma at Sister's house (we took last year off). Dean and I have decided that Sister is truly a saint for hosting all of us year after year. 35 people total, most of which were children and lots of YUMMY food!! Here are some pictures:

Also- unfortunately little Maggie was sick the weekend before Thanksgiving, so her party was moved to Thanksgiving-- we were sorry that Maggie had to feel sick, but happy we got to see her eat her birthday cake ;)

What a great weekend and we were so THANKFUL to be there!!

13 Months- update

Quinn seems to be learning something every day now! Aside from Dada, Hi, and the occasional Mama, she is now (attempting to) say balloon. Yes, her favorite Birthday gift (her Birthday Girl Balloon), is still around and she lets us know what it is all day long--- "Booooon". So cute! She is also trying to say uh-oh (ah-oh), and will even sign "please" from time to time.

She is working on her 9th tooth and is still practicing walking holding on to things but is getting more daring and seems like she might try it on her own sooner than later!

Her newest accomplishment is "blowing kisses", which is more like the "pop" in the lollipop song. (You know, lollipop, lollipop, oh lolli lolli lollipop...)

Aside from that, she is recovering nicely from her first ear infection (and it was a double), although we would have never guessed she was sick if it weren't for the fever.

Our next adventure is her first trip to Selma for Thanksgiving at Sister's-- we can't wait!!

Look what I'm doing!!

Happy Halloween!! Ruff, Ruff!

We had such a time with Halloween costumes this year (some too small, some too big, and some too scratchy). We tried for Piglet, but after 2 attempts, we went for her favorite animal... And so after 2 different dog costumes, here she is... the Fuzzy Puppy!!

Thursday was dress up day at school... so here Quinn is getting ready to go

at school with one of her teachers

After school, we played outside. Quinn had a blast, she just loves playing in (and trying to eat) the grass! She has also learned to point, and she points to everything and says "Da", I'm guessing "that"?

On Halloween, Daddy went to cheer on Auburn during the day, and Quinn & I headed over to the Verdigets House. They were having a neighborhood party and invited us to play! The girls were so cute together. They are finally starting to play together instead of just checking each other out... Thanks Tara & Felix, great idea to get the girls together & we had so much fun!

That night, we met Dean for dinner at home & Quinn just loved answering the door to see all of the neighborhood kids-- what a fun Halloween!