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As Thanksgiving approaches I have many reasons to be thankful this year and many people to be thankful for. Its been a rough year for my family. Not only have we had a few deaths, but Andy was unemployed for a little bit and we were notified that I would be losing my job at the end of the year as well. To counter balance this we did have a wonderful event in the birth of our daughter Morgan. She is the bright spot in my life and has been one of the main reasons I have been able to cope with the other things in life. Another huge help has come from family and friends, so I am thankful to have them in my life. It is a shame that it takes a death to bring people closer together, let us just hope that now that we are close we can maintain that relationship in times have joy.

Today is our 3rd Anniversary.  We some how managed to both get the day off work and Andy’s mom was able to baby sit for us.  So we had a late breakfast, made a quick stop back at home (and no it was not because we had to check on the baby) and then we headed out to a relaxing afternoon together.  We went to the zoo, I had not been there in over a year I think.  We walked around the whole place and seen most of the animals.  I can not wait til Morgan is old enough to appreciate going.  Anyway, after we left there we headed to Union Station to continue a tradition that Andy and I have been doing since the year we met.  Every October we have our caricature done, this year we were able to add little Morgan to the pic as well.  It turned out really cool.

We had a nice dinner and then came home so Andy could head to class.  All in all it was a great day.