Thanksgiving weekend was a busy weekend and we had so much fun! We spent a quiet Thanksgiving day at home cooking a nice big turkey. (Rio just cannot get a big enough turkey ... this year he settled for one just under 15 lbs for the 5 of us ~ he will be eating leftovers forever!!). Then Friday we went to St. Louis for some fun at the City Museum and then on to a weekend with Rio's family - what a treat!
A family get together was planned for Saturday and it turned out to be a small family reunion ... great to see family that we have not seen for a long time and so much fun watching all the little cousins running around and playing with one another.
Being in the midst of family, reaffirms to me once again why I choose to be surrogate. Family is so important. Without surrogates, some people would not have the opportunity to have a family they long for or the opportunity to carry on their legacy. Surrogacy is truly such a blessing.
Both Rio and I are blessed with really large families .... crazy big families really. Yikes it is a job just to keep track of everyone. Two of Rio's cousins started to draw up an improptu family tree ... it is amazing to see all these names listed down on paper .. so many people to name. Rio has 41 fist cousins on his mom's side alone. Add that to the 16 cousins I have on my dad's side and at least that many on my mom's side and you get a whole lot of family. Our history really is so rich and filled with incredible stories and wonderful people. One day, when life slows down a bit, I hope to sit down and draw it all out for them.
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