Cook the Turkey, Save the World

Happy Thanksgiving to all... one day early. I don't anticipate posting anything tomorrow since I will be busy prepping the bird.

Yes, it's year two of Thanksgiving Dinner at our house. This year, I'm expecting a crowd that looks something like this:

Two Grandmas
Two Married Couples (including us)
Two Sisters-in-law
Two Babies
Two Dogs (possibly)
Two Cats (I doubt they'll eat much)

As for sleeping arrangements, I believe we're covered with two hotel rooms, two air mattresses and two couches. Not sure yet who is going to the hotel rooms. I've suggested we play some sort of game and then vote people out of the house, but I'm not sure that's gonna fly.

Today, I will get on Butterball.com and review the turkey-cooking video. Also, I think I need to watch the carving tutorial again. I seem to have forgotten everything I learned last year. I guess I should start cooking an October turkey just to get the kinks worked out.

The Undaling will be limited to mother's milk for his holiday feast. I expect that it will have more than a hint of turkey and stuffing flavor for the next week, so he'll get to enjoy some of my cooking in a roundabout way. I hope that the tryptophan is passed along in breast milk.

In other baby news, our child is experiencing some male-pattern baldness. I've read that this is normal. We can't tell if he's embarassed at all by this yet, but we've put a hat on him in public just in case. Also, he recently moved from Pampers size "N" to Pampers size "1", in case anybody's keeping score at home.

Again, happy Turkey Day. Among the many things I'm thankful for is you, the twenty or thirty readers who regularly visit the Undaground.

What are you thankful for?