Thanksgiving 2007 will go down in history as eventful!  The celebration for the Tarp side this year was celebrated in Rib Lake, Wisconsin.  With Hudson expected to be born any day, plans were made to move the party to our house.  So Sunday night before Julie was to be induced, Joy and Josh came to watch Simon.  What they didn’t know, they were also bringing a flu bug with them.  Monday, while Julie and I were at the hospital, Josh was at our house, sick.  Jessica and James were back in Platteville, sick and Jennifer and Adam and their two kids were in Montello -  you guessed it….sick.  All planning on being at our house on Wednesday. 

Hudson was born on Tuesday, Simon woke up Wednesday morning shooting out both ends and I was heading back to the hospital.  By Wednesday night everyone was at our house feeling much better (24 hour bug) and ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

We brought Hudson home on Thursday in time for the Thanksgiving Dinner and to celebrate Christmas with the Tarp Family.  We even had a tree (well sort of a tree with lights) and egg nogg!  It was a lot of fun and it was great to be with family.

Friday - well the bug reared it’s ugly side with Jonathan and Juanita - sick all day!  Simon was slowly recovering and not really sure what to think about all the commotion and the wierd feeling in his stomach. 

The whole family was leaving Saturday morning and reality was setting in that we were about to be parents of two in a house all by ourselves.  It felt good and kind of mysterious all at the same time.  We just kind of vegged out on Saturday and I continued working on butchering deer given to us earlier that week. 

Sunday we were able to go to church and show Hudson off - unfortunately, by 5:00 p.m. Julie wasn’t feeling the greatest and by 9:00 p.m.  I was making multiple trips to the washroom crashed on one couch and she was crashed on the other. 

Like I said - Eventful.  We are both feeling better and really had a great Thanksgiving.  Thanks to all who were a part but next year, lets not Celebrate Thanksgiving in Rib Lake and when a baby is due.