Alex Drummond Shares Baby Sofia’s First Thanksgiving Plans

Thanksgiving is by some means already across the nook, and this yr there’s a new little visitor of honor on everybody’s thoughts. Baby Sofia, who will have fun her first birthday in December, is gearing up for her very first Turkey Day!

She has already logged just a few vital holidays in her child ebook, together with Easter and her first Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, however Thanksgiving looks like a giant one. There are cozy photographs to take, plates to pile excessive, and grandparents able to sneak her a chew of one thing scrumptious!

Alex not too long ago shared precisely how the vacation will search for her little household. During a “Naptime for Sofia” Instagram Q&A, a follower requested the place they might be spending the vacations. Alex answered with a candy household photograph, all three of them wearing coordinating crimson plaid for the vacations. The caption over the image learn, “Thanksgiving here with Mauricio’s family and Christmas at the ranch!”

That means Sofia’s first Thanksgiving might be a Dallas celebration, surrounded by her dad’s aspect of the household. Last yr, Mauricio impressed everybody on the ranch by taking cost of the smoker and turning out a present=stopping turkey, so his family in Texas could also be in for a repeat efficiency. Only this time he’ll have a tiny new fan watching from a excessive chair!

It’s additionally unimaginable not to consider how a lot has modified in simply twelve months. Around this time final yr, Alex and Mauricio have been on the Drummond Ranch, snapping an image by the household pond with that acquainted Oklahoma sky behind them. Alex was glowing in a ribbed knit costume, one hand resting on her child bump, and “feeling extra thankful.” Fast ahead to this November and the theme of gratitude has solely grown! Instead of cradling her stomach, Alex might be balancing a wiggly almost-toddler on her hip.

After the plates are cleared in Dallas, the trio will shift into Christmas mode and head north to the ranch. Ree hasn’t shared her full vacation visitor listing but, however there is a good probability extra Drummond youngsters will roll in for the festivities. (It would possibly even be Paige’s first married Christmas go to!) Whether the entire crew makes it dwelling or solely a part of the gang, there’ll absolutely be loads of good meals, a number of child snuggles, and no less than one proud grandmother snapping photographs of Sofia’s each transfer.

Last Thanksgiving, Alex and Mauricio have been dreaming in regards to the child they might quickly meet. This yr, that very same little lady might be in the midst of the motion, celebrating her first Thanksgiving with household in Dallas after which heading to the ranch for Christmas reminiscences which are simply getting began. Feeling additional grateful, certainly!

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