wavywards: Thanksgiving Week

We all flew to VA on Nov 20th for a week and a half of VT and Thanksgiving activities. We drove down to VT for the weekend to watch the Hokies beat Duke that Saturday. Casey stayed with Gramma Lois and Great Aunt Linda during the game and definitely kept them entertained.

Monday was spent at Dulles Town Center mall with Jessica and her 2 boys, Hunter (4) and Jacob (2). Casey enjoyed lunch in the food court, riding the carousel, getting her picture taken with Santa (she was so good, no crying at all), attention from Hunter (he loves playing with Casey) and people watching.

Tuesday we headed to MD to visit some CO friends (who also have a house in MD), Kathy, Sean, Dillon (1 1/2) and their new baby boy, Connor. We also visited Stacey and her kids John Patrick (1 1/2)and Cate (11 1/2 months). We then headedto Aunt Marcy and Uncle Stuart's house for dinner. Aunt Kel was in town from Boulder, Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom were also there. Casey had her first finger food...Sweet Potato Puffs. Quite a treat!

Wednesday we hung out at Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom's house. Aunt Kel was there and Aunt Marcy, Uncle Stuart, Lily and Jack came over too. Marcy, Tracy and Kel went for a 5 mile run around Burke Lake to try and fend off any Thanksgiving Day pounds. Tracy spent the rest of the day making pies (pumpkin, apple and pecan). Stan came over in the evening and Great Uncle Mike, Great Aunt Jeanne, Alli and Davis arrived that evening from KY.

Thursday was a fun day hanging with everyone. Casey entertained all day and got to stay up late to visit. She sat at the dinner table eating puffs and veges and was very well behaved. Turkey dinner was delicious!!

Casey is army crawling everywhere. She loves any type of cord she can get her hands on. Everything still goes straight into her mouth. She can find any piece of anything on the floor...no matter if you vacuum that day or not, she'll find something. She also talks non-stop. Sometimes it actually sounds like she is having a real conversation. And she is very smiley! She has started understanding peek-a-boo and we've gotten a couple little laughs out of her while playing. She is trying to figure out how to pull herself up. My parents have a step from the family room to the kitchen and she kept trying to crawl up it. She is still eating 5 6oz bottles, and we have now added fruit to her day. She eats oatmeal in the morning, fruit at lunch and vegetables at dinner. She seems to like everything so far.

Friday we drove to Roanoke for our second turkey dinner at Great Aunt Linda and Great Uncle Marvin's. Auntie Cousin Blair and Chad were in town from Pittsburgh. We met up with them again on Saturday night at Gramma Lois' house for a couple rounds of Family Feud...after we got back from the Hokies game. VT beat the Wahoo's to win the ACC Coastal division and to move on the ACC championship game (being played in Tampa on Dec 6 against BC).

Sunday we spent 6 hours in the car on our way back to NOVA. We finally made it to Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom's house to put up the Christmas tree with Aunt Kel, Aunt Marcy, Lily and Jack. The big event was Santa Claus stopping by. Lily was very shy and wouldn't look at him, Jack wasn't sure about the jolly old fellow, Casey screamed when she looked at him.

Tracy and Casey fly out tomorrow. Looking forward to some rest and relaxation:)!