Thanksgiving Trip

Kelly & I had quite an adventure for Thanksgiving this year. It was a week of "firsts" for Kelly. She took her first plane ride, and saw/drove 3 three new states - Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The flight over was good and Kelly was a real trooper. Although, she did not sleep at all. She got a little squirmy toward the last leg of the flight, but no crying, no tantrums, etc! She didn't seem to have any trouble w/her ears either. She played with her new toys, watched her Thomas DVDs on the portable DVD player uncle Johnny lent us (a LIFESAVER!), and flirted with other passengers. I was VERY proud of her :-)

Cousins Patty & Nathan met us at the Norfolk airport. It was great to see them. The day after we arrived, we loaded into the car and drove 6 hours to PA. Again, Kelly was a good little traveller - of course having Nathan along to keep her company helped. We stopped at McDonald's about half way - it was her first time playing on their big playgym and also seeing the lifesized Ronald McDonald - she climbed right up and started chatting to him!

I couldn't get over how beautiful the trees looked - they were still going through their fall change and had all different colored leaves - yellow, orange, red, pink, purple. We had this beautiful scenery all the way to York, PA. There we stayed a few days at the home of my cousin Tim and his new wife Missy. They have a beautiful new house and a huge back yard with a playgym, which Kelly & Nathan made good use of.

We went on a couple walks around their neighborhood which was like a huge forest with a house nestled in the trees here and there. Kelly and Nathan had a blast jumping and falling in the piles of leaves everywhere.

Aunt Lois & Glenn, Steve & Niss, and Jerry & Maurine all joined us at Tim & Missy's for Thanksgiving dinner. It was great to see everyone! We did take a group picture, which was a bit chaotic and quite humerous - we could not get everyone to stop laughing or squirming or making funny faces... typical! I didn't get a group shot on my camera, so I am hoping I can get one from Patty or Tim that I can post here later!

Nathan was so good and so sweet with Kelly. They played together well and were very well behaved. Kelly just LOVES her cousin Nathan!

A couple days after T'giving, we drove back to Virginia Beach and vegged a couple more days at Patty's before Kelly & I left to come home... which was supposed to be Monday, but due to plane problems and delays, ended up being Tuesday. Even with the flight problems, Kelly did really well on the plane on the way home too. She is a great traveller and I had an awesome mommy-daughter adventure with her!