Jake's first Thanksgiving

Well this year was Jake's first Thanksgiving and his first multi day away from home trip all at once.  I will admit I was a little nervous just because it was so new but he did great!  We left Wednesday after work around 4:30 and made it to Paducah a little before 8.  We were so glad to get there and Jake's cousins Alli and Katie were super excited to see him too!  We got some great pictures of them loving on him!  Katie was so gentle and Alli made sure to show that she is a big girl (5) and so maybe she can babysit soon.  :)

We had a great time visiting with the Heacox side of the family all day on Thursday.  Jake did wonderful, but he was so interested in everything that was going on that he just didn't want to take a nap.  That made for a sleepy and a little fussy baby by bedtime, but nothing too crazy.  :)

Friday was going to be a hectic day as I planned to venture out to do some Black Friday shopping with my sister in law Sara but my mom called to let me know she got the things on my list so I headed back to bed which was GREAT!  We enjoyed a relaxing day on Friday with the exception of Brad not feeling well. 

Saturday we made our next trip as we ventured down to Lewisburg to see my family.  We normally would only go to one side for Thanksgiving but my grandparents from Michigan came down so we had to go see them.  Jake still hadn't met his great grandparents!!  It was great to see them and let them hold him.  Even though it was brief because they were dealing with colds and didn't want to give it to him which we appreciated.  Then Jake also got to meet his Great Aunt Barb and Aunt Ari.  He met so many people that weekend!  He just loved it AND he loved the attention!  He was the life of the party. 

Jake traveled so well to Paducah and Lewisburg so we should have known it wouldn't be as perfect on the way home.  We left by 1:00 which should normally be enough time to get back here to pick up Oscar at the vet but we had to make a few stops on the way.  Jake was a little hungry when we stopped for gas so I fed him a few ounces and he fell asleep so we got back on the road.  Well 30 minutes later he was hungry again so we had to stop again and feed him another 3.5 ounces AND he had the BEST (extreme sarcasm here) dirty diaper ever to change in the car.  It was a memory to say the least.  We were pressing it pretty close but we got back just in time to pick up Oscar by 5 when the vet closed. 

All in all it was a very eventful and productive holiday weekend.  Now I'm ready for a vacation!!!