Kyle's 1st Thanksgiving!

Yesterday, we drove out to the desert (2hrs in the car with Shmu harnessed to his seat!!) to be with my aunt and uncle and cousins for Thanksgiving. Kyle slept most of the way there and did pretty well the rest of the way as long as we sang to him. So we had a fun sing-a-thon for 20 minutes! He had a really good day exploring new sights in and around the house with Gramps and Grammie while mom and dad both got some time to just sit! Ah! Luxury!! He went from person to person really well and took 3 mini naps. Kyle even let us enjoy our Thanksgiving meal by sleeping the whole time. We enjoyed an entire meal together without rushing or holding the little guy. Thanks, Shmu! He was a really good boy the whole day and night. During games later in the evening we noticed we'd better pack up and get Shmu in the car and put to "bed." The ride home started out a little rough, just because he was beyond tired, but after snuggling him with my hands and arms, and stopping to feed him, he decided he'd had enough for the day.

Surprisingly, after preparing for every possible disaster and loading the diaper bag to its maximum capacity with 3 complete sets of clothing, tons of bibs, burp cloths, and diapers, books and rattles, Kyle surprised us by staying in his original outfit, using one burp cloth, no bibs and only 3 diapers! Wow!

The best part about the day, other than actually being with family (having grown up without any family around locally besides my Grandpa and Grandma), was skyping 3 groups of families in Nebraska and Illinois. Kyle got to meet/see my grandparents, aunt and uncle and cousins in Central City and another set of cousins in Omaha. Then we got to skype GG and GSal in Illinois. It was fun to join two big groups of family together through a little camera and computer screen. It made me miss my grandparents so much. Kyle's great-grandpa will be turning 90 next month and I really wish there weren't so many miles between us. Either that, or flying with a baby wouldn't be so hard! :)

And since GG and GSal were disappointed yesterday's post didn't come with a picture!!! (no pressure, Mindy :) .... here are a few random ones.

Cousin Jeff and his wife, Ashley - Thanks for the adorable socks!!

Snuggling mommy after a long, busy day with lots of people.

Watching football with Grandpa when Mommy wasn't looking!!

Not the best quality of a picture but Kyle gave me a huge smile right when he saw me !

Game time!! Ru and I got to play, we're just not in the picture.