Thanksgiving

Big Yawn

I was waiting to post this to get more family pictures from my Uncle, but I know if i dont post it now, I will never post it.

My Dads Family was meeting in St. George for Thanksgiving this year. This side of the family hasn't had a get together in a LONG time. It was going to be interesting for sure. We didn't think we would be going since Q was suppose to be born Monday the 19th. Since he was early my dad took pity on me (I had many tears about spending thanksgiving alone.) So he flew us to St. George. I am SOOO grateful for him! Eric still had to work, since he took some of his paternity leave the week Q was born, so we flew out Wednesday afternoon. I wasn't worried about flying with a newborn, I knew that Q was going to do great- namely because it meant that he was being held the entire time by either me or Eric, and Q is an angel when he is being held. I was worried about breastfeeding in public. The last month I have feed him before we left the house so I didn't worry about covering up, however, with this flight I was going to need to feed him 3 or 4 times outside of my home. I'm not a shy person, so I wasn't worried that people would see more then I wanted them to see. I was worried THEY would see more then they wanted to see, because I hadn't mastered covering up.

Once we got to the Airport I had to feed him, so we found a corner, aparently we made a Grandma uncomfrotable because she had been sitting 15 chairs away and she got up and stood far away until I was done. I almost felt bad. almost. On the plane I gave him a bottle I had pumped so his ears wouldn't pop, but then I feed him on the way down. Luckily the guy that sat on the other side of Eric was talking to the guy across the aisle the entire time, so he didnt get more then he wanted. Getting our luggage and the rental car took FOREVER, so I had to feed him  while Eric waited in line at the Rental place. At this point it was like 8 pm and I just wanted to be in the car on our way to St. George, luckily it was Vegas and so people got a show at the airport before they hit the strip. Lucky them.

We got to St. George and headed to my parents house. My mom was waiting for us outside. She was SUPER excited to see the baby again, and I was super excited to have my night time baby holder back!  We had so much fun while we were there. My mom and Aunt Cyndy did a FABULOUS job on Thanksgiving dinner. My moms homemade rolls were fantastic and totally worth the 10 hours it took to get there.

Erics Grandpa Southwick and his wife Vel live in St. George so we headed over to their house so they could meet the little guy.

On Friday, the girls in the family headed down to Vegas for our Black Friday Shopping. Q tagged along since I had the food. The boys went ATVing. I was excited that Q came because it meant I got to take my new stroller. It has been WAY to cold to use it in Wisconsin, but Vegas was SUPER nice!

Saturday was a chill day, my mom made her famous Cinnamon Rolls! Then Eric and I went Golfing at Sand Hollow with my Uncle Jon and cousin J. We had a lot of fun, and I definitely enjoyed the sunny weather.

Sunday we headed back to Wisconsin. It was super sad. Q didn't do that well on the plane, but thats because we didnt time his feedings as well as we had on the way to Vegas. Oh well, flying home for Christmas will be better. I also bought myself a new computer. Its the 13" MacBook Pro Retina Display. I LOVE it! It is so pretty and SO fast!