Thanksgiving

We hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! Andy, Jack, and I returned from Vermont on Sunday. Fortunately our flight was in the morning, so we were able to miss the bad afternoon weather and had no problems with our flight. Speaking of flights, I'm sure everyone is wondering whether Jack continued his proud tradition of plane pooping--and the answer is yes! He didn't do it on the flight to Vermont, but on Sunday about 5 minutes after we took off, he took a nice poop. I don't know what it is about flying that causes that kid's intestines to start moving. Andy had the pleasure of cleaning this one up in the plane bathroom :)

We had a great trip and got to visit family, a lot of whom were meeting Jack and Andy for the first time. The first couple days we were there, we just stayed with my mom and stepdad (Grammy and Grampy Jarvis). Everyone, including Jack, had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. Jack's meal was traditional Pilgrim fare--sweet potatoes, squash, and Cheerios. Below are pictures of Jack with Grampy and Grammy.

For the last couple days of our trip, we stayed at a resort in Smuggler's Notch, Vermont. The picture of Jack below was taken at the resort. He was in a very giggly mood that morning.

While we were there, Grammy babysat Jack while Andy and I went skiing--or at least Andy did. I think what I did is more appropriately described as falling. Apparently years of cross-country skiing experience combined with one day of downhill skiing experience (10 years ago at a small place in Indiana) are not sufficient to prepare one for the "real" ski slopes of Vermont. Thanks to Andy for patiently helping me for 2 hours as I inched my way down the mountain!

On Saturday we visited with family, and below are several pictures from that get-together. Jack behaved very well. He's developed some typical 8-month old mommy separation anxiety, but for the most part he let other people hold him.

Here's Jack with Aunt Marti:

Jack with Great-Grampy Jarvis:

The four generations picture--Great-Grampy, Grampy, Uncle Paul, and Jack:

Jack and cousin Emma:

Jack and cousin Rachel:

Here are the first-generation cousins: me, Emma, Paul, Rachel, Nicole, and Jenna (Nate and Allison weren't there):

And here are the second-generation cousins: Drew, big Jack, little Jack, Cooper, and Alec (Drew and Alec are Jenna's sons, and Jack and Cooper are Rachel's sons). Note how most of the first-generation cousins are girls, and now we have all boys!

Here's the Jarvis family, including Great-Grampy:

And finally, this is how Jack felt afterward:

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!