Thanksgiving Adventures

Over the past 10 years (can that be possible?!?!) of Army life, Hubs and I have never lived very close to any family.  We do try our best to make it back to one of our respective homes for at least one holiday a year but it doesn't always happen.  That being said, one of the many exciting things about living in Rhode Island for a year is that we are reasonably close to some family!  Hubs'  Uncle P and Aunt T live on this side of the country as well as a couple of my cousins (who we hope to visit with during the second half of our year here!).

You may remember that Uncle P and Aunt T visited us a few months ago.  Well they were also gracious enough to suggest that we spend Thanksgiving with them!  We were so excited to spend a holiday with family and also thought the short flight to Maryland would be a great "trial run" for traveling with our little guy in preparation for a longer one at Christmas time.

So. . our visit in a nutshell. . these people need to open up some sort of hospitality business!  They are absolutely incredible hosts in ever aspect from their beautiful home to their delicious food.  I can't imagine feeling more comfortable and well taken care of.  It sort of felt like we had escaped to a luxury, all inclusive resort...except it was better than that because they let us bring our toddler and actually LIKED our toddler and played with him.

Speaking of the toddler, he got to see/play in his first real snow fall on this trip!

 Such a great time!  These pictures are a perfect explanation for why he asked for "Pe" (Uncle P) and the "daw" (dogs) literally ever day for weeks after the trip! 

We thought he would be most excited about the younger, little dog, Copper.  But as it turns out he desperately wanted to be best friends with their older, big dog, Jenna.  She was a good sport and put up with him tripping over her and intruding on her personal space.  I'm sure she was very relieved thought when the miniature human finally left! :)  

BB isn't a really big eater yet but the delicious smoked Thanksgiving turkey won him over!

Aunt T also won him over!  For starters, she let him play endlessly in her pantry.  All these jars and cans to shake?  That is BB's idea of a good time!! 

 Excuse the low quality cell phone pictures, but check out this dimple!  We often got told that BB is "very serious", which he can be.  But make no mistake there are some great smiles hidden under his stern look that he pulls out for very special people only.  Obviously Aunt T is in that category! 

Thanks so much for all your hospitality and the wonderful, relaxing weekend.  It was such a pleasure spending Thanksgiving with you!  Should we go ahead and book our flight for next year? ;)