Happy Thanksgiving!

We traveled to Iowa for Thanksgiving this year and had a great time with family and friends.  Graecyn was a trooper on the long car ride (thanks to lots of Barney on the iPad).  We broke the trip up on the way there and stopped in Ames and spent time with 3 of my closest friends from college.  It had been a very long time since we had seen each other, so it was great to catch up and watch our kids play together.

We finally got to meet baby Camden and he is so sweet and cuddly; Graecyn loved getting to hold baby Camden - she knew exactly how to hold her arms and sat so perfectly still.  Since we've been home, we've noticed she often wraps her baby doll in a blanket, holds it in her arms, and bounces her saying "ssh, ssh, ssh" over and over…just like she saw all of us doing with Camden.

Graecyn had a great time playing with her cousins; it was so fun to watch them interact.  They danced, giggled, and had so much fun.

We decided to have the kids exchange Christmas presents while we were there and Eric worked hard to build Colton and Camden's gifts.  We hope they will enjoy them (and take good care of them!). :-)

Graecyn was obsessed with my parent's dog, Riley.  Following him around everywhere, yelling at him, "come here Riley" and giggling when he'd lick her.

It was a great week and it's always hard to say goodbye.