Thanksgiving in Kentucky

This past week we went to Elizabethtown, Kentucky for Thanksgiving with my family.  We had a good time and came home exhausted.  It took eight hours to drive to my parents house from Troutman and Eli did great.  We left at 4:50 AM and Eli slept almost the whole way and didn't get upset until we were one mile from my parents house.

Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.

We ran into a bunch of snow in West Virginia and it was great!  I love and miss snow so much so it was a nice treat!

While in E-town we pretty much hung out and Eli entertained us all.  It is fun to see Pops and my parents play with and hold him.  Eli also got to meet some new people.  He got to meet some long time friends from the lake, Deborah and Mike and Stan!  

Eli & Grandma

Eli & Grandpa

Eli & Pops

Eli & Aunt Jill

Of course we had Thanksgiving dinner and it was great.  Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberries, corn casserole, sweet potato casserole, rolls, and chocolate chip pie!!  There was also a discussion about corn vs green beans.  I love corn and was pro corn casserole, but a few others would have traded the corn for green bean casserole....

The day after Thanksgiving we did Christmas because we were all together and it beats mailing gifts.  Eli got a doorway bouncer, books, clothes, and some They Might Be Giants kids CD's!!  

Dad and I put up the Christmas lights.

Eli & TMBG!!  AHH starting him early!!

Eli's first time in the doorway bouncer.

 

Eli and friends Stan, Deborah, & Mike

The whole family

On the trip back we tried the route through Tennessee because MapQuest said it was about the same as the route through West Virginia.  I did not like this route because the interstate slows way down through the mountains, where as the WV route is 70 all the way :-)  Thankfully Eli did great again sleeping most of the trip from 2:15 PM until 10:45 PM when we got home and then he slept again from 1:00 AM until the morning!!!!