An early Thanksgiving celebration...(LOTS of pictures!)

After making it to the airport with two suitcases, a diaper bag, a back pack, a stroller, a baby carrier, and a baby, we were already tired when we arrived at our gate...and our busy weekend hadn't even started yet! I always thought airport security was kind of a pain, although a very necessary pain, but I was wrong. Airport security with a baby is a real pain. It was quite a challenge to remove jackets and shoes, make sure our one quart ziplock bags were in clear view on top of our bin, collapse the stroller and cram it through the x-ray machine, all the while holding a squirming baby and making sure we didn't leave our id's or boarding passes in some obscure location. Needless to say we did make it in one piece though, and Graham was quite the trooper. Actually, I'm not exaggerating when I say that he was the perfect traveler! He played with a few toys on the plane before drinking a bottle and sleeping for the remainder of flight. Quite the change from our flight home from Korea! The above picture is of Graham passing the time until we boarded the plane in Minneapolis....he's chewing on his Grandpa's palm pilot!

Graham is exploring the crib the hotel provided in our room. The white metal did look a little "institutional" to me, but it did the trick...at least for the first night. Graham loved to walk around the edge of the crib as the bars were the perfect spacing for him to feel confident enough to move around independently. Graham slept great for the first night. The second night was another story. As soon as he realized he could see Jeff and I sleeping if he stood up, he didn't want to be in the crib anymore. We basically didn't sleep on Saturday night as Graham repeated over and over "up up up up up up" and when we didn't respond to that, he began to scream. We ended up putting him in the bed between us with a few toys hoping he'd go to sleep. Sleeping was not on his "to-do" list though, and he proceeded to play with my hair, play with Jeff's nose, bang toys into the wall, and generally make sure that nobody was going to sleep. This should explain why we all arrived home on Sunday completely exhausted and in a near zombie state!

Loving his bath!

Graham was pleased to discover that even hotels have air vents to play with!

Checking out the view with Grandpa

Auntie JoAnn came to visit our hotel room so she could sneak in a little cuddle with Graham!

Graham wore himself out so completely out after breakfast on Saturday morning that he crawled into the pillows and just went to sleep for a nap!

Graham was an excellent shopper at Baby Gap! Because of his superb behavior, he was "rewarded" with many cute new winter outfits! He loved playing with the white ball on the Santa hat so much we figured it had to come home with him.

Graham and Duke getting to know each other....no Duke is not standing up....he's just that tall! He's a giant lab that is equally as sweet and Graham was mesmerized by him. Thankfully Graham isn't afraid of animals!

Graham playing with his Great Grandpa!

Graham playing with his Great Grandma!

Graham and his cousin Emily reading a book together.

Heading back to the airport in DC. Can you sense Graham's enthusiasm regarding being stuck in the car seat again?

Checking out the view from the plane.

All tired out after a fun weekend with lots of family. After flying home from Korea, I honestly didn't think Graham was capable of sleeping on a plane. Luckily I was wrong. Not only did he sleep, but his preference was to sleep all cuddled up with me. How lucky am I???

(To all Greer's: I know there were many camera's around this weekend taking lots of pictures, so if you have any favorites that you'd like me to add to the blog, just email them to me, and I'll post them.)