First Thanksgiving...

Eliana had her first Thanksgiving at her granparent's house in Vancouver, WA. Although she didn't get to eat any turkey or pumpkin pie, she did get to see lots of her aunts, uncles, and cousins.

On the car ride there, she decides that for appetizer, she'll chew on her monkey beanie baby's hand. (She's gotten quite good recently at grabbing something in front of her. In the past, she could grab things, but only accidentally if the thing was near her hand already. Now she'll willfully grab something in front of her.)

Since we arrived at Grandma and Grandpa's house at 3pm, Eliana took a nap later in the afternoon. When she got up at around 5pm, the food was almost ready to be served.

And finally everyone dug in!
Towards the end of the evening, Eliana took another nap while people sat around and talked.

Eliana is always a big hit with her cousins. Millie, age 5 likes it when Eliana grabs her finger.

When it's time to go home, Eliana gets a warm goodbye from Grandpa Rice.

It was a long day for her so she screeched almost the entire car ride home. But she slept through the night and only got up once! And you'll notice that there are no pictures of any aunties or uncles holding her. Unfortunately, Eliana has been honing her stranger anxiety skills and has gotten quite good at them recently.

Hope you had a good Thanksgiving as well!