Thanksgiving

I debated and debated about going home for the holiday.  Being that Zoe is still so little, I was nervous about her being around so many people.  I'm not really a germ-o-phobe person at all, but I definitely don't want her getting sick being that she's only a month old.

Since my grandpa isn't doing well, we decided it was best to go home so that he could see her (even if he only was there for 5 minutes).  Wednesday, we quickly packed up the car and headed home after my brother left.  I even successfully fed Zoe in the rest area parking lot.  Granted, Aaron froze outside with Wally, Zoe had a diaper blowout while I was burping her, and it was really cramped trying to coordinate it all, but we did it!

Thursday was BUSY to say the least.  Normally, we only do two Thanksgivings to keep our sanity (we tried three when we were first dating/married, but it became too much).  But this year, we knew everyone would want to meet Little Miss so we sucked it up and did all three.

First up was my dad's side.  Here's Zoe with Great Grandpa.  She didn't even need her paci. She was content just sitting and looking around.  The house felt like 80 degrees so I'm pretty sure she was loving the heat.  She takes after her mommy there :)

Next, we went over to my in-laws.  Zoe got to meet almost all of her Taylor aunts and uncles. She'll get to meet Aunt Dani and Uncle Brandon at Christmas.

And finally, we made our way over to my mom's side of the family.  My Aunt Cathy wanted a picture with all of her great nieces and nephews.  Little Cam wouldn't sit without his dad, so Matt was "hiding" since he's not a great nephew :)

And of course, we got some family shots for our first Thanksgiving :)

Since we had so many places to be, we unfortunately didn't get to spend too much time at any one house.  I'm looking forward to Christmas when we won't have to run around as much and can sit and catch up with everyone without being rushed.  And hopefully, we'll have Zoe's schedule worked out more.

Friday, my mom and I did our annual shopping trip while Zoe and daddy went over to his parent's house.  She got to meet her third Great Grandpa.  She's the first great granddaughter on the Menke side.  So far, it's been all boys.

Friday evening, Aaron and my dad went to see the new James Bond movie.  Saturday, we started helping my mom with Christmas decorations and made a quick stop to my in-laws so Zoe could meet a few other relatives.  Sunday, we packed up and headed back to Detroit.

It was a crazy weekend but worth it.  We love being able to spend time with family and getting to see everyone with Zoe was just precious.  We can't wait for Christmas when she gets to meet the rest of her aunts and uncles :)