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Happy Thanksgiving!

We just celebrated (Canadian) Thanksgiving this past weekend. Every year we take the 4 hour trek up north to visit our families for Thanksgiving. We are fortunate that both our families live within minutes of one another so C and I can travel between the two houses with ease and see everyone. My grandparents are also close by.

This year was a bit different with a child in tow. You have to take into consideration his sleep/eat schedule for a 4-hour tour. In addition, when we finally reached our destination, we had to plan our outings around naps, meals and bedtime. Before we even left, we had planned out our whole weekend around N's schedule, ensuring we saw everyone for an appropriate amount of time...or should I say, everyone saw N for an appropriate amount of time. We had all the necessities to ensure he was comfortable whereever we were, including toys, a portable high chair and the good old pack-n-play. There were also the needs of Mommy & Daddy to consider when planning such an event. We are used to enjoying two (yup two) turkey dinners, one as C's Mom's and one at my parent's house. You can't break 14 years of tradition.

We were able to stick to our plan, fit in all our visits, two turkey dinners and kept N on schedule no matter where we were. Unfortunately he's working on tooth #3 and sleeping was a bit of an issue for all of us, but we managed. N was also great with all the new faces and the hugs and kisses. He was good to go to people, hopefully he's growing out of this making strange phase. I must say, by Sunday night back in the familiar setting of Nanny & Bampa's he looked a bit distressed when my sister, brother-in-law, his mother and my mom's second cousin walked in for dinner. Of course, when cousin E entered the room, all was good again.

Hope you enjoyed your weekend and if you celebrated Thanksgiving were with family and friends and had a great time.

We have so much to be thankful this year!