Our Turkey Day Trip

Over the holiday weekend we took a trip to Pennsylvania to spend some time with Derrik's side of the family. We headed out Wednesday after breakfast with Uncle Ryan who had flown in the night before. Ryder did a great job in the car only getting out of his car seat at lunch... we found a Chili's of course... and for a quick dinner at McDonalds and to get gas. We hit quite a bit of traffic through New York of course, but the trip wasn't that bad.

We stayed at Me-Maw and Poppy's house which worked out great for us with Ryder. Since she has little boys still she had everything we could possibly need for our little man. We had a bassinet for our room, a pack 'n play up stairs, a boppy pillow, baby bath tub, and a bouncy seat with lights and music that Ryder absolutely loved! It was so nice to have all of that because it made Ryder comfortable and feel like he was at home. He slept through the night two of the three nights we were there. He woke up once the third night and ended up in bed with us around 5am with a cold. Ryder took his first cold like a champ and smiled through it all. He was awfully pitiful with that stuffy nose, but did well.

We spent Thanksgiving Day with Me-Maw's side of the family. We stuffed ourselves with an amazing meal that Me-Maw, Grammy, and Aunt Cindy prepared for us. Thanks Guys :)

After our dinner we headed over to meet up with Papi's side of the family. Our intentions were to head to Maggie's house to say hello and then head to Aunt Gina's to watch the football game, but Ryder had different plans. I think after a long day of meeting new people he had just had enough. We tried calming him down with some cereal for dinner and putting his pj's on, but he just wasn't having it. We ended up having to head out early (and miss part of the Eagle's game which Daddy wasn't too happy about). Ryder had a really good nights sleep and woke up much happier the next day.

Ryder with Uncle Cole and Uncle Dalton on Thanksgiving Day

(Do you know how hard it is to get a 3 month old, 2 year old, and 5 year old to all look at a camera?!)

Ryder with his Papi on Thanksgiving Day

The next day we went over to NiNi and Papa's house to try to get them some time with Ryder once he had recovered from his busy day. Ryder was much happier and layed on the floor with Papi for a few hours smiling and hanging out.

Later in the day when we got back to Me-Maw's house Ryder's second cousin Kaydence was there! She is two weeks and four days younger then Ryder and so much smaller. It is amazing to me what a beefy little boy Ryder is. Also there was Aunt Sherri and Tom's parents to meet Ryder.

Ryder and Kaydence sleeping together

Later in the night we went to Candy Lane in Hershey Park to get into the Christmas spirit. We bundled all the kids up and headed in. There were Christmas lights everywhere and Christmas music playing. It was pretty cold, but a really good time. We got to go on some rides with Uncle Cole and Uncle Dalton, but unfortunately (kind of... it was pretty nice) Ryder slept through the whole thing. He would never even know he was there.

Under some of the lights at Candy Lane

Saturday we were trying to battle Ryder's cold. We got him some cold medicine which seemed to help. We went out and did some quick holiday shopping (since we have no shopping by us in the Cape) and let Me-Maw babysit Ryder for a little bit. After that we went to NiNi and Papa's for dinner and got to spend some time with some family. Ryder ate his dinner and fell asleep not too long after. We got on the road and made it home without a peep from the little man.

Ryder with his second cousin's Taylor and Noah

We had such a great trip and thank everyone for their hospitality!