Jessie's 1st Road Trip - Thanksgiving Weekend in Southern Ontario

Jessie's first Thanksgiving Weekend was spent on Jessie's first Road Trip! We drove 7 hours to our first stop of the weekend - Waterloo, ON to visit Auntie Meg. Jessie was a super star on the drive - like clockwork, she needed to eat and be changed every two hours, enjoying her "awake time" in her car seat chatting with her "friends" - a snail, butterfly and flower that hang from above. When she'd tire of their company, she'd fall asleep without any problem - what a blessing! Here are a few pics from our grand adventure ...



Picture time at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON.

Jessie "wowed" all passersby with her charming bright eyes and smiles!

Ken picked up Nanny on Friday at the airport and Nanny promptly began enjoying snuggle and play time with Jessie in attempt to make up for the last month - Nanny couldn't believe how much Jessie had grown in just a handful of weeks!

Beautiful pictures of Nanny and Jessie enjoying some snuggles together!

Auntie Meg helped with Jessie's bathtime on Friday night - Jessie got a bath in Auntie's kitchen sink with a beach towel to offer some relief from the cold stainless steel! She enjoyed this bath as well as usual! She kicks her legs a lot more in the water than she used to - fun, fun!

The "milk belly" grows ... pure cream, I tell you ...

Snuggles from Mommy after her bath in attempt to keep warm!

A few days late, but a party nonetheless! Yes, Meg is seen here lighting her own birthday candles - but fear not, we supplied the presents, cake and singing!

Meg blowing out the candles that she lit herself moments before ...

Jessie meets Auntie Cathy and Uncle Dave Saunders at Kelsey's in Stratford, ON - it was a quick visit, but a lovely one and Jessie was SO glad to meet her Great Aunt and Uncle!

Jessie snoozing with her new Webkinz Panda Bear (a gift from Auntie Cathy!) at Kelsey's while Mommy visited with Auntie Cathy and Uncle Dave.

We enjoyed a marvelous Thanksgiving Dinner in Toronto on Sunday night with Auntie Karen, Uncle John, Sami, Zoe, Wyn, Nanny & Auntie Meg - it was a full house and (as usual!) the most delicious meal! Jessie got plenty of snuggles from everyone!

Nanny was obviously focused on Jessie and NOT
Meg or Wyn in this shot! (Who can blame her though?!)

Jessie meeting Wyn and Zoe while Auntie Meg
makes sure Jessie doesn't fall off the couch ...

Auntie Karen enjoys some more snuggle time with Jessie.

Don't worry Wyn, it's not you ... Jessie had a LONG
weekend and was just tired ...

Auntie Karen fought Nanny and won I guess ... although,
these pics are from Nanny's camera, so naturally they
wouldn't have pictures of her in them ... she DID get to hold
Jessie though!

The heaven-sent bouncy chair ... sometimes Jessie just needs
to be left alone and not held, but that doesn't stop the Aunties
from getting in some quality time!

We stopped at "The Big Apple" pie factory on the way home along Hwy 401 - Jessie got to see how pies are made and watch Mommy and Daddy try a bit - it was a great place to stop and stretch our legs and give Jessie a break from being in her car seat - after the weekend we had, she was getting a bit tired of the travel (and so were we!!).

Yummy Apple Pie!

Jessie in her car seat on the ride home enjoying her new Taggies "Princess" book from Nanny - she LOVES the page with the shiny silver flower on it! We also read one of her favourites "Green Eggs and Ham" when we got stuck in a bit of a traffic jam to help pass the time!

It was a great weekend - and a great first road trip for Jessie ... now that we've had a bit of practice with the "travel thing" we can streamline our packing and finetune a few things before our next trip ... a "big one" to Prince Edward Island ... next week!!