Thanksgiving in Minnesota

We went to visit my parents for Thanksgiving. We stayed 8 days and it was very relaxing and much needed. Of course, I forgot my anti-anxiety medication. So it's good that it was very relaxing instead of just plain old regular relaxing, because I made it through my accidental cold turkey-ment just fine. Scarlet tried pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving--she loved it! And she tried soda pop for the first time--leave it to Grandpa to corrupt the taste buds of all his grandkids! Right, Katherine? :) We got her first pop (root beer) experience on video. She loved it (for those of you receiving this by email, click HERE to view the video:)

We had a lot of fun. We mainly just relaxed. We played some games, watched a few movies, and just hung out together. The Browns (Chuck and Jill--Mike went to college with Chuck) came down for Thanksgiving with their son, Christopher. Jill has been so excited to meet Scarlet! The guinea pigs enjoyed the Browns' visit because Christopher liked to hold them so they got more attention that day than we would've been able to give them. And I gave them the apple peels from the apple pie--yum yum! They were in their small travel cage for the trip--it's 1/4 of the size of their house here at home. Poor guys. :( It only fits one hidey house so this is them sharing it when Kati (my dog in Minnesota) came to explore the cage for the first time. After this first encounter, they realized they were safe inside their cage and they'd just taunt Kati by prancing around while she whined at them.

Scarlet had her first playdate while we were in Minnesota! I got to visit my friend Nicole, and she has two daughters--Kael and Olive. Olive is 9 months old so she and Scarlet are definitely gonna be good friends. :)

Jeremy and my mom went shopping at the Mall of America while I was at Nicole's house. Jeremy said they have a new Microsoft store. Across the hall from the Apple store. And wouldn't you know, the design of the new Microsoft store is strangely similar to the design of the Apple store. ;)

Jeremy and I went on a date while we were there. We went to Whiskey River, where they have my absolute favorite Minnesota Wild Rice soup, and then we went and got a Butterfinger Blizzard at Dairy Queen. Mmmm. It was nice to get out, just the two of us, and not have to keep a baby entertained in between conversations. But of course, we both missed Scarlet pretty quickly so we headed back!

Here are a few pictures from our trip!

Scarlet, as Darth Vader; the catalog for ice cream cakes at Dairy Queen--notice "The Wedding's Off"--who gets a custom ice cream cake to announce that they broke their engagement?!; Scarlet in her new boots, hat, and mittens

Playing Crazy 8's with Grandma; Staring down her Sophie giraffe

Play date with Olive! Gotta get one of those Bumbo seats for Scarlet here at home. Notice her two different shirts. We had a spit up incident. And I think she's a little freaked out by Olive playing with her changing mat. :)

Hangin' with Grandma and Grandpa