Busy Thanksgiving week

Well, we have been busy with holiday travels the last week, so I apologize for not posting sooner . . .

We were fortunate enough to be able to travel to Vancouver, WA to visit with my parents for Thanksgiving.  Callie had been out of the hospital for almost a week and was feeling pretty good.  Our flight out wasn't too bad.  Callie was really excited about the airplane and wanted to touch everything, which really made me nervous since I am now a germaphobe mom!  She also enjoyed the attention from the flight attendants who were right across the aisle from us for most of the trip.  She eventually fell asleep for about the last hour of the flight, so that was nice.

On Wednesday we made a trip to the Jantzen Beach Shopping Center, which is right across the river in Portland, OR, to ride the carosel.  According a sign posted at the entrance it is the fastest moving, at 10 mph, and longest ride, 4 minutes, in the world.  I wasn't too sure if Callie would like riding on a horse for that long so we took the safe route and sat on one of the benches.  She loved it!

Callie made sure that we were first in line :)

Testing out the horse . . .

Callie decided the bench would be more fun :)

We had a very relaxing Thanksgiving lunch/dinner with just my parents and it was great.  My Dad smoked the turkey and it was delicious!  Callie had a good time but decided to continue her food strike.  For the last couple of weeks she has decided that she only wants formula and no baby food or table food.  She missed out on a delicious meal, but had a good time sitting at the table playing while we ate.

Waiting for all of us to sit down and eat.

After dinner Scott and I were able to get away for a night.  My parents so nicely agreed to watch Callie and we stayed in a nice hotel in Portland for the night.  It was great to get a good night's sleep and relax.  Callie did great with my parents and even slept the whole night, which was great because she had been waking up in the middle of the night since we arrived.  

Even though we had a busy week we still had time to be thankful.  First of all we were so thankful that Callie was healthy, finally, and we were able to make the trip to visit family and friends.  Not only was she over the stomach virus, but while she was sick her platelets jumped to an amazing 280,000!  We are thankful for all the great care that Callie receives and her amazing doctors and nurses, not to mention the great health insurance coverage that we are fortunate to have.  And above all we are extremely thankful for our family and friends.  We would not be able to do this without you!