Thanksgiving - Part 1

For Thanksgiving this year, my family all met at my sister's in Las Vegas. Me, Claire and Khloe drove down with my parents a few days before the weekend. Claire did a pretty good job sitting in her carseat for 7 hours, but by the time we made it into the city, she definetely had enough (as did I).

The next 4 days, we hung out at the house, did a little shopping and walked around Ceasar's Palace. Once my other sister got there, the fun really began. :) That night there were 19 people and 2 dogs all jammed in their 3-bedroom house. It was a little chaotic to say the least. The best part was finally getting to meet my new niece, Brooklyn. She is 6 weeks younger than Claire and totally adorable! I can't wait for the 2 of them to have fun together.

Erik finally flew in Thanksgiving morning and I was so excited! It had been 6 days since we had seen him and I know he missed Khloe and his little Claire Bear (and hopefully me as well).

Thanksigiving morning, my sister and I woke up at 6:30am to start cooking the turkey. This was the first year I helped with the turkey. I even pulled out all the guts; it was pretty disgusting. After preparing the stuffing and knowing what ingredients actually went in it (cut up turkey "insides"), I couldn't eat more than a bite. Yuck! No more stuffing for me.

Overall, it was fun to be with family but completely exhausting. Being the 6th day on our "vacation", Claire was completely off schedule and had become quite a handful. Traveling with a little one is a lot harder than I had expected. It was nice having so many people around to help with her. I definitely needed it.

Later that night we were off to our hotel room for the remainder of our vacation. I was so happy to finally get some much needed sleep. Stay tuned for part 2.