Thanksgiving '09

We had quite the adventure this Thanksgiving. As Ainsley puts it 'we went in the big airplane! way way up in the sky to Seattle'. I was really worried that she'd be scared on the flight. The last time she was on a plane I nursed her during take off.. so that was quite a long time ago, she definitely didn't remember it. But we got her excited about it, and she even said 'weeee' as the plane took off. She did great. She mostly sat and watched her shows on my iphone, with a little bit of coloring in the middle. I think the people around us were nervous when we sat down, because everyone commented on how great she was when we landed.I'd forgotten to take her hair out the night before and so when we woke up early to get to the airport is stayed the way it was. They had been little loops but ended up looking more like something out of who-ville. Here's the best pic I got of her Cindy-Loo Who hair. It's hard to tell, but it went straight up and then shot out at a 90 degree angle, lol.

My flight buddies

The house we stayed at isn't really in Seattle. It's actually about an hour and a half south west of Seattle right on the Puget Sound. It's gorgeous there, hard to believe all the trees, green everywhere, even at the end of November! Here's some shots from the cottage we were staying in.

View from our balcony, you can see the Sound.

Most of the trip we hung around the house, cooked, enjoyed the scenery. But we went into Seattle one day. The big attraction of the day was the aquarium. Here's Ains and all her cousins old enough to walk on their own.

touching a star fish

Here she's watching a seal. She thought he was amazing.
(personally, I prefer the otters)

the underwater dome

my whale rider

We had a great time, ate yummy food and Ainsley was in heaven with all her cousins and aunts and uncles and grandparents. The flight back went great too, she slept the whole way.