We were faced with a dilemma when planning for our trip back east -- what was going to pass for warm clothes for Evan when we went outside? We live in California, and it was in the 70's the week before Thanksgiving... we weren't prepared for potentially snowy weather, and our little guy would be at risk for freezing his tiny buns off. Fortunately, as has happened before with pretty much all of our baby clothing issues, a friend came to the rescue and let us borrow a blue bear suit (similar to his Halloween costume, only bigger and warmer). Here he is in his cold weather gear with my mom, getting ready to brave a chilly Columbus afternoon walk:
Our other main concerns heading into the trip were how Evan's new sleep schedule was going to be affected and how he was going to deal with the longer flights, especially since a few days before we left he started to cut his first tooth (at only 5 months old - we weren't supposed to have to deal with this for another few months!). Just like with our 1-hour flights to and from Palm Springs a few months ago, Evan did pretty well on the plane - a little fussier than last time, but we'll chalk that up to teething. Sleeping was a different story. For a variety of reasons (the tooth not being the biggest, although not the smallest either) Evan's sleep habits were just plain awful. Even worse than the beginning our our sleep training a week or two ago. At least we had family around to help.I don't want to dwell on the negative, though, because overall we had a wonderful time. We did all the normal Thanksgiving things: ate lots of good food, played stupid games (including Wii Sports), didn't leave the house for three days, and hung out with family. Maybe most important, Evan finally got to meet an aunt (and almost-uncle) on the Metz side! Here's Steph and Evan with my sister Hallie and my cousin Kim:
Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures with almost-uncle Mark that didn't involve a bunch of us playing Wii Tennis (which really don't do the experience justice, so I'm not going to include them) but he did get to meet him, too. That just leaves my sister Hilary and her fiancé Brian, who we'll see next week in New York, to round out Evan's Auntie and Uncle Tour 2007.Actually, I didn't get pictures of a whole lot -- I guess I was expecting other people to use their cameras, but I haven't seen all of their pictures yet. I did get this shot of Hallie feeding my brand new cousin Lauren (our hosts', my cousins Kelly & Josh, 2-month old daughter), though:
Just look at Hallie multitask! She's not even a mom yet, although she is a doctor... maybe they teach multitasking in med school.
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