Thanksgiving and Trip to Moses Lake

So, we went out to Moses Lake the Friday before Thanksgiving (a week early). We flew into Seattle, and spent some time with Whitney's brother Ivin and his adorable family and then drove out to Moses Lake for a few days, and for the Thanksgiving celebration.

I have been eagerly awaiting the first snowfall of the season out here in Hershey, because Eli was too young to really appreciate it last year. I bought him a hat and mittens and snowboots so we could really go play in it--except our first snowfall came the morning we left Hershey! I had Whitney snap a photo of it snowing on our way out the door to the airport! What lousy timing. Oh well, it's supposed to be a snowy winter, or so I hear.

So, there is a cute video of Eli with his favorite toy at Grandma and Grandpa Baker's, this little popper, but I don't know how to add videos!! So, you will have to check it out at http://www.bakerfamily.net/ or http://www.thestuckeyfamily.net/ if you're interested. Those are our family websites.

Eli learned to climb up into chairs on this trip. I blame this discovery on Grandma and Grandpa Baker's house having a few cute tiny little chairs, like this rocking chair! Eli loved it. He also loved to stand on it, which we discouraged. Doesn't he look cute!? He was getting new teeth so he's been really drooly!

Also, we are learning some new things--like "Where is your nose?" He will touch his nose. Unfortunately, my camera does not have an amazing shutter speed so this was the best shot of that I got... He is on his way to touching his nose.

We went to Moses Lake in November of last year, too, so Eli technically saw the family horse, Babe and some goats then, but he was so little he didn't really remember it at all!! So, this was his first time to see a horse, and goats up close, too. He had a great time the first time he saw Babe. He kept screaming with excitement and clapping his hands. Mom wasn't on the ball enough to have her camera then, so we have some photos from the second time he saw Babe! And the first time he saw the goats.

Grandpa Baker took Eli and Whitney and I out to see the goats one morning too, and I thought some of the photos from that trip were pretty cute... Here is Eli listening to Grandpa Baker...

Here is Eli helping feed them...

And here he is trying to order the goats around. (Didn't work at all!)

And Eli screening their food intake...

And finally, Dad putting Eli on a goat's back. The goats were surprisingly nice about it!