My First Thanksgiving

These Thanksgiving break pictures turned out to be in reverse chronological order. Let's start out with some cousin shots. Here's me greeting my cousin Lou with my closest gesture to a hug...

...which she promptly returns with a glamorous wave to steal the stage.

Here we are warming up to sharing camera time...

...and Dad helps me look like I am stronger. She'll be the beauty; I'll be the brawn.

After a Saturday morning walk to our local coffee shop, the snow turned Charles into an angel.

I love ladies in red.

Another photo shoot with Dad. Did I mention that I LOVED having Daddy home for 5 days. By the end of it I was definitely a Daddy's boy.

Blankets and velvet chairs...this is the life.

Lou, why is everyone staring at us?

They love me

Uncle Joel is home! He immediately tried to rehearse good habits. Other recent Uncle training includes Uncle Spence's arm exercises that he thinks will prepare me for a left-handed pitching career. My Dad is not sold and holds Saturday football-viewings in our man-cave downstairs. It's hard to live up to family expectations...

Of course, it's easy to make Grandma happy.

Here I am skyping with Uncle Joel. It's a new generation of stayin' connected baby.

Are you going to eat me Uncle Eric?

Mom, which Grandpa is this again?




Okay, I'll take another kiss.

The beautiful Dowers smile...

...paired with Dowers laughter made an excellent evening.

I also got to meet my 4th Great-Grandma: Grandma Sanborn.

So did I prove that they love me?

Leaves!