This year Daniel's cousin, Kristen, picked up the Thanksgiving dinner party since last year was her mother, Aunt Sharon's, final dinner. We left in the morning and headed to Pappy's house in New Jersey so we could take a break and feed Trafton some lunch. Then we got back in the car and drove up to New York with Pappy. Trafton was a wonderful traveling baby the whole way. He didn't sleep like we thought he would, but he didn't fuss at all either.
Then we spent the day relaxing at Pappy's house on Friday and at night Daniel and I went out to see our favorite band, Railroad Earth, play the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg. It might have been the best RRE show ever. They were really incredible and they played "Real Love." We have probably seen them close to or over 50 times, but only ever seen them play that song one time before. It was wonderful!
At Kristen's house playing with a light saber
Have a dinner roll as an appetizer
Pappy carves the turkey
Cousins Justin and Michael show Trafton some of their wrestling moves
Daniel with the kids! Kristen and Tom's kids Justin, Michael and Jenna gather on the couch with Daniel and Trafton
Kristen and Trafton at the table - he is totally entertained with the napkin rings!
The feast was delicious!
The whole family
Trafton had a great time wandering around the outside of Pappy's house. The weather was beautiful and there were so many places to explore.
Of course we had to take some time to see Aunt Courtney's horse, Fire.
Trafton wasn't too interested in Harley (I think he's gotten too big for Trafton).
He's trying to tell Harley to stay away from the stick he found.
Checking out Pappy's kindling supply
Railroad Earth
They encored with a Rolling Stones cover song.
After the show at the Sherman, Cabinet was playing an after party at the Sarah Street Grill just a few doors down.
A couple of songs into their performance, Railroad Earth's fiddle player, Tim Carbone sat in for a few tunes.
What a great night!
Trafton just isn't sure yet what to make of Harley, Uncle Michael and Aunt Courtney's dog. He keeps getting bigger and now is the perfect height to lick Trafton right on the face.
Enjoying an early morning read with Daddy
Also enjoying a late morning snooze
"I like that dog a lot more when I am safe in someone's arms!"
Late night shopping
Rohrbach's kids section
Pushing the duck at Rohrbach's
Ready to find the perfect tree!
Trafton walked and walked among the trees while we scouted out the perfect one.
Investigating a tree stump
Leading the way to the Douglas Firs
Are you guys coming?
Ecology III Christmas Tree Farm
We finally picked our tree (in less than 2 hours!) - time to get the wagon and saw.
This is the one!
Helping daddy bring the tree in
How tall? Just over 2 1/2 feet
Time for lunch!
Trafton might have been asleep before we got to the end of the tree farm's driveway :) 
Jason came right from work, so he was still in his National Guard uniform.
Story time before bed
At Kristen's house playing with a light saber
Have a dinner roll as an appetizer
Pappy carves the turkey
Cousins Justin and Michael show Trafton some of their wrestling moves
Daniel with the kids! Kristen and Tom's kids Justin, Michael and Jenna gather on the couch with Daniel and Trafton
Kristen and Trafton at the table - he is totally entertained with the napkin rings!
The feast was delicious!
The whole family
Trafton had a great time wandering around the outside of Pappy's house. The weather was beautiful and there were so many places to explore.
Trafton wasn't too interested in Harley (I think he's gotten too big for Trafton).
He's trying to tell Harley to stay away from the stick he found.
Checking out Pappy's kindling supply
Railroad Earth
They encored with a Rolling Stones cover song.
After the show at the Sherman, Cabinet was playing an after party at the Sarah Street Grill just a few doors down.
A couple of songs into their performance, Railroad Earth's fiddle player, Tim Carbone sat in for a few tunes.
