Thanksgiving Adventure

As you can see from the pictures, it was another festive Thanksgiving holiday at the Smeltzer household in Washington. The trip down proved to be very adventurous. Noah is usually a pretty good traveler and rarely cries in the car. So, it was somewhat surprising when an hour into our trip last Tuesday night that he started wailing. I took off my seatbelt to investigate what the problem was and then I smelled it. I knew we were in a bit of a hurry to find a place to change a diaper. Stuart pulled off the first exit we saw and stopped at a Shell gas station. As soon as we extracted Noah from his seat, we could tell this was no ordinary poopy diaper. We sprang into action. Stuart went inside to obtain a plastic bag for the clothes and I tried to contain the damage inside the bathroom. We basically had to bathe Noah and change all of his clothing inside a gas station bathroom. Quite the adventure. The rest of the trip down was pretty uneventful. We stopped halfway at my Aunt and Uncles in Indy for dinner and then proceeded to Washington.
The time in Washington was awesome. We caught a Hatchet basketball game (won in 2ot), had a great Thanksgiving dinner (I think the final tally was about 23 people), and even caught some black Friday sales at the Wal-Mart. I think we all gained a good amount of weight and are now fasting until Christmas at the Smeltzer's.
Oh, I almost forgot the Cameron story. It's not a holiday if you don't get at least one hilarious story from that kid. So, the day before Thanksgiving, we thought we'd catch a pregame meal at the Amish restaurant in Montgomery. While we were there, an Amish family came in. Cameron, in mid-bite, nonchalantly says "oh, they have Pilgrims here." While I wanted to tell him that his awesome step-mom wanted him to have the most authentic Thanksgiving and that I'd actually brought the Pilgrims in on the Mayflower that morning, I was instead reduced to laughing while my wonderful husband explained the Amish lifestyle to Cameron. Cap that off with Noah rolling over for the first time and you've got one heckuva good time!!!