Thanksgiving + 1st Bday - Phoenix

November 23 Thanksgiving
We were planning to go to Los Angeles but decided to go to Phoenix to be with Jones and family. Chantel behaved very well along the long queue for the flight and in the airplane. At the phoenix airport, Bill and Judy saw her and said that she has the family "eyes".
C started playing with Jeya and Jeevan. Jeya was quite excited.

November 24
Kelly made Turkey today. Could not buy anything reasonable at the Black Friday sales. C wanted to climb their stairs all the time. She would run from the dining and start climbing the stairs. The stairs are carpeted and have two landings. But still Daph would not let C climb the steps. Jeya though wanted C to climb and manage to let her climb at least two times to the top!
Evening we celebrated C birthday. Daph bought funny caps for all the kids. Daph and Kelly filled the balloons. The kids had lots of fun with the balloons. Jeya was more excited with C's bday and wanted to buy the biggest cake. We settled for a medium size one in the end.
C also had this lovely dress from India based on a design from the US?
The day went well.

Nov 25 Saturday
Went to Sedona. Amazing rock formations. Chantel was asleep during most of the ride. Jeya, Chantel and myself were sitting in the backseat of the new Sienna. Jeya was sharing chexmix with C. Jeya also wanted to sit next to C. C had cold and running nose!

Nov 26 Sunday
C woke up in the morning with some deadly sounding cough. Jones said it was croup. Webmd said it was not serious but that it sounded serious. More running nose and coughing. Went to the IKEA store and the Zoo. C was not too excited.