Hey guys, thank you so much for your support towards this story. It means so much to me. This chapter is another holiday chapter, Thanksgiving :) I absolutely adore Finchel celebrating holidays with Liam so you might get several more holiday chapters. Anyway, I hope you guys are ready for mega fluff, please enjoy.

It's two days before Thanksgiving, and Finn and Rachel are going back to Lima for Liam's first Thanksgiving. They are flying out there and Rachel is worried absolutely sick because it is their first long trip since Liam was born and she's not so sure of how well he will do on his first flight. Finn on the other hand is staying very optimistic, and is sure that Liam will be just fine on thir flight to Ohio. He tries to rub that off on Rachel, but apparently that's not as easy of a task as he thought it would be.

"Rachel, he's fine quit worrying, you need sleep, we left really early this morning. I'll watch him for a while and I'll wake you up if I need help." Finn tells her.

"But Finn! Rachel starts.
"No buts, get some sleep. It's going to be a long day, you know how crazy my mom gets around the holidays."
Rachel sighs. "Okay."
A few minutes later Liam starts to get fussy and Finn thinks it is because his little ears are popping.

"Shh, it's okay, I know your ears, are hurting you Buddy, I know. It'll stop soon. I promise. Just get some sleep Kiddo, Daddy will be right here." Finn tells Liam rocking him back and forth until finally his fussing stops and he falls asleep.

"There you go, sweet dreams Liam. I love you." Finn says rubbing Liam's soft curls and kissing his forehead.

When they arrive at the airport Carole greets them with an abundance of enthusiasm.

"It's so good to see you two, and goodness that grandangel of mine has gotten so big!" She says.

"I know, he really has! And it's good to see you too Mom!" Finn says Hugging Carole.

"How did the flight go?"
"Good, but Liam did get a little fussy."

"He takes after you, you were a very fussy baby."

"You think he got everything from me, Mom."
"Well Honey, he pretty much did. He's your clone."
"I guess he is, but he's totally got Rachel's eyes."
"Yeah, he does."

Finn watches Liam as he plays with a few of his toys on the floor. For an eight month old Liam is a very active kid. Finn picks him up and he giggles.

"What are you laughing at huh, Mr. Giggle Box, what's so funny?" Finn teases tickling Liam's sides.

"Are you ticklish, huh? Is that what it is?"
Liam smiles at his daddy. "I guess I can take that as a yes, you're such a silly little guy."

After a while Rachel and Finn decide to take Liam out for a walk to give him some fresh air after their long morning.

"Look Liam, look at all the colors of the leaves. Aren't they pretty?" Rachel says.

"He's so fascinated by them, look at how curious his little eyes are." Finn comments.

"Yeah, he's a smart little boy, isn't that right, Pumpkin Pie"
"He's going to be the smartest boy in his class when he starts school in a couple of years. I know he is.""
"I don't even want to think about my little boy being old enough to go to school. I like him this little. I don't want him to grow up."
"I know Rach, I don't either, he's already grown up so much and he hasn't even turned a year old."

"Should we take your mom up on her offer to watch Liam so we can go out and relax tonight?"
"Yeah, I'm okay with that, but you know she will take the opportunity to spoil him rotten."
"Oh yeah, she totally will. She's like fifty times worse than my dads."
For some reason, maybe for nostalgias sake, they decide to go to Breadstix."
"It's been ages since we've been here, maybe since we came back for our wedding." Rachel comments.

"And that has been over four years ago."
Rachel smiles. "Four wonderful, wonderful years."
"We'll have to take Liam here when he gets a little bit older."
"Finn, I don't think he'll like it that much. I think one of the only reasons we even came here when we were in high school was for social purposes."
"But Rachel, it's where we grew up, we have to take him somewhere that was significant to our lives in Lima."

"We could take him to McKinley."
"Yeah, it is where we fell in love after all, Liam should be able to know about that."
"Yeah, he should, we should go before we leave."
"Okay then, it's settled. We're taking Liam to McKinley."

Finn isn't surprised to see shopping bags all over the living room when they get back. His mom is the definition of spoiling grandma.
"Goodness Mom, how much stuff did you buy him?" Finn asks.

"Not much, just a few toys and a couple of outfits. I got him a turkey themed outfit for Thanksgiving. It's just the cutest thing. Would you like me to show it to you?" Carole asks.

"Sure why not, I'm sure it's adorable"
Carole holds up a brown shirt with a turkey on it that has matching pants to go with it. Finn had to admit, it was a good choice

"Aww, he's going to look so adorable in it. You always know what he's going to look cute in it." Finn says.

"It's Grandma's intuition , Sweetheart."
On Thanksgiving morning, Finn and Rachel are watching the Macy's Parade with Liam. Rachel's pointing out a bunch of balloons to Liam.

"Look Baby, that's the Snoopy balloon, it's big isn't it?" She tells him.

"We should take him next year." Finn says.

"Yeah, I bet he'll like that. Won't you Liam?"
"I think that's a yes, we are going to take him next year."
"Alrighty then, he'll probably be talking and giggling the whole time by then."

"Yeah, he's growing up too fast."

"But he's a good boy."

"That's right, he is a very good boy."
"I think he likes the balloons best, look how big he's smiling."
"I love that little smile of his."
"He's going to be a charmer, just like his Daddy."
"Yeah, all the girls will be all over him when he's older."
"But he'll only pick the nice ones, right Sweetie."

At dinner they go around the table and everyone says what they are thankful for.

Rachel starts. "I'm thankful for my wonderful family, especially Finn and Liam, for my job, and for the opportunity to come home and see everyone I love."

When it's Finn's turn, he stops to think for a minute, there is so much he's thankful for.

"Okay, where do I start, well, I'm thankful for my family, that everyone has never stopped believing in me, for amazing job and so much more."
When Rachel starts feeding Liam, surprisingly, he doesn't make too big of a mess.

"You were hungry, weren't you sweet prince?" She coos.

"Rachel, he's always hungry, he takes after me." Finn says.

"He really, really, likes pumpkin baby food though."
"Of course he does, pumpkin is like a Thanksgiving classic."
"He looks so cute in this little outfit of his, your mom did a good job picking it out."
"Yeah, she did. Did you see all the other stuff she bought him?"

"Mhmm, she spoils him rotten. She really does."
"Your dads do too. Like he's got more clothes now than we can fit in his suitcase."
"He does, but he got some books too."
"He likes it when we read him books."
Rachel decides to go get a head start on Christmas shopping the next day. She leaves Liam at home with Finn. Half way through the day, Liam starts to get a bit fussy. Finn figures it's because he misses Rachel.

"What's the matter, Buddy? You miss Mommy? Is that it?" Finn says rubbing Liam's head to get him to calm down.

Still, Liam won't stop his fussing. "She'll be home soon, she's out getting you your Christmas presents.

I know you miss her, you love your mommy don't you? I love her too, so much."
Rachel gets home about two hours later, it's a good thing too because Liam was still really fussy.

"Look Buddy! Mommy's home. I bet she's missed you just as much as you've missed her." Finn says.

"I'm back, did you two miss me?" Rachel asks.

"Oh boy did we, Liam was fussy all afternoon, he missed you so much." Finn tells her.

"Is that right my little Munchkin, Did you miss Mommy? I missed you too my sweet boy, I missed you so much." Rachel says kissing Liam on the cheek.

"So did you have any luck with the shopping?" Finn asks Rachel.

"A bit, I picked up a few little things, I'll have more luck in New York."
"Yeah, you probably will."
The next day Finn and Rachel take Liam to McKinley for a little visit. No one else is there just the three of them. The fact that Finn did his student teaching here four years ago with Will has still managed to have its perks.

"This is where Daddy and I went to school Liam. It's pretty big though, isn't it?" Rachel tells Liam while he is looking around curiously.

"You know, I think this place is pretty special. Your Mommy and I fell in love here Liam? I think you'll like it, it's kind of special to our family." Finn says.

"Sometimes that seems like so long ago, but it really wasn't. I miss it sometimes, everything was so simple and fun, we made a lot of really good memories here, and as much as I wanted to get out of here, I wouldn't trade those years for the world. They were special."

"Yeah, they were pretty amazing, I'll never forget them. Should we take Liam to the auditorium now"
"Yeah, that will make him pretty happy."
Walking through the doors of the auditorium feels like walking through a time machine so many memories come flooding back all at once.

"This place never changes , I swear. It looks and feels just as special as it did the last time we were here, maybe even the same way it felt back when we were in high school." Rachel says smiling

"Yeah, it really is just so timeless." Finn replies.

"Liam's getting that curious look in his eyes. I always knew that he would find this place just as special as we do."
"Yeah, he looks happy, very happy."
"Isn't he always happy though?"
"Yeah, but this place it has an aura that just sort of makes you happy."
"It's a good place for us, a lot of amazing things happened for us right here in this room."
"I know, like our first kiss, do you remember that, Rach?"

"Oh Finn, of course I remember that, how could I forget that. I remember that day just like it was yesterday. I will always remember it as long as I live.

"You'll remember all of it? Even the airplane cups?"

Rachel smiles. "Even the airplane cups."
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