Thanksgiving break!

Well, my thankfulness posts fizzled out mid-month--oh well!  I had a good excuse--I was too busy enjoying every moment of our vacation in Destin, FL last week, and now James is in DC for a conference, so I'm single-parenting it up!

We spent the week at a condo in Destin, just across the street from the beach, and all in all we had a great time.  Cadence seemed to be extra fussy, and she did not sleep well at all, so I don't know that we'll ever try to take a vacation with such a young baby again, but oh well.  It was fun to play with her on the beach a little bit (although my worries about too much sun exposure kept our visits short) and she did a great job in the car--having her along only added about 30 minutes to our 7.5 hour trip, so she's a much better traveler than the dogs!  I did realize though that it's going to be awhile until I can actually get a vacation--there is no escaping the work of a mom!

Once we got back we only had a few days until James had to leave for his conference, and since he's been gone we've been very busy.  Today we had Bible study, and then tonight there was a basketball game.  Tomorrow I have to go buy some buns for the concessions stand, and then there is a double header.  Cadence had a rough morning at Bible study and then was not too awesome at the game, so I'm hoping tomorrow is a little better.  She's teething and is really only happy if she's being held in one certain position and moving around all the time.  Unfortunately the girl I had watch her wanted to sit down to watch the game, and couldn't find the magic position, so there was a lot of fussing going on.  The good news is that she's slept through the night the past two nights, which is a blessing after her week of horrible sleep at the beach.

We also set up our Christmas tree, and I've been wrapping presents as they are bought so I'm fairly pleased with the Christmas-y feeling in our house.  I'd like to do more decorating, but it's hard to justify spending money on things that only get brought out once a year!