update

Since my last post we've been pretty busy, but also pretty lazy.  It actually got COLD in Tennessee, so we had a lot of days inside playing.  We did venture to the Discovery Center one cold day for the Parents and Tots time, and we had lunch with Leslie and Ella after a trip to the library later that week.  Then Cadence and I took our big trip to Iowa for Grandma Piehl's birthday!  It snowed when we got in, but luckily we made it just a little late after our first flight out of Nashville getting canceled.  Cadence loved flying, and aside from kicking the seat in front of her, was pretty well behaved in such a confined area.  We had little rubber bands, stickers, Sky Mall, the safety card, and snacks to keep her happy---oh, and she loved pushing the button for the light above our seat.  Emma picked us up from the airport and C fell asleep in the car on our way to grab a late lunch.  Once we got to Olive Garden she was dead asleep (she had been up since 4:30 at this point!), so I laid her down in the booth while we ate. 

Cadence had a blast playing with her cousins, especially Danica and Jared, and loved all the entertainment and snacks at Grandma and Pa's house.  She learned the word "neige" and fell in love with Pa's "tweet tweets".  She also really liked Sniffles, the little chairs that were just her size, and playing with different key chains down in the shop.  We managed to visit Grandma and Willard 3 times during our week-long visit, and brought Katrina lunch one day at school.  Other than that we didn't do a whole lot, since the warmest it got during our visit was about 19 degrees.  Brrr! 

When we got home basketball season was magically over, and it snowed in TN the next day!  We had a couple more days of cold weather, but after Iowa, even 30 degrees seemed pleasant.  James had a doctor's appointment on Valentine's Day that revealed that he was perfectly healthy after all, and we celebrated by cooking steak at home for dinner.  James was off the first weekend when we were back, so it was nice to get to spend lots of time with him.

This past week has felt really busy, in a good way, with getting to see the Swaffords for lunch on Tuesday, watching Jack on Wednesday, Bible study on Thursday, and winter break on Friday.  Friday I had my glucose test and I was supposed to get another ultrasound to see the baby's face, but my oil change took forever, so I missed that appointment. 

Today we ate breakfast and then spent the morning at the park since it has been such a nice day. 

I should probably say something about Cadence's sleeping--it's not been so good lately.  I was kind of easy on her in Iowa, where if she would wake up in the middle of the night I would just bring her into bed with me since she was in a new scary place, but that may have ruined her.  The past week whenever she wakes up, as soon as I go in to see what's happening, she jumps up and wants out of her crib.  I can rock her back to sleep quickly, but then as soon as I near her crib, she starts freaking out and screams.  James has had a little more luck with getting her back in bed, but sometimes she wakes up once in the night, and other times--3, 4, 5 times.  Last night I decided that this pattern was obviously not getting better by me going in to pick her up, so I just let her cry whenever she woke up.  She actually didn't cry for too long before falling back asleep, so hopefully we can begin to see some improvement soon.  The hardest part has really just been that I'm so pregnant now that it hurts my back to stand while holding her for too long, or to sit for too long.