Views From A Vet's Wife: Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, after 5 hrs in the car, 3 outfit changes on Caylee, 2 diaper blowouts, and 1 long bath we are finally done with Thanksgiving! Poor thing... I found out yesterday she had a double ear infection and antibiotics never work well on her system-- they do seem to be helping the sleep though! (Thank goodness, bc Matt and I were getting TIRED these past few days). I don't know why I never know she's sick. She doesn't run fever or act sick, just gets really whiny and refuses to sleep at all--- I guess I just think we are going to be that family that avoids all sickness.... HA! Silly me... "that" family doesn't exist, especially when kids are little :) I guess I should just start paying more attention to her mood changes to know when she's not feeling 100%.

Anyways, back to Thanksgiving. Matt had to work today (and this weekend), but he didn't have anything this afternoon, so we headed down to his parents house for a few hours. They were having a BUNCH of people over and there were even a few other kids there-- not that it mattered bc Caylee did not play with them at all. I brought my camera, but only managed a few phone pictures btw chasing her around everywhere... paranoid that I needed to change her diaper every 30 minutes!

Caylee ate very well... she loved the cranberry sauce, bread, cornbread dressing, fruit, cheese and jello. She tried the sweet potatoes (I LOVED those!), but she did not like the regular potatoes. She did not like the turkey either... not a big meat fan unless it's processed-- oh well! I'd say she had plenty of food without the turkey! She did not like the green bean casserole either-- still hates green beans. There were lots of desserts which I'm sure she would have liked, but after all that we chose not to give her any.... I made carmel brownies and peanut butter rice krispies (which we have leftover) so she can try the brownies later (still allergic to rice for some reason).

The weather turned out to be very nice- about 65 and sunny- so we went outside and Matt drove her around on the ATV. She really liked it... although I was nervous! I was glad he was driving! She also loved playing with the dog... of course...

It was a long day, but nice to see people. Caylee was very happy all day (except in the car) so I was glad the medicine and not feeling 100% didn't make her grumpy. Tomorrow we get to relax! (Well, not Matt), but Caylee and I will probably start watching some Christmas movies... it's never to early to teach them the good movies! Happy Thanksgiving 2012!