Thanksgiving

Michael and I used to rush around to his side and my side every holiday. All of our family is in Michigan so that doesn't sound so bad. But sometimes the gatherings would be an hour and half apart and at the end we'd have a 45 minute drive home. We also found we were going for an hour then having to leave for the next thing! So three years ago we decided to really enjoy holidays we'd do one year with his side the next with my side. Alternating Holidays. Also one side Christmas Eve and one side Christmas. This has made holidays so much easier and more enjoyable! I can't imagine handling all that driving with Cadence and she's an easy baby.

This year Thanksgiving was at Mom and Dad Walsh's. Their kitchen is beautiful and the spread and decor was really gorgeous this year. Cindy made and extra effort to cook with smart balance light butter and set aside some potatoes for me. It's been really hard to eat at social gatherings with my dairy and soy restrictions. I keep telling myself my baby is way more important than all the yummy holiday food, but it's definately been hard. I'm used to the new diet and if I cheat even a tiny bit Cadence gets sick so it's not worth it.

Cadence looked so cute in her little pumpkin hat. Christine from my work got her the Thanksgiving bib, the hunter orange is a perfect compliment to her hat :)