Wow what a month.

Home Depot let us down again at the beginning of the month and we had some crappy winter weather at the end of the month so we didn’t get to do projects at all. We’ll have to wait until January to try again since we’ll be back in Clarksville for December’s project. But that didn’t stop us from keeping busy.

The whole Waid clan has been coughing for the entire month now. Little Man started before the camp out at the end of October and the Mister started a few days later. Then it was Baby Girl’s turn, and finally…it came for me. None of us have/had fevers or any other symptoms than runny/stuffy noses and phlegmy coughs. Anything we can, erm, expell, is clear.

Little Man’s started to get bark-y so we hit up urgent care. Unfortunately, the doctor said we just have to let it run its course. She did give him an albuterol nebulizer to try and we’re running humidifiers all night, but so far, nothing is kicking this. It’s beyond annoying and I’m over it. My poor nose is running off my face and I should have abs of steel for all my coughing.

We weren’t the only ones hitting the doctor this month. Roxie had a vet appointment for her bordetella booster (which turns out is only given once a year here, as kennel cough isn’t very prevalent) and since no one in the area gives ProHeart injections, we got her switched to a flea/tick/heartworm prevention pill until we’re able to get the flea/tick injection (it’s brand new so we have to wait for the new clinic to get it).

The next weekend, Little Man (and daddy) helped at the Veteran’s Day presentation with the local American Legion for scouts. He earned one of his community loops and a special bullet casing award for attending. He even got to carry the Lion flag for a little bit (the wind was terrible so it was short-lived but he did great).

SCC had a Family Science Night and, of course, Little Man LOVED it.

Later that week, we saw some of the northern lights. There’s so much less light pollution here than in Clarksville; we were able to really see the colors with our phone cameras.

That weekend, we had a full pack meeting to present awards for the first half of scouting.

Little Man is up to 4 of the 6 he needs to move on to the next den already.

Then, it was time for Baby Girl’s 6 month check-up and vaccines. She’s weighing in at 16lbs 11oz (57th percentile) and is 26 3/4 inches long (81st percentile). She also has two bottom teeth popped through and has zero issues sitting up like a big girl.

She cried for all of 5 seconds after her vaccines (she got boosters for DTaP, Hib, PCV, and polio, plus the flu shot and a rotavirus oral dose). We opted to come back the following week for her RSV shot since she’s been battling a phlegmy cough — like the rest of the house ALL month.

That weekend, it was time to kick off the holiday season early with some handprint ornaments at Pocketful of Posies.

Then we went to the annual courthouse lighting in Beatrice. For as long as I’ve lived in the area, I’ve never actually attended until we came back.

Finally, we celebrated Thanksgiving. We had a pretty full house, even though my sisters and brother-in-laws couldn’t make it. One of mom’s coworkers and her husband came, as well as my cousin Lance, and our friend Casey.

Baby Girl showed off her sitting skills and tried a few bites of everything for the first time. She wasn’t too sure about it but was very eager to do it herself.

That weekend, we were supposed to go to Grandad’s basketball game, but snow blew in (literally!) and had us staying home.

December is probably going to be busy as usual. Indie has a vet appointment, we’re meeting the speech therapist at Little Man’s school to get his IEP sorted (don’t get me started on why it took so damn long to get a meeting…I’m a bit salty about it), and we’re driving back to Tennessee for our annual Santa Scott photos with Briana and seeing the lanterns at the zoo again. And that’s just the first week of the month!

There will be scout things, basketball games, Christmas festivities, and more. Boy, do I need to start/finish my shopping…

Here’s to hoping we all feel better by New Year’s!

Until then,