Goodbye

Our hyper little Jack Russell Terrier puppy is no longer with us on Earth. Over Memorial Day weekend while we were out of town, Cosmo passed away. We are incredibly sad that our beautiful little dog is gone. We miss her very very much. Cadence is doing okay. I think I am taking it harder than anyone. Cosmo came into out lives shortly after my D &C and became the baby that I did not get to have at that time. I miss her very much and am so sorry that she died. She was a great dog and my sweet little baby. The dogs know something is wrong, Zeus misses her alot. He is not eating very much. I know that God knows more than I do, I just miss her. Thank you to everyone who helped with the situation and everyone who has checked on me. Goodbye baby girl.

Cadence's All About Me

One of the reasons for blogging is to document our lives and what things are like now so that in later years we can look back and see how it has all changed. This is especially important in regards to Cadence because everything changes so quickly at this age. So, Cadence and I have decided to share with everyone some interesting things about her!
Name: Cadence Isabelle Wright
Age: 3 yrs
Pets: Zeus, Chandler, Cosmo, Boo, Beta (yes, our beta fish's name is Beta!)
School: Kirk of the Hills Preschool
Teachers: Venus Tranthum & Deniz Duman
Friends: Koen, Gannon, Will, Bella, Forrest, Olivia, Carolyn
Favorite Songs: Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne (Soooo funny!), Here comes your man by The Pixies, and Shiny Happy People by REM
Favorite Thing to Wear: Dresses and ballet shoes
Favorite Foods: Hot dogs, French fries, apples, cheese, macaroni & cheese, chocolate milk
Most Embarrassing Thing said in public: At a resturant, Cadence noticed a large "mommy and daddy" at a nearby table. Half way through lunch, she said, "That BIG man is going to break that chair!"
Cute things I do right now: Add so,so to everything. "I am so so hungry". Ask why? All the time.
Current parenting issues: Teaching Cadence that she is not the boss!
Favorite toys: Anything animals or babies. Or better yet, baby animals. Our current is a baby sheep (not a lamb, according to Cadence) that baa's and needs a bottle.

Best Friends

All of Cadence's very close friends happen to be boys. Two are family, Will & Forrest. Koen (my co-teacher's oldest son) is probably her current best friend, simply because they are closest in age. For the first half of the year, they had more of a love/hate relationship. All in all, they were more like siblings. Now they are much closer and fight less. In cleaning out my camera, I came across some pictures of Cadence and her boys, so I wanted to share the cute-ness with everyone!

25

Almost two weeks ago, I celebrated my 25th birthday. The day did not start out well at all. It was probably one of the worst mornings in a while. Cadence was still recovering from an ear infection and refused to take her medicine. Zeus also required medicine for his bacterial infection. Cadence had many meltdowns on the way to school. Once I got to school, it did get better. I got some nice gifts and birthday wishes. Cindy, at the Pregnancy Center got me The Hills season one on DVD, because we had talked about it previously and how I had missed alot of that season. Later that evening, we were supposed to meet my mom for dinner and on the way we had to stop at my in-laws house. There I walked into a surprise party that my mom, ben, and my mother in law had thrown for me! It was incredible! I have always wanted a surprise party and it was the perfect mix of my friends and family and generally people I love and that love me! I want to thank everyone who came to the party and those who could not come for keeping the secret and for helping me to have a great 25th birthday! It has been a hard year and I needed that fun night and being around people I love. Above is a picture of mom and I from the party.

The next night we continued the fun at Senor Tequila's with friends and margaritas. It was one of the funnest birthdays I have had.

New Dining Room

As many of you know, we have spent the last week or so working on redoing our dining room. The previous owners had glued a fabric around the middle of the room, along with a strip of wood to break up the wall. It was white on top and dark green on bottom. We knew we would have to prep the walls a bit because as we took the fabric off, it was hurting the wall. However, we had no idea that when we took the wood strip off that the green paint on the bottom had been painted over a couple layers of wallpaper. So a project that should have taken a day or two, then took more than a week. I am glad it is over and am so happy with the results. I love the color! Denise took my shopping for my birthday to a great place in Jenks that is basically an indoor flea market. I found the picture on the wall and clock and she gave me the painting. The buffet was a birthday gift from my mom and it looks beautiful in the room. My main reason for actually getting to our dining room was that I was supposed to host bunko at my house on May 1. The evening before Cadence came down with the stomach flu, so I was unable to host, but it was still so worth it to have the dining room done.