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.

Medicine

We were sent home early from school yesterday because Cadence was crying and really in pain saying her ear hurt. The doctor confirmed that she had a double ear infection and needed 10 days of amoxicillin. Now, on a regular day, KK takes medicine twice a day, Claritin liquid in the morning and a chewable Singular before bed, due to her awful allergies. Medicine is no biggie to her. Except when she feels bad. I spent 30 minutes before the doctor yesterday afternoon trying to get her to take Ibuprofen to help her feel better, only to end up with it all over me and the couch. She never took it. I have spent the last ten minutes this morning trying to get her to take the amoxicillin, with even worse luck. And now we are both frustrated and angry. I called my mom for advice (since as a child I had ear infections as much a most children have a runny nose and had to take amoxicillin all the time) and basically my only options are to force the medicine down her. Great. I was looking forward to a day of cuddling with her, resting, and ending the day with her feeling much better. Now she is in her bed, probably asleep, and I am in the office trying to figure out what to do. Why is it when she really needs the medicine, she won't take? There is no reasoning with a 3 year old.

Decisions

I really do hate making big decisions. I don't particularly like change and hate having to decide about changing things. I have been happy in some way with my job teaching preschool this year and un-happy in others. With Ben's support I had decided not to come back to the preschool and to focus my time and efforts on working at the Pregnancy Center and on (hopefully!) being pregnant. However, we had yet to figure out the monetary ramifications of that decision. Then today, I was offered a different teaching job within the preschool and alot of the things that I have been unhappy with, I would no longer have to deal with. They are even willing to change the job to 4 days a week, so that I could at least devote a full day (Mondays) to Pregnancy HopeLine. It would mean that Cadence could still go to Kirk of the Hills, I would still get the tuition break and make money! However, Ben is not sure he wants me there. One certain person has been the largest source of my stress, and they will still be there. However, I will not have to deal with them as much. I don't know what to do. I know we are not financially stable enough to pass up the job offer. I also would rather work this year while being pregnant, and be able to take time off after the baby is born, than be off and be forced back to work too soon due to financial issues. Being a grown up sucks! I really just want someone else to make up my mind for me.