Happy Anniversary, Adam!

To my Mister,

It's been 4 years since we married.
That's 1460 days.
That's {almost} 30 dog years.

Sometimes it feels like 30 years together, and sometimes it feels like I'm still learning so much about you. We've had two little people together. My two favorite little people. Thank you for that! I've had the privilege of watching you become daddy. I've had the privilege of watching you start up and build {WAY} up a great business in just one year. I promise to keep encouraging you. And even if it's hard {like when we both feel like angry zombies, because our girls don't sleep. ever.}, I promise to keep loving you!

Like Nick & Jess love.

                                                                                                                                                                   You're my sweetheart.

xoxo,
Cadence

to my mister {year 2}:

Adam,

Happy two year anniversary to us! Two years seems to have flown by, but at the same time I feel like we've already spent a lifetime together. In a good way, mostly. :) In two years we have moved our family to a new place and created a home. Since we've been married we have added to the mix: a kiddo {hopefully another soon}, a cat, a dog {who wasn't with us for long}, a car, a boat and lots of good memories. I can't wait to keep adding to our life and making more memories together. I am thankful that you chose me to spend the rest of your life with. You are an amazing dad and husband.  Thank you for being my shoulder to cry on, arms to run to and my personal maid. Nobody cleans house better than you. ;-) I can't wait to celebrate with you Wednesday night!

I love you!

The Beatles - When I'm 64
{song that played when we walked down the aisle together after ceremony}


When I get older losing my hair,
Many years from now,
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine?

If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door,
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four?

oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oooo
You'll be older too, (ah ah ah ah ah)
And if you say the word,
I could stay with you.

I could be handy mending a fuse
When your lights have gone.
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride.

Doing the garden, digging the weeds,
Who could ask for more?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four?

Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too drear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck, and Dave

Send me a postcard, drop me a line,
Stating point of view.
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, Wasting Away.

Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four?

Whoo!

xoxo,
Cadence

Justin Peeples

I took an unexpected break from blogging this past week. We traveled to Georgia two Fridays ago to spend the Labor Day weekend with family at Jackson Lake. We were headed home first thing Monday morning, until we got a phone call in the middle of the night Sunday night/Monday morning telling us of tragic news. Adam's little brother, Justin, was killed in a car accident early Monday morning. When we first got the call it seemed unreal, like a bad dream. Unfortunately, it was real and nothing could be done to change it. It's scary that you can go to sleep one night, and your whole world can change while you're sleeping. I only had the privilege of knowing Justin for two years, but enjoyed all the time we spent with him. He was a sweet, sweet kid. As tough as it was losing a family member/Adam's sibling, it hit me even harder as a mom. My heart was so broken for the whole family, but even more so for his mom, Brent. I cannot imagine the heartache of having to bury your child, and I wish nobody had to go through that pain. My heart is still breaking, and it has been heavy on my mind and heart every day since the accident. He was a very proud uncle to Amelia, and we will miss seeing and talking to him when we visit Adam's family in Griffin.

We are just settling back home in Florida from our time in Georgia, so I should be back to regularly posting on Blogger tomorrow!

xoxo,
Cadence

date night, baby lough & amelia

Last night was date night! Auntie M and Uncle Jake kept Amelia for us so we could go out for a little while. We went to the "dollar" movie in downtown FWB. It's an awesome place. You sit at your own table and you are served whatever you'd like from their menu. It's a little over priced, but its a one-stop-shop for date night. Pizza, beer & a movie all in one place. We went to see the newest Pirates of the Caribbean movie, and it was great! There was a family who sat in front of us that had a little girl who looked to be about 4 years old with them. The movie was a little too much for a 4 year old. With all the fighting and killing and scary, scary mermaids. It was really sweet to watch her run and crawl in her daddy's lap and bury her face in his chest. It melted my heart a little, and I know it melted his!!

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Tomorrow, I go to the doctor with my sister and find out if she is having a Lough or Loughette. She doesn't get to find out until later tomorrow night when our family and some friends gather at her house to eat pizza. I'm baking a cake, and coloring it PINK or BLUE to take over for her and Jake to cut into to find out the gender of their little peanut. I can't believe I'm going to hold that secret in that long, but she has told me she will never forgive me if I tell anyone before she finds out. Sheesh, pregnant women! Will post back Saturday to share the big news. I can't wait to start going through Amelia's old clothes to find stuff for that little Loughette. At least that's what I hope happens. If not, I'm sure it will be fun buying all new boy stuff! I've already got things pinned on Pinterest that Amelia has outgrown that I want for baby Lough. Like these things:

little mermaid

 

 sharky

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Adam may be going back to Griffin for 5 days for some last minute family stuff, which has left me feeling overwhelmed. That's a long time to be alone with Amelia. Nobody to help entertain her, feed her, bathe her, watch her while I pee, watch her while I shower, get her to sleep, load her up in the car. I guess I've been spoiled. I often find myself wishing Amelia was older and easier, and I hate that. I don't want to wish her littlest years away. These are the sweet years. The "first" years, snuggling years, "mama mama" years, chasing and tickling years, dancing to the Wiggles years. I'm going to try and stop myself and remember all this anytime I think "I wish she could do this herself." Because I don't really, I want her to want me and need me.

I have a hard time believing you people when you say "Ohh, she looks like you!", because what do you mean? She has blonde hair like me???? That's it.

xoxo,
Cadence

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happy lovey dovey weekend

my hubby is finally home and just in time!! i cant wait to spend valentines weekend/day with he and amelia.  we are going to sea side yard sales for just a little bit before i have to go to work. amelias first yard sale experience. :) cant wait to stroll her around and teach her the ways of bargain shopping. after i get off work we are going to just hang around the house and spend time together. or..... adam is going to hang with amelia and ill probably catch up on all the sleep, blogging and pinning i missed out on this (insanely busy/stressful) week. its supposed to be beautiful here this weekend so hopefully we can get amelia over to the beach to eat sand play. monday i will be attempting the valentines dinner i told you guys about here. agh!! wish me luck!! oh, and amelia has her own valentine. oscar, our new kitten, has amelias undivided attention. she is mesmerized and wants to chase him, play with blocks with him and squeeze him. they are cutttte friends.




p.s. - my phone died about 3 hours ago, and i just noticed ive been carrying it around the house with me all night? i noticed because the first thing i did when i got out of the shower was checked my phone. pitiful. get a life, cadence!

valentines day

i feel like this valentines day will probably be spent at home, but im ok with that! valentines day is not the easiest time to lock-down a sitter, because everyone else is also trying to show some love. annnnddd since seaside yard sales are that same weekend......well, im going to spend as much money as im allowed.  im hoping my trunk is going to look like this trunk found on an awesome yard sale blog

x5.
cant.stand.the.wait.

anyways, back to vday. a packed out trunk means that our funds for a big, romantic, bonefish-y dinner will be considerably lower. i was thinking if we will be at home, maybe i could make adam dinner. since i definitely dont do enough of the cooking in the kitchen, it would be a loving little gesture for me to take over for the night. im thinking about some of these delicious treats..

baked shells and broccoli via pinterest

pasta with turkey sausage via pinterest

adam loves tomatoes and these look awesome via pinterest

i kid. kind of? people do cakes for valentines day, right? found this guy via pinterest as well.

but if i take over the cooking theres really no way of knowing how its gonna turn out?! should i turn the recipes over to adam for this special dinner or should i give it a go? we are going to see one of adams fave bands, Drive By Truckers, tonight for his valentine prez. any other small, cheap, lovey gift ideas you guys have to share? i gotta have a little something to hand over the day of.

oh, it is love.

last night adam and i went on our first date in months!!! its not so easy when you throw a baby into the mix to get away for even a couple of hours. it had been so long i wasnt really sure what we could do to make it more fun than your boring ol' dinner date. the writer of Today's Letters has such a fun, romantic marriage that i went to her for some ideas. she was so sweet and so helpful, and told me about a date night she and her husband had done recently and really enjoyed it. its kind of a spin on a progressive dinner, but instead of going home-to-home we did restaurants. our evening went like this:

AJ's seafood (app & drinks) - tuna dip and $3 lemon drop martinis (YUM)
Louisiana Lagniappe (dinner) - we had no clue how expensive this place was going to be, and holy cow it was expensive. for our little budget anyways! BUT since we are now "locals" and it is winter, we got a really good deal! they had dinner for 2 + BOTTLE of wine = $39.99. soo awesome!! the dinner i picked out was grouper menuire (sp?) and was originally listed for $32. adams meal was originally 23 on the menu. so without drinks we would've spent $55. so its like we saved a bunch AND got free wine.
Fresh Market (dessert) - Adam got a mini creme brulee and a mini cheesecake and i got a cupcake and a brownie. dessert is always my fave!

then we came home and put on a movie and after about 2 minutes of adam rubbing my head, i was OUT! oooops, sorry adam! date night = sleep night for me! thanks to amelias pops for keeping her overnight for us! it was a really nice break.
i meant to take my camera along for some pictures along the journey of our date night, but in my excitement (and because i was running late) i forgot the camera. grrr!!

we had a really good time. cant wait to do it again soon. :)

to my mister:

Make someone happy,
Make just one someone happy.
Make just one heart the heart you sing to.
One smile that cheers you,
One face that lights when it nears you.
One gal you're everything to.

Fame, if you win it,
Comes and goes in a minute.
Where's the real stuff in life to cling to?
Love is the answer,
Someone to love is the answer.
Once you've found her,
Build your world around her.
Make someone happy.
Make just one someone happy
And you will be happy too.





I don't get many things right the first time
In fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls
Brought me here

And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
Now I see it everyday
And I know

That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest

What if I'd been born fifty years before you
In a house on a street where you lived?
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike
Would I know?

And in a white sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know

That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife; she stayed for a couple of days
And passed away

I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
That I know

That I am
I am
I am
The luckiest


happy (late) anniversary!!


love your mrs.