longing

I'm longing for a few things right now...

.-. vacation
.-. my best friends
.-. a job
.-. another baby - making #3 #6 & #7 of this list pretty much completely impossible.
.-. Christmas
.-. new clothes
.-. size 8 jeans
.-. a money tree in my back yard
.-. Amelia's teeth to no longer hurt her
.-. two cars for the Peeples family
.-. fall weather
.-. my birthday, the coolest day of this year (seriously, 11-11-11)
.-. essie's cotton candy nail polish

Ok, so more than a few things. I could go on. Tonight is just one of those "longing" kind of nights. Let me tell ya, the internet makes it worse. With all of these "great deals" websites, that sort of make you think you can afford things when you can not afford that $2000 vacation no matter what it's breath-taking package includes. And Pinterest? Lawd, help me. It makes me want everything. I then sternly remind myself how I need to be content with what I have, because I do have it pretty dang good. So I dipped a few animal crackers in icing to take the sting off. After realizing what a fat girl moment I was having, I immediately ran water in the icing and threw it away. Ugh! I'm not doing this walking with Leslie Sansone every day to give in to mounds of sugar on nights like these. If I were doing laundry and cleaning the house like I am supposed to be, my mind probably would not have wandered to all of those places. Guess I better go get to it. We've got company/family coming in tomorrow. They probably won't appreciate the piles of baby clothes on the kitchen table, or the shreds of toilet paper around the living room, or the yogurt melts stuck to the remote control, or the spilled milk that is souring into the living room rug as we speak.

One last thing,

.-. maid . 

xoxo,
Cadence

ooops

I promised to come back and post weekend pictures (of Amelia) didn't I? Well I got caught up last night going through baby clothes, so here they are + some from the past two days.

 {awesome new pillow shams from a yard sale - Amelia snapped this photo}

 {she's perfect}

 {insists on climbing on EVERYTHING}

{pushing all of her babies - my old school bitty baby collection}

xoxo,

Cadence

exciting weekend

Whew! What a weekend! I'm still recovering from the excitement and nerves that went in to Friday night. I'm so glad that Poppy is Poppy, and not {can't tell ya Michel's boy name} Lough. Not that I wouldn't love baby boy, {ahem} Lough, but I really love that Amelia is going to have a cousin so close in age to her that she is going to grow up with. Also, because Poppy is Poppy, Adam got up in the attic today, and pulled down 13 {yes, you read that right} boxes of baby clothes for me to reminisce through and pass down to Michel. I can't wait to see my niece wear the clothes Amelia once wore. I always can't wait to be her more over the years! Girls are so much fun, and I just know we will both get our sweet boys next. ;-)

I got my hair colored this weekend and it was so needed! I'm nervous to find a salon here in Fort Walton, so I wait until I see one of my old hair dressers to get my hair done. If only I had a straightener to make me fix my newly blonde head.... Oh well, ponytail it is! If I had the guts, I would get this hair cut and wouldn't have to worry about a thick head of hair to straighten.

 

{source}

 

Adam and I played the "When We Win the Lotto" game this weekend. I have a love/hate relationship with that game! My mind wanders to great {expensive} places, all to be snapped back to reality. I really feel I could do good things with that $$ if I were to ever win. I'd donate it to all the right places, buy my momma & daddy a house, invest it like I need to..I can solemnly swear I would not blow it, and be living on the streets a few years later. 

Today, I cleaned off the pictures and videos on my iPod for the first time and found this video of Amelia when she was so teeny.

 

I cannot believe how much she has grown!! I need another one, don't I?! :)

I'll be back tomorrow with a few weekend photos! Computer's gettin' sleepy!

 

xoxo, 

Cadence

Poppy James Lough

It's a girl!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been wanting to scream that from the rooftops of the internet all day long. It was so hard to keep that secret from my sister! Especially, because that's what we had been hoping for!! She thought all day long it was a boy, so I did pretty good keeping my game face on. It was so much fun to see her and Jake's reaction at the party tonight. My niece's name will be Poppy James Lough! Can't wait to meet her, and for her and Amelia to be cousins (like sisters). WOOO HOO!! I'll post pictures and a sweet video when I can.

Night!

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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material girl in a material world

I'm feeling pretty materialistic this morning as I think about my current wishlist. My electronic wishlist, really. This list does not include my weight loss of 40 lbs, my new wardrobe/shopping spree, a puppy for Amelia, to win the lottery, and so on.

1. iPad
2. Nook Color
3. Fitbit
4. Camera
5. Photoshop

In no particular order. In fact, the last two on the list are really the most important. I'm starting a photography class on August 22nd, and both of those are pretty much essential to the class. I really am thankful for all that I already have, and I feel bad wanting these things. I really am just wanting though, because I really don't see these things in my future. Ya know the saying you can want in one hand, and you-know-what in the other and see which one fills up faster? Yeah. So maybe I just wish I was a materialistic girl?

I just like to think I'm a dreamer. And I'm not the only one.

xoxo,
Cadence

weekend bustle

I hope everyone had a great weekend! And didn't pass out from the heat. It's been ridiculous. I'm really really over it. Bring on the 70's!! When we got home Friday afternoon, we came home to an "I love you" present for Amelia from my college pal, Caroline. She had written the sweetest card to Amelia, and sent the CUTEST clothes. It makes my heart smile that I have friends that love Amelia the way they do. I obviously couldn't be more obsessed with her, so it's fun to have friends ask about her, love on her, spoil her, smother her with kisses, etc. That just turned my whole day around after the long car ride we had Friday morning. These are the stinkin' cute clothes. {Amelia's already worn the Lilly outfit and the ruffle butt outfit.}

For her crabbiest days

 Yes, Amelia now has Lilly. Paint By Numbers Lilly!

Friday on the drive home, I began to experience some pretty crappy stomach cramps. They carried on to Saturday and bothered me all day long. I didn't pay them much attention while I was out at yard sales, because I have other things on my mind when I yard sale - find good things before my momma does! ;-) It was a pretty successful day of yard saling. I enjoyed the morning, aside from leaving my cell phone at a yard sale. I got Miss Priss some Austin cow boy boots. So not fair...I want some Austin's!!! I got them for $4. Can you believe it? These treasures were just one of many. When I got home and the rush of good deals wore off, the pain seemed more intense. I sucked it up and drove over to San Destin with my mom and dad to help do a beach wedding for LoughTide Beach Weddings {family biz}. It was a beautiful wedding and it was fun to help out. Listening to my dad tell the giddy couple about the meaning of their rings and the significance of them was a nice reminder of what he told Adam and I in December 2009.

Amelia's Austin Boots - one of my fave yard sale pick ups

I felt like I hadn't seen Amelia at all Saturday, so I was looking forward to her waking up and spending the morning together this (Sunday) morning. Until, I was up with horrible cramps and lower back pain most of the night. Mother nature's monthly visit is actually a week late this week, but no I'm not pregnant. So since everything was kind of strange and I was feeling so awful, Adam and I decided I would go to the ER this morning to try to figure things out. Also, let me tell you that I can't get an appointment with my doctor until about 27 days after I call to make an appointment, and the ER made a lot of sense this morning. No, I am not pregnant. This was the first thing they tested for, and quickly got me those results as that is what would make the most sense of this confusion. So they hooked me up to an IV {I feel queasy, just typing it}, and left me hooked to it for almost 3 hours and did a pelvic exam {OWWW!}. While we sat there I told Adam I definitely deserved a treat for all of this trauma. Like an iPad? He said Waffle House. I had to take what I could get. Finally the nurse walks in and asks me if I'm ready to go. I replied "....yes...". Duh? She then proceeded to tell me they were diagnosing me with "severe pelvic cramps". Really??? Ya don't say. I had to keep my mouth shut and get out of there ASAP. So here I sit, hours later still in pain, wishing I had my morning with Amelia back. Tomorrow we will get our girl time in!

Gonna leave you with some pictures and hit the hay! By the way, Amelia has learned "say cheese" when it comes time to pictures and it's the cutest thing ever. Until the next cutest thing ever that she does.

 If you're wondering how many shots I can get of her eating a donut....this is not all of them.

 Auntie Love

Sportin' her Lilly

 Cutest face

Love trying to teach her funny faces

xoxo,

Cadence

dear diary

I've always felt like this was a good place for me to come and write what's on my mind, vent when I'm mad, share when I'm happy and there are just some things I can't say on here. There are a handful of people that I want to know what's on my mind and what a better way to do it than blog about it so they can all just click on a link and I don't have to whine to them several different times via phone, text, facebook, emails. Now you're probably all mad at me, because you want to know what's bothering me. No worries, it's nothing important. Just not for some people's eyes. People just love to talk, ya know? It's times like these I think I need a diary. Another diary. A "for my eyes only" diary. Ehh, it's just not as cool as blogging. Oh well.

On a lighter note, Amelia was much better today with her little hissy fits. Adam let me sleep in this morning as I had a late night last night, and she came to see me in the bed when I woke up and was as sweet as she could be. We did a lot of visiting today. We went to my friend Lindsey's to see her and her little boy, Grayson. He is so stinking cute! Amelia crawled around Lindsey's house, because Grayson is still crawling. She just smiled and smiled at him. She also tried to pick him up because she saw me picking him up, and he is basically her size. Kids! We also got to visit with Caroline and Teanill and their youngins, Noah and Braelynn! I loved having play dates!! I don't get to do that in FL yet! :( We got to see a good amount of friends, but hate that we can't always see everyone we want while we are here. Amelia got to come home after her play dates, eat some sghetti and get one last quick dip in the pool before we head out tomorrow. I'm so glad to be heading home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home. <--- I've said this 1000 times, and I will always mean it.

Here's some photos of the day.

 {mermaid}

 {sweetest}

 {feeding the dogs is funny}

 {Cricket}

 {cookie monster}

xoxo,
Cadence

terrible 2's?

I'm pretty sure we've hit terrible two's about 7 months early. I know we are in a different place this week, and she doesn't have her room to play in/toys to play with. But it's been ridiculous. I was constantly chasing the little rugrat, saying "NO" and swatting her hand for a good 4 hours last night. My patience was running very thin. I rarely ever get this way with her, and I do not like it. I feel so bad getting on to her and then she hits the floor in fits. I stand over her and wonder "Oh God, am I going to have one of those kids. Those bratty kids who have melt downs on the floor of a store when they don't get their way??" I currently do have one of those kids. I'm really hoping that all kids go through this phase. They do, right? It's normal for her to throw herself on the floor in tears when I tell her we are not climbing up the stairs, right? I blame a lot of it on the stubbornness she inherited from her dad. Ok, me too. I told Adam last night we should seriously consider changing our name to The Stubborns. That sweet little child is going to spend some much needed time with her BeBe (Adam's step mom) tonight, and I pray for them and their trip to Chick-fil-A. I sure hope Brent doesn't read this before 6:00 and have "something come up". If that's the case then, look Brent! Look how sweet!

Tonight, I get to celebrate the birth of the babiest Hen. Larsen is finally 21!!!! We can publicly go out and frolic without worrying about Larsen looking like the girl on her ID. :) It will be nice to get out and have a drink..or five..with this lovely lady (far right) tonight.

Happy Birthday to one of my oldest and favoritest friends!! Love you!

xoxo,
Cadence

vacation?

The days have gotten away from me this week! I can't believe it's already Tuesday and AUGUST! Come on fall!!!!

We had such a great weekend this past weekend filled with family, friends, boats, beaches, yummy foods and beverages. I had every intention of taking picture after picture of our Christmas in July party, so that I could come back and share it with you guys. My intentions were good, but my drinks better. I don't think I even thought to pick up my camera once. Which is a shame, because we had cute decor, cute Christmas-y foods (all found on Pinterest) and a fun game of Dirty Santa. I do think that my friend, MaryClaire took some photos so when I get them emailed to me I can share those. I snapped a picture of my presents I won in the Dirty Santa game. I love my gifts!!!

 

I see this as a tradition for our family from now on. Good company, good food and who doesn't love a reason for presents??

We made the boring ride from beautiful, sunny FL yesterday to good ol' Griffin. It's not Amelia's favorite thing to do by any means.

 

We made it in 5.5 hours with only one stop! Thankfully, we made this a long trip and still have a few days before we load back up and do it again. It's been a month since we've been to Griffin, which is the longest gap since we moved to Florida 8 months ago. It's kind of like a vacation, but not really? It will be good to spend time with family and friends and visit the places I miss the most about this place. It looks like we are going to get lots of pool time in since we haven't even been here 24 hours and Amelia's already been swimming twice! She's napping now after her big swim this morning. So is her dad and her Honey. I'm thinking I should maybe join them?

Happy Tuesday!

xoxo,

Cadence