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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Florida
On our way to Florida, we stayed the night in Biloxi. These pictures are of us playing at the park before we headed to Florida to my brothers.
We spent last week in Florida with my brother! It was so much fun hanging out with them. I got to check out some of his base which was pretty cool. Tried some new recipes I was sure I would hate, but actually loved! It was a good visit. Here's some pictures from the visit.
On the way home, we stayed a couple nights at my nannys house. My nanny is my mothers sister. lol I'm from Louisiana and we have a lot of cajun traditions so a lot of times when I say my nanny, people assume my grandma, but nope. It's my aunt.
Anyways, Cadence has quite a bit of firsts this weekend. As she gets older, you start to notice the fact that she is just plan running out of firsts. All the first holidays are gone, first teeth, first solids, etc. Things start to dwendle away pretty quickly. Makes you sad! This weekend she "met" her great grandma & grandpa for the first time.
She also had her VERY FIRST HAIR CUT!!!
This is my nanny taking the first snip!
Cadence smiling at herself in the mirror!
Me catching as much hair as I could!
All the hair we saved!
All done! My beautiful nanny & beautiful daughter!
It was rather bitter sweet without Marcus here, but I know he will be around for many many more haircuts!!!
We had so much fun with our family this past week! but we are also glad to be back at Tashas, we missed them & our Maddi Mooski!!!!
Monday, March 22, 2010
My neice, Alayna
I just got back from a week vacation in Florida. I stayed with my brother while there & loved it! My brother has a daughter, Alayna.
Alayna is 4 years old. I have probably only seen her maybe 10 times in her young life. With my brother being military, and my husband being military, we are always in two different places. Sometimes I can come home for holidays that he cant, so we miss each other. It's hard knowing that each time Alayna sees us, she will have to relearn us, but the same will be for Cadence.
Alayna has always been smart. I know what you are thinking. Everyone thinks that their kids or neices and nephews are smart, but seriously - Alayna is SMART! She knows more than I imagined a 4 year old could. She definitely has me shocked when we talk.
She seemed to really love Cadence. She would try to play with her, as best as she could. She even tried to teach Cadence how to write, which was rather amusing. She had drawn the letter A & said, "Cadence, draw an A." very calmly. Well, of course my Cadence, only 15 months old, had no idea what she was requesting. So, Alayna asked again, "Cadence, draw an A." After a few more seconds went by of Cadence not cooperating, Alayna yelled "I SAID DRAW AN A CADENCE!" I just laughed and told her that Cadence had no idea what she even meant. And Alayna, smart as a whip, says " I already drew one for her! She just has to copy" lol
Alayna is also VERY beautiful! She has the biggest blue eyes you will ever see! But not, creepy big. lol She is getting so tall. She will pass me up soon im sure.
If there is one thing I could do, I would definitely love to be stationed on the same base as my brother so that I could spend lots and lots of time with this little girl! They grow up entirely too fast.
We love you Alayna Pasquana!
Alayna is 4 years old. I have probably only seen her maybe 10 times in her young life. With my brother being military, and my husband being military, we are always in two different places. Sometimes I can come home for holidays that he cant, so we miss each other. It's hard knowing that each time Alayna sees us, she will have to relearn us, but the same will be for Cadence.
Alayna has always been smart. I know what you are thinking. Everyone thinks that their kids or neices and nephews are smart, but seriously - Alayna is SMART! She knows more than I imagined a 4 year old could. She definitely has me shocked when we talk.
She seemed to really love Cadence. She would try to play with her, as best as she could. She even tried to teach Cadence how to write, which was rather amusing. She had drawn the letter A & said, "Cadence, draw an A." very calmly. Well, of course my Cadence, only 15 months old, had no idea what she was requesting. So, Alayna asked again, "Cadence, draw an A." After a few more seconds went by of Cadence not cooperating, Alayna yelled "I SAID DRAW AN A CADENCE!" I just laughed and told her that Cadence had no idea what she even meant. And Alayna, smart as a whip, says " I already drew one for her! She just has to copy" lol
Alayna is also VERY beautiful! She has the biggest blue eyes you will ever see! But not, creepy big. lol She is getting so tall. She will pass me up soon im sure.
If there is one thing I could do, I would definitely love to be stationed on the same base as my brother so that I could spend lots and lots of time with this little girl! They grow up entirely too fast.
We love you Alayna Pasquana!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Debt-o-licious
Ok so, I moved home to be closer to family in case one or both of us got sick, i moved home to be able to see part of my neices' lives, but mostly, i moved home...to pay off some DEBT!
Some is the key word here. Marcus would have to be deployed...for...EVER to pay off all of our debt. But, he volunteered for this deployment so that, in the end, we can be better off than before he left.
For some reason before he left I thought we were going to make a lot more than we actually are. I think I wasnt including the fact that I still have monthly bills to pay. lol
So far, we have completely paid off 1 credit card, 1 loan, and 1 other item. 3 of 8 total debt items, but im only counting 7 because I dont think my vehicle counts. lol I'm talking the useless debt. The debt we sould have never had in the first place and we practically have nothing to show for it, stupid, dumb, young, stupid mistakes kinda debt. Yea, we have 7 of those.
BUT 3 are paid off. 3 of 7. Almost half of total debts - not bad huh? I was really REALLY hoping before the end of this that I'd have 5 of the seven paid off, but it seems like i will only get to 4. 4 is better than 7 right?
At the end of all of this, i swear I will NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, buy useless stuff again. Credit cards are only for emergancy things you dont have enough savings to cover - do you understand? boy, do i...
Some is the key word here. Marcus would have to be deployed...for...EVER to pay off all of our debt. But, he volunteered for this deployment so that, in the end, we can be better off than before he left.
For some reason before he left I thought we were going to make a lot more than we actually are. I think I wasnt including the fact that I still have monthly bills to pay. lol
So far, we have completely paid off 1 credit card, 1 loan, and 1 other item. 3 of 8 total debt items, but im only counting 7 because I dont think my vehicle counts. lol I'm talking the useless debt. The debt we sould have never had in the first place and we practically have nothing to show for it, stupid, dumb, young, stupid mistakes kinda debt. Yea, we have 7 of those.
BUT 3 are paid off. 3 of 7. Almost half of total debts - not bad huh? I was really REALLY hoping before the end of this that I'd have 5 of the seven paid off, but it seems like i will only get to 4. 4 is better than 7 right?
At the end of all of this, i swear I will NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, buy useless stuff again. Credit cards are only for emergancy things you dont have enough savings to cover - do you understand? boy, do i...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Pix
Figured I hdnt posted pix of my Miracle in a while so here she is :)
These pix are from the first time I took Cadence "walking" outside. She had just really gotten the hang of walking, and i figured she would LOVE IT! and she did!
One Day at the park!
Diaper head lol
She was sick in this picture, and had been for over a week. She just wanted out the house so she kept pointing out the window!
This one is at the pageant. She looks so grown up to me :( Whered my baby go?
These pix are from the first time I took Cadence "walking" outside. She had just really gotten the hang of walking, and i figured she would LOVE IT! and she did!
At her first Mardi Gras Parade!!!
One Day at the park!
Diaper head lol
She was sick in this picture, and had been for over a week. She just wanted out the house so she kept pointing out the window!
This one is at the pageant. She looks so grown up to me :( Whered my baby go?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
My Neice, Maddi
Since I am staying with my sister to try and pay off debt, I have also been watching her daughter, Maddi, during the day. Now at first, Cadence & Maddi didnt like it other much. There were a lot of jealous crys, stealing of toys, even a little bit of bullying.
Now, theres still jealous crys, stealing of toys, even a little bit of bullying - but not AS much. For the most part they play together nicely, or apart nicely.
Maddi has the longest NATURAL eyelashes you will EVER see! It's the first thing anyone notices about her. They are BEAUTIFUL! As far as hair goes, we are still working on that one. She kinda looks like Jason Alexander - nothing on top, just some around the back & ears. lol One day she will have long, curly hair. Yes, definitely curly.
She is currently 10 months old. I'll be here until she's around 13 months old. I'm sure gunna miss her! It has been sooo nice to be close to family right now. I don't get to see my neice Alayna much and that makes me super sad but its just part of the military life!
Anyways, I just wanted to say how much I love this little girl & cant wait to watch her grow - even if that means catching her & Cadence trying to sneak out as teenagers, or mad because they like the same boy. Whatever - its worth it!
We love you Maddi Mooski!
Now, theres still jealous crys, stealing of toys, even a little bit of bullying - but not AS much. For the most part they play together nicely, or apart nicely.
Maddi has the longest NATURAL eyelashes you will EVER see! It's the first thing anyone notices about her. They are BEAUTIFUL! As far as hair goes, we are still working on that one. She kinda looks like Jason Alexander - nothing on top, just some around the back & ears. lol One day she will have long, curly hair. Yes, definitely curly.
She is currently 10 months old. I'll be here until she's around 13 months old. I'm sure gunna miss her! It has been sooo nice to be close to family right now. I don't get to see my neice Alayna much and that makes me super sad but its just part of the military life!
Anyways, I just wanted to say how much I love this little girl & cant wait to watch her grow - even if that means catching her & Cadence trying to sneak out as teenagers, or mad because they like the same boy. Whatever - its worth it!
We love you Maddi Mooski!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Our lives, as of now
So much has happened since I last posted - I'm not even sure where to start.
My husband is currently deployed in Iraq. He volunteered a while back to try and get us out of debt. Cadence and I are living in Louisiana right now with my lovely sister while he is gone to have that extra rent money to put towards debt. So far 3 things down, 3 to go.
Cadence is 14 months now. She is walking and talking and getting into EVERYTHING! She is indeed the love of our lives!!! She did her very first pageant this past Saturday. Didn't place but she did GREAT! She blew kisses , waved, said hi, everything I could have hoped for! Definitely 1st place in my book!
I have been casually tackling weight loss. My casually I mean, thinking but not doing lol I need to get my butt in gear for sure. I did attempt some things, but all fell through in the end. I have a good friend who has put me in touch with someone who has been here, done that and lost a good bit of weight so my hopes is that she can help me! I need help people lol
Thats it for now - I hear crying through the baby monitor.
My husband is currently deployed in Iraq. He volunteered a while back to try and get us out of debt. Cadence and I are living in Louisiana right now with my lovely sister while he is gone to have that extra rent money to put towards debt. So far 3 things down, 3 to go.
Cadence is 14 months now. She is walking and talking and getting into EVERYTHING! She is indeed the love of our lives!!! She did her very first pageant this past Saturday. Didn't place but she did GREAT! She blew kisses , waved, said hi, everything I could have hoped for! Definitely 1st place in my book!
I have been casually tackling weight loss. My casually I mean, thinking but not doing lol I need to get my butt in gear for sure. I did attempt some things, but all fell through in the end. I have a good friend who has put me in touch with someone who has been here, done that and lost a good bit of weight so my hopes is that she can help me! I need help people lol
Thats it for now - I hear crying through the baby monitor.
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