Spring!!!!!

The snow has melted and the birds have come back. The air is warm and has a slight breeze. The window is open in my office and I am listening to the vehicles traveling on the highway.

All I want to be doing is reading a book at the park. I would take a blanket and lay down in the warm sunshine. I might take a light jacket for when that breeze gets too cold. Instead, I am at work.

I feel like singing! Spring has finally come. There is Vitamin D on the air and I am feeling happy and alive. All winter, I have been downtrodden and frustrated. I want to be like the bears and hibernate all winter so I don't have to deal with the Winter Blues.

Daniel has Fridays off so he is out working in the yard today. He is pulling out all the dead trees and ugly bushes that the previous owner of our house neglected. There were 5 lilac bushes that were overgrown and ugly. They wouldn't bloom so he tore them out of the ground. I'm glad he did because lilacs are a lot of work. I would like to plant tulips and climbing roses in the front and side yards. We have 3 perfect flower beds. Two in the front and one on the side.

In the back yard, we will have two flower beds. I think one of them is going to have strawberries planted there. And the other will have daisies. Daniel is talking about putting in a garden. I don't know if we will have time to put in much. All I really want is tomatoes.

I know this post was really long and boring, but I had to say something. I can't wait for when I will be done with Oklahoma! and can be home after work with Daniel.

Have a great week folks!

All I want.....

Today we went over to Daniel's parent's house for dinner. His younger brother Dax is turning twenty in a couple days and we were having a birthday party for him.

Everyone came including the nieces and nephews. They are all so cute and I love them. They are adorable even if they are pains in the butt!

I kept thinking about how it will be when Dan and I have kids. Little boys that look like him and little girls that look like me. (Well, I hope that they don't get my hair.....)

I keep thinking about cribs and car seats and diapers and baby formula. Burp rags, bibs, pacifiers. Giggles and smiles. Fat rolly polly baby legs.

And then they get bigger and look like him ----->

And then there would be toy trucks, books, tricycles. Lego's and Lincoln logs. Barbies and baby dolls. Disney movies and even more giggles.

And then I think about the late nights with no sleep. Waking up to feed the baby. Endless laundry and no energy.

Is it all worth it? YES!!! All I want is to be a mother. To get thrown up on. To patch up skinned knees and kiss scratched elbows. To be the chauffeur to all the soccer games, dance lessons, scouts and achievement days. To be worn out and happy.

But until then.....It will just be Dan and me making each other happy. These are some of the reasons he makes me happy:

He surprised me with these flowers one night after I got home from Practice...


He built this shelf for me. I'm going to put my porcelain dolls on it....

He got this table from his grandmother and refinished it to match the cedar chest he made me for my birthday.

Love you Daniel!