The Measure of a Day

I used to think that a day was measured by how much I accomplished

What I did, what I checked off, how many hours I worked

It was about getting chores done, that needed to be done at the time

Have to was a word that was in my daily vocabulary

If I did not get the things on my list accomplished I was unproductive

Unproductive, not fulfilled, my day was measured by what I could get finished

Then I had you, and right away I figured out that a single day

can not be measured by what I have checked off on my "to-do" list

A single day can not be measured in working hours

Productive days are not always full of have tos, per say

A day is not measured by what I can get finished

The measure of a day to me is the happiness I have in that day

More importantly the happiness you have in that day

A day where we may not get anything done, but you are smiling

A day that we do not have "have tos" but rather "want tos"

The measure of a day is smiling, laughing and loving

The measure of my day is you knowing you are loved

Knowing that you are wanted, needed, cared for, for always

My day is measured in your happiness, your joy, loving you

A day that sees production, as time well spent together, nothing is better

The measure of a day, month, and year, exists because of you

Blog Hop Friday- Our Mini Vacation!

Welcome to the first, ever, edition of Blog Hop Friday, hosted by My New Life As Mom, Chubby Cheeks Thinks, Take A Mom's Word For It, Bree Bee's, This Adventure Our Life and Belly Charms! We invite you and your friends to link up every Friday and join us for a wonderful blog hopping adventure! We're all about making friends and having fun so come join us! Here's how you can join in on the fun;

• Link up to your blog, using our inlinkz link list, below.
• Follow the host/hostesses located in the first 6 slots.
• Follow any other blogs that you feel appropriate! :)
• Add the Blog Hop Friday button to your sidebar.
• When following a new blog, please remember to leave a little personal comment love.
• If you get a new follower, please feel free to reciprocate the love.

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This is a new list every week, so please remember to come back and link up, every week!

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We understand that not everyone has time to follow and comment on every Blog Hop Friday Participant, just do what you can and are willing to do. We will do the same! Take your time and go at your own pace.

The link list is only open to add new blogs on Fridays but will be visible all week long.

So go link up and hoppy blog hopping!

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A couple weekends ago we decided to go on a vacation to Lake Tahoe (precisely North Shore, on the Nevada side).  Last time we went it was in January... This time we left on a Friday morning and stayed through Monday.  We had our trip all streamlined this time...We cloth diapered, cloth wiped for the trip, we made it up in 9-10 hours  (which is more on par with time, our last trip, oh yes 13 hours on the road...my my!) and back in about 9 hours.  Bailey was a great traveler only whining when she wanted to nurse or needed a new diaper!  We had a nice and relaxing time together!  We just hung around, stayed up late, hung around in bed late in the morning, took a hike around a lake trail, and went to dinner at our favorite spots.  To us Tahoe is just a special place.  Here are some photos from our trip:

Beautiful views, serene, and calming.

Some rest and relaxation, just hanging out.

Playtime, and num numming Sophie the Giraffe! Aww, the life!

Family time, yep a weekend of that :)

Taking a little hike, Bailey is loving it!

Enjoying the views, how could we not?!

We had a great time! Let's go back soon.

She Makes Me Smile...

She makes me smile, with out doing anything special

Just being herself and laughing away

She finds joy in our expressions 

I love her little face

Her eyes, they are amazing to me

 

It is fabulous how little ones find joy in the smallest things

Somehow we lose this as we get older, I wish we do not, but we do

I love to watch her see things all around her and smile

No matter what, she always gives us her biggest grin

The world makes her smile, she makes me smile

When I am having a bad day, all I need to do is look at her

She smiles, Her smile makes me smile

My day is not so bad any longer

With this smile, I can do anything

I can be the Mom I want to be

She loves nothing more than being silly

Silly to the point of laughing now

I love her little laugh

Her laugh makes me smile

My whole world looks brighter with her in it

Everything I was thought to be important has changed

As she see the world, I again experience it

This time though, through her expressions

She makes me smile, because she is herself

She makes me smile, and the world is better for it

She smiles, and I smile back

My world will never be the same again

And this, is the best thing that has happened to me, ever.

Keep on smiling little one.  You make my day bright.

 

Check me out, I got D-listed today!!  YAY!!

Wordless Wednesday (Wordful)- My Heart is Full

There are moments that make me happy

There are moments that make me sad

Moments where I just can not explain how I feel

Overfilled with joy

Laughter filling my heart

Emotions flowing like a river

These days are unpredictable and the ones that I live for

It is easy to find sadness, but happiness, you have to seek

Sometimes it is easy, other times not

But when I walk into the room in the morning

 after sticking a load in the washer to find this,

My heart melts, and I know this is our happiness

This is what I love for

What we live for

(sorry about the quality of these photos, I had to capture it quickly which meant iphone in the dark)

This is why we come here...

For a lake view, family time and a little peace from life...


{Click photo to enlarge, had to make this small because Blogger will not upload my BIG file!!}




Also, a little cuteness being a cutie in the car!!

More later, trying to catch up!

A Picture Trip to Costa Rica

I will write about some of the adventures we had in Costa Rica a while back, but today, a small picture trip of the beauty we experienced while there, I want to go back.  Here are just a few of hundreds of photos...

  

Ohh, to be there again... Dreaming...

Wordless Wednesday- My Sweetness

This little girl makes my days seem not so bad

helps me to see life so very simply

encourages me to be the best I can

and captures my heart daily.

She is my sweetness.

♥ ♥ ♥  The love of my life.  ♥ ♥ ♥

We Just Relaxed in the Sunshine...

We Relaxed in the Sunshine...

Bailey and I spread out our blanket today and had some quiet time in the sunshine

We both looked up at the sky, at the branches of our tree, with the leaves just growing, brand new

Whispering in the breeze, a beautiful song, we both were silent, just peacefully listening, quietly, we could here music in air

The rays of sun gently coming through the branches, filtering to our faces, the warmth

Peacefully sitting there, like there was nothing else at that moment that really mattered

because there was not

I let everything go, the cleaning, the house, work to be done, a to do list a mile long, 

because this is what matters in life

After several minutes Bailey looks over at me

Momma, are you not going to hold me?

That little face, I just can not say no

So I pick her up, and hold her, she puts her face against mine

I treasure the moment when I feel like we are one as we were before, not two

We can feel each other breathe and we snuggle

We play and then Bailey rests her little head against me

I never want to forget these times, when we are just quiet, peaceful and loving life

When times get hard and we are both tried, I want to remember how life should be

Who knows what will happen in the future, will we have moments again like this?

For now I know I love this little girl, I love her, 

with this incredible unconditional love that I never knew existed like this