Faithful Winter Friends and Signs of Spring

My Faithful Winter Friends.

And The Joyful Signs of Spring!

An Extra Early Morning Read

This morning Noble woke up rather early. After my third cup of coffee he fell asleep and the caffine would not allow me to join in on the morning nap. So, I caught up reading some favorite blogs and this was just what I needed to read.

tea

i love tea. i have since a young age. my aunt sylvia always drank it. since i was going to be traveling with her i figured i should learn to do so too. so i did and from the age of 12 i was sold. my first favorite was constant comment. which is still in my top 5.

i am currently enjoying cucumber white tea. it has a twist of lime and it is very nice on this spring like morning.

my favorite when i cannot sleep is of course sleepytime or something with camomille and when have a cough or cold it is yogi breath right tea. i also like tazo's refresh tea it is very minty. top 5 teas in no particular order are....

1. tazo: cucumber white

2. tazo: wild sweet orange

3. bigelow: constant comment

4. yogi: breath right

5. celestial seasons: sleepy time

Till I Only Dwell In The

If to distant lands I scatter
If I sail to farthest seas
Would you find and firm and gather
'til I only dwell in Thee?
If I flee from greenest pastures
Would you leave to look for me?
Forfeit glory to come after
'Til I only dwell in Thee

If my heart has one ambition
If my soul one goal to seek
This my solitary vision
'til I only dwell in Thee
That I only dwell in Thee'
Til I only dwell in Thee

- Brooke Fraser

2 months old... and a blooming sense of humor

sulking

(older picture)

i stayed in my pjs and held noble all day with many bouts of uncontrollable tears. he has been my side kick for 8 weeks (plus 9 months). i will soon be leaving my wing man for the school house again and the thought of it makes me want to throw up... but "people" keep telling me it just won't be that bad. so i shall put on my BIG GIRL PANTS and press on.

is it okay if i wake him up in the night just to play? i can be thankful for summer vacation... how many more days? let the count down begin.

my favorite things

noble is growing and changing soooo quickly. my favorite things about him now are soon to morph into different favorite things but i want to remember these favorite things. so... i want to list them so i can come back and remember them.

in no particular order...
- the way he pokes his bottom lip out
- the way he makes a surprised shocked face (it says who did that... it certainly was not me)
- his new random smiles (that now have nothing to do with gas)
- the way he raises his hand like he has a question
- the way he does hand gestures like he is giving the state of the union address (but soon followed by my next favorite thing)
- oh his coos and baby sounds... they have my heart
- the way he pokes his bootie out when i hold him
- the way he cuddles under my chin
- his old man receding hair with the rats tail in the back
- the birth mark on his back that matches his daddy's
- his long toes that are just like his moms... (sorry Noble)