In My Daughter's Eyes

In my daughter's eyes,
I am a hero,
I am strong and wise,
And I know no fear



But the truth is plain to see,
She was sent to rescue me,



I see who I want to be
In my daughter's eyes



In my daughter's eyes,
Everyone is equal,
Darkness turns to light,
And the world is at peace,



This miracle God gave to me,
Gives me strength when I am weak,



I find reason to believe
In my daughter's eyes



And when she wraps her hand around my finger,
How it puts a smile in my heart,



Everything becomes a little clearer,



I realize what life is all about,




It's hanging on when your heart has had enough,
It's giving more when you feel like giving up,


I've seen the light,
It's in my daughter's eyes



In my daughter's eyes,
I can see the future,
A reflection of who I am and what will be,



And though she'll grow and someday leave,
Maybe raise a family,



When I'm gone I hope you'll see,
How happy she made me,



For I'll be there,
In my daughter's eyes.

In My Daughter's Eyes
Martina McBride

Goodbye

We love you.

Take me out to the balllllllgame.

Miss R and I finally got the chance to go to one of Darrell's softball games. I was very excited for R to watch the game and cheer for Daddy. I had visions of my 1-year-old sitting in my lap clapping and smiling for the entire game.

No. I don't know what I was thinking. You'd think I was a novice at this toddler thing.

Here's what actually happened.




My two favorite people.




Who both need a shower.

Can I just say . . . .

My Princess is going to be a GENIUS. I'm talking straight-A, skipping grades, Doogie Howser, Harvard is going to beg for her kind of genius.

Here's my proof - http://www.babycenter.com/204_morning-sickness-linked-to-smarter-babies_10312743.bc?scid=momstodd_20090428:2&pe=ffdOA9

Of toys and hair shades.

Miss R has a second cousin, T, who has become her favorite playmate. They chase each other, watch movies together, and R even hands over her prized possessions to him, i.e. whatever she has in her hand at the moment. Usually a tea cup or stuffed animal - just what every boy wants. The princess also freely gives him kisses to which he says, "Ugh." They played together over the weekend at Pop-pop's house.

T bought her the purple stuffed animal with his own money because he wanted her to have an Easter bunny. How sweet is that? She snuggles with it all the time now.




I believe she was asking for a kiss rather than a chip!




I love that he wears her out!!

In other news, Princess R is experimenting with new hair colors.
I think she was just testing us by going with pink.



I hope.

Little Drummer Girl

Princess R, Dante, and I are enjoying this gorgeous weather today! We went for a walk down the road outside our subdivision. Yesterday when we did this, we saw about 15 mooooo cows and 5 horses!! I got to pet two of the horses, but the cows looked at us like we were aliens. Today, the horses were too far away on the other side of the pasture and the cows

looked at us like we were aliens.

When we arrived back home, Miss R shocked me with a new found talent. Ladies and Gentlemen, our future rock star:

She might be our future rocker, but she seems to have talent in other areas too.

For example, she might become an artist using a purple crayon as her medium.

Or, perhaps, sidewalk chalk.




Auto mechanic would not be my first choice . . .





but a professional cowgirl would be kinda cool.



And anything she could do to help save our environment would be awesome!





But, since she demands that we practice every day, I believe she has her heart set on being a professional egg hunter.



'Cause you know that's where the money is.