giggles

so i have been a tad stressed the past week or so.  and that makes me a bit cranky.  which in turn makes me nearly impossible to live with.  just ask ben.  and marley is a barometer for my mood, whether it is spoken or not.  so, it's been a tough week.  and as i was coming to post this i was going to go blah blah blah.  bad bad bad, yet mildly amusing and self deprecating.  no one wants to hear that.  so instead i am going to give the highlights of my day
1. early morning snuggles with davis.  she wakes up at 6am sharp every morning.  it's like she has an alarm in her head.  so quietly i tip toe down our squeaky hallway and we cuddle on the couch for usually about an hour.  just the two of us.  some days that is all the time we get just the two of us.  and now that it's getting cooler in the mornings, it is so much cozier.
2.  music class with marley.  she gets so into it.  today for the first time she started really belting out the song while we sang.  if you're happy and you know it....while she can't really carry much of a tune, it is music to my ears.
3.  a nice cold coke.  i'm trying to do without caffeine, but today it tasted soooo good.
4.  a long walk around the block stopping every five feet to smell flowers or say hi to sleeping kitties or inspect a bird bath.  it can be so refreshing seeing the world thru the eyes of a two and a half year old.  and then coming home to enjoy our own beautiful front porch.
5.  see the video.  no one can make davis laugh like that except marley.  already the big sister adoration is in effect.  i love it.
6.  bath time.  and as i am lotioning up davis i tell marley to stop picking her nose.  her response:  momma, i'm looking for gold.
7. bed time snuggles.