Ode to baby girl...

I felt inclined to capture some moments that occurred this morning... some things I wanted to remember.  So, with one hand, I typed an "ode" to baby girl! 


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crying in the early morning.  anxious to eat. 

bottle made. devoured.

wake up big brother.  watch him.  laugh at his antics as he gets ready. 
oh... getting tired with belly full.

drifting back into slumber.  bye bye big brother... off to school... but baby girl did not see the kiss he planted gently on her forehead as she is comfortable, resting, sleeping in mommy's embrace.

nor does she know the joy that mommy feels in her heart as baby girl rests in her arms.  watching baby girl's eye lids twitch as she is dreaming.... hearing the soft slumbering sounds of baby girl as she is breathes in and out.  safe in the loving hold of her biggest admirer.  

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I really didn't want to put Isabella down.  I held her for awhile, but then had to lay her on the couch next to me so I could get some work done.  But - I was "rewarded" with smiles when she woke up (like clock-work exactly 4 hours after she had eaten earlier that morning.)


Some other good things happened today too.  I received word this afternoon that - at work - we were bestowed a really impressive honor from the US Green Building Council.  Basically, we're in the top 1 1/2 % of LEED teams in the country and are piloting a process for them that they plan to roll out to all other LEED practitioners.  We found out about this last fall, but today, we've been notified that we have sifted to the top of that small group of professionals.  

Better than all of that, though:  my grandpa Nunn had some major surgery (a kidney removed)... and he's doing well.  Yay!

what a great day today has been~