What's Best

I've been lacking in blog posts. I'm inspired but my time is precious. My free time is spent outside or resting these days.  We love this early spring weather!  Lots of wonderful things are going on at my house. Most of them baby related, of course.

I'm consumed and obsessed with my daughter. Her and I are two peas in a pod.  I'm convinced that having a daughter was the best thing God could have done for me.  He always knows what's best. 

And it's her. 

With that said,

I'm giving up Misinterpretations.

I have lots of things I'd love to blog about but most of them do well to just stay in my head for now.  I will keep writing periodically at my other blog,  Surrender Story.

If you want to keep up with the baby, visit   *here*  often. It's her picture site.

Thanks for all of the sweet e-mails, comments and connections you've offered over the past few years!

Much Love,

Missy

The whole family

(first a shout out to my dear dear friend Rebecca. She just gave me her Nikon D40 to use this week for whatever reason I wanted. Sweet. I mean, she has a baby and I have birds and cats. It doesn't seem right that I am the one dominating the camera. So thanks to Bec for letting me FINALLY take some good quality pictures! I am a picture taking FOOL this week!)

So check this sweetness out:

.just. babies.

.mommy and babies.

.mommy's BFF, mommy and babies.

.mommy, daddy and babies.

Isn't he a handsome devil?

I did a bit of research about these common  yet cutie pie birds.

The female picks the mate. She tries to find the reddest one she can find.

He looks pretty red to me. Good job, Birdie.

Also, they both take a part in the feeding. He will feed her and she will feed the babies.

That's sweet. Very human-like. He's the main provider per se. She gets up during the night to feed them. Adorable.

Neither of them named their kids, I did.

There are 4.

Bernice

Justin

Sandra

Harry

There's a theme? Do you get it??

They're Here!!

Oh man, I wish I had a super zoomer camera right now. I am really missing it. Especially now!

Birdie had her babies!
I went to look out the window on Monday and there were little fuzzy baby birds bobbing around and beaks open. Birdie was hopping around trying to keep them warm and adjusting them. I can't quite tell how many there are. I see one consistently. He's always popping his head up. I see little flutters but that's all.
Soon, they will be big, open-eyed birdies.

I have names for them but I don't know how many there are so...

Anyway. I am going to keep trying to get good shots of them and monitor their progress.
I always get worried that she isn't there with them all of the time but it can't be comfortable for her to be sitting on the edge of the nest. She's out looking for baby food, I suppose.

can you see the little head there??

Side note :My dad raised a bird that fell out of a nest. It was a starling, I think. We named him Clarence. My dad got up several times a night and fed him every hour for every day until we eventually took him to our lake property and let him go. It was one of the sweetest things we ever saw when he came back and landed on my dads head during lunch. He did that for a couple of times then finally never came back.

So sweet.

A Sunday bit of fun

This past weekend was another relaxing bit of wonderfulness.

On Sunday we went with some friends to Caryle Lake for some fishing (those poor fishies with the hooks in their faces) and a cook out. I caught one and felt so sad about it, I let him go and didn't try again.

We went with Bart and Marianna, two of the most layed-back -easy -to -be -with -people ever.
I LOVE being with them. They are so sweet and caring... Considerate and funny. The list goes on.
These are the kind of friends I love. It's easy and breezy with them!

Loved it.

I don't know how much longer I can stand these phone pictures.

I am ready for a new camera :)

Still Pregnant

She's feathering her nest a lot more these days and is leaving it less and less. She is so dedicated and cute.

I just named her Birdie. Like in Hope Floats. Also, she's a bird. It makes sense. So naturally one of her daughters will be named Bernice.

She is getting more and more used to us checking on her through the blinds all of the time. She'll have a stare down with us. She wins. This morning she acted aloof.

I did a little more research and she's a House Finch. 

A sweet one at that. Her husband flies around once in a while but I think he's seeing someone else because he's not very consistent with his visits.

this was taken with my phone. the blinds are what you see on the bottom..

Oh, Dang! I love a relaxing weekend

Preface: I broke my camera a week or so ago and I am about to spaz out not being able to take pictures of this BEAUTIFUL weather and season change. This has to be one of the most beautiful and bright springs ever. (Maybe this past winter was just more drab and depressing than usual??)

 We are looking for a new camera. This is a big decision and lots of money to spend so I am trying to take my time and not just emotionally buy one based off of the fact of my picture taking withdrawals.

(sidenote: my Nana (pretty awesome photographer, Lorraine Pacheco) is giving me her old school Pentax K1000. So I can learn to take pictures requiring skill!)

So, I stole pictures to illustrate my 

relaxing,

warm,

green,

fresh aired,

productive

weekend

So it started with a relaxing evening with my love on Friday. A night out to dinner and a movie (that we both slept through) at home. Thank you Bruce Willis and your Surrogates for lulling me to sleep.

Then Saturday I had the day to  myself since John went mushroom hunting with a friend.

I started the day by waking up sometime after 9, which is amazing for me. I usually wake up before my alarm during the week so the lazy morning was great! Then I took a country drive and went shopping by myself.

Starting with a stop at a local antique shop

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I didn't get anything but I was searching for vintage Fiestaware and other various goodies.

I like these enamalish tea pots!

Then on to 

Starbucks to get a Banana Chocolate Vivano Smoothie.

Have you tried these!?! Oh man! I drank it in under 5 minutes. It was the best. But left me chilled to the bone as I entered Garden Ridge.

I am always overwhelmed when I go into a place like GR or Old Time Pottery. Overwhlemed at the cheapness of a garden gnome and overwhelmed by the pluthera of THINGS. I bought cheese popcorn, eucalyptus and poptpouri sachets.

Weird.

I should have bought the gnomes.

After feeling a bit disorderly in my brain for the GR experience I went to one of my favorites

World Market.

Seriously? I can't go in this place and not love everything I see. It's not possible.

I was loving particularly these pieces of art. (I have an unhealthy love for stretched canvas and framed art..we need an art room someday where I can just put all of my random arts that are currently in the attic or the closet- both such fine places for art.)

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I got some cute hanging crystal tea light things for our room and some jasmine green tea. It's my favorite.

also, I want one of these. It will suffice since Le Cruesets are just a large tadge out of my price range

Then I went next door to Target.

Oh, Target! you and I are meant to be.

I did a lot of damage.

But this is my excuse:

So I did some "therapy" here.

Have you seen their Libery of London line. Everything you could immagine has precious floral patterns on it.

Binkinis, dresses, purses, tea cups, boxer shorts, plates and bedding just to name a few.

I  L O V E floral prints.

I was particulary loving these things :

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I  don't even like pink but I want to have a girl soon so I can implement this cutie pie bedding!

It could work for a boy too, right??

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After too much spending (not on any of the above items) I got myself a bagel at St. Louis bread company..and an ice cream cone at McDonald's

and headed home to a lovely night of grocery shopping (which oddly, I love) and more relaxing.

Sunday morning was a beautifully spent at church.We sang an acoustic set that morning. 

It was a welcomed switch!

I made a new recipe for lunch that John picked out from the teacher lounge magazine

It was chicken and tarragon with new potatoes and leeks. 

Uh- mazing. That's what it was!

John and I did yard work ALL day, accompanied by blaring 70's music. It motivates us.

I left a rice pudding in the oven for 4 hours, no big deal. That was only 8 times longer than I should have left it in. That's what I get for multi-tasking.

We planted a yellow rose bush

and also planted my potted mini Christmas tree

that was almost dead. I hope it pulls through.

Dang, I love a relaxing weekend.

 We had no obligations or plans- this was nice.

We connected, my love and I. We team-worked the yard and got a lot accomplished together.

We took time to stop and smell the fresh cut grass, the new roses and actually had time to rest.

By far, my favorite weekend of the year so far!

Current Obsessions

Oh goodness. I've blogged before about how much I adore STUFF. Too much in fact. 

Currently I am obsessing over a couple of things that I want. Maybe blogging about it will chill me out.

Probably not.

Vegan Village Toms.

I want these.

They are always out of stock. Dang.

Probably because they are so dang cute (even though they are boy Toms..)

I also really love these

and these

and SUPER love these

I can't decide!

Spring is closer so this purchase is going to happen soon.

It's always a good time to buy Toms though.

"TOMS will give a pair of new shoes to a child in need. One for One."

You can't go wrong there- EVER.

In that case, maybe I should buy each of these??

NOW, if you know me, you know that usually I can identify any fragrance with one whiff. I am slightly, very in love with perfume. 

I am the girl who smells all of the shampoo bottles before buying one. I buy it not for it's healing power for my hair but whether or not it smells good.

Same with detergent, dish soap, body lotion, cat litter-yep, cat litter..

If it doesn't smell good, I don't get it.

I have probably 15-20 perfumes at home right now. I use maybe 4 of them on a regular basis. The others are just for special occasions and some are for certain seasons.

I was trying to explain this to my husband the other day. He understood! It was great. We are on the same page on fragrance selection according to the seasons now. How great is this!?

(Hey, it's the small things)

So currently, I am slightly obsessed with a new find I discovered 

It's a spring bouquet in my nose! 

This one- I hope someone gets inspired to gift me. I can never rationalize spending $60 on perfume for myself.

If someone else wants to..go ahead :)

I wear Ralph Lauren Blue in the spring and summer (which isn't being manufactured anymore-BOO)  and

Intimately Beckham in the winter right now. Both fabulous scents.

Do you have a favorite smell?

What is it!??

I J'adore perfume. I really do.