ah.. i could blog and write about this girl and my love for her all day long.. how she lightens my life, at the same time as being a complete monster!! unless you actually know meleia, you have no idea how incredible and hilarious she actually is.. really. if you don’t know her, ask anyone who does. she is amazing. brilliant beyond words… beautiful beyond words… and so so funny!!! come on, what other 2 and a half year old will talk to you in spanish, lol. i really don’t know what i’d ever do without her. she is my everything.. my number 1 girlie girl, and will be forever… there will always be that bond with her and i – and i am soooo blessed to have her.

“a daughter is a little girl who grows up to be a friend.” – unknown author

“a mother’s treasure is her daugheter.”- Catherine Pulsifer

i love you meleia, forever and ever and ever.
i will always be here for you… and i know you will always be here for me… amazing.

meleia and i made our first journey of the year out to the beautiful rathbun lake today… i am going to admit i was completely not prepared for the events that would happen. being only around 85 degrees today (the warmest so far- so you’d figure the water would not be warm enough yet), i figured no swim suit required, we would just walk on the edge of the water and play in the sand… wrong.no fear meleia instantly went right in, hesitated only a second, and sat right down with clothes on and all!!! she was so adorable and loved it so much.. haha. i can only smile about it.. after the water we had some sand time, (again, no swim suit, so don’t mind the underwear) and then the long, long sad walk back to the car after we were done and in dry clothes… but i rest assured her there will be lots more trips to the lake to come.. especially with daddy..

enjoy my adorable girl…

meleia has been waiting a long time now for her new bike… grandma promised she would buy it for her when she was fully potty trained.. now we all know she has had some issues with this.. but here we stand today.. accomplished. finally.

at first she was scared.. and her legs need to get a little stronger to be able to pedal better on her own, but we are well on our way to riding a big girl bike!! a very exciting first…
and don’t worry– she does have a helmet.. which we soon learned she has to start wearing asap as she steers crazy!!!!

being a little afraid…

being adorable for me…

daddy helping drive and posing with her…

mommy is very proud of you my princess…

of meleia and i… the only thing missing was douglas. very glad it’s the weekend so he will be home and we can have some quality together.. and i also know he’ll make it a wonderful mother’s day weekend for me…

even without the man in our lives, meleia and i still managed to have a good day and capture a few good memories…

mommy getting all ready…

both girls ready…

meleia being a silly goose…

the tractor in front of us while driving to missouri… so slow!!!!

the really pretty two toned roses that i got…

and meleia eating her snack before bed…

any time she sees me coming with the camera, she runs! getting a decent picture is ridiculous… but here she is, in all her glory.. mouthing me to stop taking pictures!!  none the less, it makes me smile 

through my eyes.  watching the lights of my life.  first weekend out of the hospital i got to spend with meleia and douglas… and what an incredible time we made it..  shopping, friends, family, bbq’s, the lake, car washing, flower planting, wagon rides, visiting with grandpa teddie, and a break through on the potty!!!  quite a few things accomplished, thanks to doug mostly.. with me still being pretty weak and a little sick, i got to sit on the sidelines a lot and enjoy…      and i hope you enjoy seeing them as much as i did… 

meleia is getting pretty good at washing the car with daddy…

meleia and daddy planting the new flowers…

a little shoulder ride after lunch at hardee’s…

meleia rockin’ her new glasses, waiting to go to grandpa’s…

my father and my love…

meleia hiding behind the giant golf ball statue…