Thankful 2012 #5

#5

I'm thankful for Logan. It is amazing to have such a wonderful partner in life. I know that no matter what is thrown at us- we will make it work together. He is an amazing man, husband and father and I'm continuously grateful that life threw us together.

Thankful 2012 #4

#4
I am so thankful for my Declan boy. My first born. He is the one that really and truly taught me what love is. My heart expands every time I look at him- he taught me a depth to myself that I didn't know existed.

Thanksgiving 2012 #2 & #3

#2
I'm thankful that my family and friends were all safe during the hurricane.

#3
I'm also thankful for modern technology so that I could stay in touch with all of my friends and family back home to know that they are safe. It's amazing that all it takes is two seconds and you can get in touch with someone 2,000 miles away.

Thankful 2012 #1

Today I am Thankful for Kieran. After having a miscarriage- the pregnancy carried a weight that wasn't there with Dex. I am so grateful to have been blessed with him being such a ball of sunshine. His constant smile reminds me constantly of how lucky I am that I got him.

Happy Thanksgiving.

I have started this several times with so many deletions. I guess that I am just so very grateful for what I have that it is hard to put it into words. I started trying to write something I am grateful for every day... but I am lucky enough to have been off living and enjoying my life that I haven't been able to be online and writing about it. 

I am grateful for family. Both close and far away. 

I am grateful for my family having everything we need. A husband who works as hard as he can to provide. And for myself having been instilled with a work ethic. We both work hard- earning money and raising our family. I'm sure I've said it before, but we are so lucky to have worked out a schedule where we get to be with, educate, and watch all the firsts of our children. 

Because in the end. I am MOST grateful for these little lives that have been placed in our hands. Some days are trying. Sometimes I feel completely lost. But these boys are my everything and I cannot express how thankful I am that they are mine. 

I didn't really get as many pictures as I would have liked. But here is a bit of our Thanksgiving. 

Kieran's set up. We made a bed for him in the wagon so he could be wherever we were. And that lovely piece of cardboard was his sunshade. 

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9. Brownies. Enough said.

10. Having the ability to share one car. It was really only a problem when Logan worked 30/40 minutes away. And even then we had help to get us to where we needed to go.

11. The knowledge that if I was ever in trouble, my family is there for me. I know without a doubt that I will never be on the streets. I see so many people asking for money on the side of the road and am so grateful that I know I will never have to take that option. I will always have a roof over my head, clothes on my kids and food in our bellies. We are doing just fine right now, but it helps knowing that even if we aren't... we'll be taken care of.

12. The constant deliberation over the color of Declan's eyes. It makes me look deep into them constantly and I don't know if I would if they were one singular color. They are blue with flecks of gold in them. Since he turned 18 months, the gold has become more and more prominent- causing them to look really green sometimes and more blue others. I honestly don't know which I would say. Hazel I guess.

13. The fact that I have a husband that will run around the town in matching super hero capes with Dex. I can't give too much away because there is a project in motion... but it makes me so happy to see Logan not care about anything except his son's happiness. (Though I know he was running around in a gorilla costume before- and when- we met anyway... though that is a different story. No... it was not Halloween)

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I am thankful for...

7. Finally starting to make friends here. It has been a hard year. I have a hard time making friends in general. Most of my friends are from high school and college where we were repeatedly in each other's faces enough to cause us to hang out all the time and make us friends. I am much more of an observer. A shy outsider until someone else brings me in. It seems like things are finally starting to work out. I'm finally starting to have people to hang out with. And it makes me a much happier person. 

8. Chunky baby thighs. Oh my goodness. I can't get enough of them. And this picture was taken a few days ago so it doesn't even do them justice anymore. I just want to eat them up. 

Read what else I'm thankful for here. 

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So I had an idea that every day I was going to write something I was Thankful for during the month of November. I guess I'm already behind schedule. I guess that is what no computer and two small children will do.  Let's see if we can play catch up to get this under way.

I'm thankful for...

1. All the hard work my husband does. He works long hours to make sure that we continue to get what we need. He also works hard at being a dad... spending his days off being with and educating Dex. He finds them new places to go and explore. Learning about animals and flying kites.

2. Kieran starting to talk. Watching him with his mouth wide open and his tongue moving around like a whale's. He loves playing with sounds and volume. Once he gets started, he can keep up with the best of them. He tries to have conversations... taking turns with the people he's looking at. And he gets so proud of himself that after he has done an impressive amount of noises he interrupts himself by laughing.

3. Declan's new drawing abilities. I swear... from one day to the next his drawing completely changed. He used to just scribble a few lines. Sometimes they would be named... mostly not. He now loves drawing circles and "real-life" figures. He draws circles with some lines coming out of the back of them. "Airplanes with fire" aka. rocket ships. He draws people. With bodies and arms and legs and faces. While those might not be in the same place that they belong.... he understands that things have parts to them. I honestly can't believe this quick transformation.

4. The fact that I am able to work part time AND bring Kieran to work with me. There isn't a whole lot of their growing up that I have to miss and I am SO grateful for this. Things have worked out so well and Logan and I are very lucky to both have amazing bosses.

5. Saturdays. That is the one day a week that we have off together. We get to have cuddle time and adventures as a family. Because we have so little time together we appreciate what we do have immensely.

6. Getting to eat brownies before bed with my loves.