Post 25: The day after

Thankful that the day of Thanks went without being on the internet and spent with family doing our family tradition of a meal and a movie. Today we shall put up the Christmas decor and maybe attempt to do a little shopping.

Post 23: Mussels.

Tonight we ate dinner at Main Street Eatery and I had endless mussels and it's the first thing I've ate all day that hasn't made me wanna puke. Strange I know but so thankful fir thus dish otherwise I'd be a hungry girl tonight wishing I had something, anything to eat.

Post 22: Airplanes and family

Today my parents come for the holidays. This will be the first Thanksgiving since we have lived here that we will have family to spend the holiday with. I am so thankful for airplanes and the ability to fly across country in one day. I am happy that this ability has enabled me  to be with family during such a great holiday and to celebrate with them the upcoming birth of our second child!

Post 21: My Hubs

So thankful for my husband who never fails to show his love and support for me, especially when Im preggers. One of my  favorite things is having my back rubbed as I fall asleep and this is really my top choice of affection when Im not feeling well. So for the last two nights he has rubbed my pregnant back and been a sweetie pie. Thank you babe. I love you.

Post 20: For not keeping secrets

So last night we were finally able to tell both set of parents that we are expecting another little bundle of joy. I am so thankful that my husband isn't a stickler for keeping secrets because I couldn't take it any longer! So today I am thankful for finally being able to talk to anyone about it and not worry I might slip up and reveal the big secret to my family before the announcement photos were done. Thankful for technology and the ability to take photos of the announcement and send it the very same day to family. Thankful that we are once again able to bring another baby to this world. God is good.

Combo Post 18 & 19: Vacation and rest

As we approach the last few weeks of November and get a bit closer to Thanksgiving Day I am thankful for the holiday season and the time I get to spend with family. I love date night and time to talk to my husband but what is really great is talking about what the upcoming year and all the new adventures we will embark on. So thankful for this whole year and the many more to come.

Post 17: Favorites

Today Lily got to spend time doing her favorite things. Playing princess dress up with friends and watching Happy Elf and Tangled. I am exhausted but thankful that my daughter had so much fun she took a two hour nap. YAY!

Post 16: take out

Thankful for take out on days like today when I have little to no energy and want nothing but to cuddle up and take a nap, for like 10 hours. Thank you to all those hole in the wall Mexican places I miss from CA and tonight thank you to Osaka for being my go to Japanese tasty goodness.

Post 15: many things

There are so many things that I can think of on a daily basis to be thankful for. I know that on some days I more thankful for just making it through the day and on others I am overwhelmed but all that I have before me. My heart can feel so big that it feels as if it could explode. Today I am most thankful for the love of those who are closest to me. The ones who have stuck it out, took the time and appreciated the process. I am thankful for the ones who have been given to me simply because God saw fit and not because I have done anything to deserve it. I am thankful for old and new friends. I am thankful for the ability to realize the gifts given and that even though I don't always do it right, I show my gratefulness to them every chance I get. Some people in life don't get to experience true love and friendship. I have been blessed to experience time and time again. I don't want to miss out on the joy of that statement and focus on things I don't have. So today to all of you reading this or not. I am giving thanks to God for you. You have made my life so rich.

Post 14: Thank you

Thank you Trader Joes for making banana chips. Yep banana chips, you are amazing.

Post 13: thanks to the bod

This morning, well and many mornings as of late, I woke up being amazed at the human body. I can't believe what we are made of and how we function on a daily basis with little to no thought. Then I thought about how blessed I am to wake up. Listen if you have never taken time to think about how you breath in and out and how you go to sleep and wake with little to no effort than take some time to think. Today I am thankful for my body, for the ability to teach 11 classes in 9 days, to give birth and so much more.
Thank you body. Thank you God for creating this body.

Post 12: Random Acts of Kindness

Dear stranger in the parking lot:

Today I am thankful for people like you who, on a cold windy day such as today,  offer to take the grocery cart from me so that I can continue to load my groceries and Lily into the car. It is one of the most displeasing things about grocery shopping for me. The runaway cart while loading your child in the car. Then saving it before it hits another vehicle. Then running it frantically to the cart return as to not leave you child unattended in the car for longer then 30 seconds. (side note I often drive around to find a spot close to the cart return during the winter season so I don't have to keep Lily in the cold, today I was unsuccessful at such attempts which makes this even better). So when a complete stranger sees you in need and offers to do such a simple easy thing, I have to delight in it. So thank you stranger for your random act of kindness.

Post 10 & 11

Dear time that gets away from me. I am thankful for you today and yesterday when I was so busy with friends and family and work I enjoy doing that I didn't have time to sit and write what I was thankful for. I went to bed with a full heart.

Sincerely,

A grateful heart

Post 9: Upon waking

So last night I was so hot I couldn't sleep. I kept waking up and then slightly hallucinating that Lily was screaming from the room next to ours. (of course she was out cold, I think it was the air conditioner).

Anyhow, I kept trying to sleep and eventually it worked out. I slept and then woke up to Lily knocking on the door to let me know she had pooped. What a way to wake up. Ha. But then I was reminded that I got to wake up, period. So today, unlike most days, I am aware of the gift of life and that waking up is a great blessing. Thankful for another day of life and being woken up by children who like to tell you about their bowel movements. :)

Post 8: Need I say more?

Post 7: Dear Daylight Savings

I am not sure that I am using the extra hour the same way as everyone else but I am definitely thankful for it. I had been sleeping in until 8-:830 every morning and having a hard time focusing the rest of the day from the strange lack/extra sleep. So with the hour change Lily has been waking at 6:15 thus making me wake no later than 7. This morning I found myself taking my time to get ready for class and even being able to nap a bit with Ryan on the couch before we started our day. So for that I am thankful. Good morning to you day light savings time. :)

Post 6: dear drivers

Dear drivers,

Today I am thankful for those of you who know how to yield, merge, drive the necessary speed limit and so on. For it is without you that my daily driving experiences would lead me to a world of insanity.

Sincerely,
Driving with wisdom :)

Post 5: Short and sweet

Thankful today. The whole day. Every part of today. Even the parts that were kinda boring or frustrating. I am thankful that I had the whole day to with as I pleased. To be where I wanted when I wanted. The end icing on the cake of this day. Lily sitting next to me at lunch and turning to me and Ryan and saying out of nowhere, "Jesus loves me.." Yep that was pretty awesome.

Post 4: Hot Dates and Frozen Yogurt

Well I thought I would begin the weekend with a double hitter. Mainly because two of my favorite things are date night and frozen yogurt. And tonight my friends I am partaking in both. Yep a little dinning and yogurt action with the hubs and then off to a movie..
If you aren't married yet or should I say if you are and don't have kids, don't take this time for granted. I love my daughter to pieces but having time with just Ryan is hard to come by, even harder when you have to pay someone to watch your kid. (the downside to not living near your parents, also keep that in mind if you are married without kids) 
So on nights like this or on the rare occasion when my dearest friend "Auntie" Amy takes Lily for the weekend, I rejoice in my time with my hubs. I mean he is pretty hot and I like staring at him. Especially over a cup of coconut frozen yogurt!

Post 3: Thanks to all things girlie

Do you love this pic or what? Ha just made me laugh out loud when I saw it. You get it girls!

Today I am giving thanks to girl time. As a mom and a wife there is a lot on my plate. I love spending time with my family, taking care of the home and doing all the things that come along with those titles. However once a week I get to step away and have a little me time. Its during that me time that I get to partake in all things girlie! Be it pedicures, chick flicks or just some great chit chat time with my best girl friends.
Tonight I got to spend some time with one of my favorite people and it was nothing short of delightful. I wont share the details of the conversation, as I believe some things are better kept secret. :) But a little tea and conversation was all I needed tonight to feel charged and ready to hit the week with a little more gusto!
So thankful for girl time.

Post 2: Radio shows

Today I am thankful for the broadcast on NPR called This American Life.
Without it I would probably want to shoot myself due to the repetition of the same five songs on the three radio stations available to me in Lynchburg.
If you have never listened to this program, you should. Its like movies for the radio. I love the stories and the vast amounts of information I take in from listening to this program.
And these days since my time to read or watch anything informational is limited. I am thankful that while I drive around town running a million and one errands, I have something to listen to that keeps me in tune with the rest of the world.
So thank you Ira Glass and thank you NPR.

Month of Thanks..post 1

So a couple months ago I was reading this blog called THXTHXTHX. It is basically one woman writing down the things she is thankful for everyday. I love reading it cause some of the things she pays thanks to are some of the very things I tend to look over. I often laugh and smile when reading her blog and more recently have started taking a look at my own thought process and what I thankful for. So in honor of her blog, Thanksgiving and all things that make me smile I am going to blog every day this month something I am thankful for.

So today. Day one. Would be easy right...I mean I haven't said anything and there is so much to pick from. However it is precisely that abundance that has left me a bit stumped as to what my opening blog should be. That is it did all morning and some of this afternoon. Then I went to lay Lily down for her nap (well rest time cause she doesn't nap  much these days) I read a book or two and then we talked about drawing. When I went to give her a kiss she smiled. Instead of puckering her lips she just smiled. Big grin, teeth and all and as I smooched her she began to laugh. It was hilarious. She kept saying OK OK smooch and then I would lean in to kiss her and she would laugh hysterically and refuse to complete the kiss. We died laughing about this for about five minutes to which she ended the big smile smooching session with asking me to kiss her foot. Now this may seem strange but she had just stepped on her toy and I had kissed it better so she was merely asking for one more kiss for good measure. Ha. The funnier part is her foot stunk. She had been wearing her Toms without socks and is a sweating food so her feet smelled. This began more laughter which went on and on for about another three minutes.
All that to say I left the room wishing her sweet dreams and found my first post for Thanksgiving.
My daughter and her spirit is one of the best things I have been given in life. I love being her mom and I love her little smoochy face.