Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving!

We ate our meal last night so I don't have to cook today, and man, it is nice! It was so YUMMY! We have maccaroni squares, potato casserole, broccoli casserole, steak, and rolls. Not your traditional, but all our favorites from both families, and then steaks for our liking. Oh, and Clay made a pumpkin cheesecake that was So good! Have I ever told you what a good cook my husband has become! You know I am loving it!
I have been having a tough go of it lately. A lot of struggles, so it is nice to be snapped out of that and to focus on the positive in my life, b/c there is much to be appreciated. I am thankful for many many things today, but last night as we were getting ready for out Thanksgiving meal, as I looked around our home, these are some of the things I was thankful for. I am thankful for our new little boy that can sit up so well these days. He is so happy, and a joy to our family. He is very playful, and has a lot of people that love to play with him!! He does something new everyday, and his first tooth popped out this week!

I am thankful for our youngest boy. He is such a good sleeper, and slept through half the meal so that I could sit down and eat. (I am thankful to both my babies for sleeping through the night, so that momma gets the rest she needs!) He is growing and changing so much everyday too. He is a strong little fella. I have a feeling we are going to have 2 crawlers and 2 walkers about the same time. We are gonna be hopping catching up with these 2!

I am thankful for my husband that has been so willing for our family to grow. This was a huge step for him, and I am so proud of the father he is being to all 6 of our kids. I am also thankful of how helpful he is to me. He helped me a lot with this meal...cooking the dessert and the meat, and went to the store for me voluntarily in the middle of cooking b/c I needed something. Which is good since I stayed in my pajamas all day yesterday.

I am also thankful that my table is full. Our chair that was empty last year, and is now taken with a sweet beautiful little girl. That makes my heart overflow with joy as I sit back and look. I am thankful to our biological children for loving our new kids as much as if they were their own brothers and sisters. I am thankful for all the help the give me each day and caring for and teaching them. They so willingly share their stuff, their rooms, their space, their parents and rarely complain about it. They are such sweet, smart beautiful kids, I am so proud of them.

I am also thankful to my dear family that was understanding to us not coming down this year. I miss getting to see everyone on both sides of our family. We plan on doing the big trip...loading up 2 cars with all our stuff...packing the whole house to go down for Christmas, but we just decided that takes a lot of mental preparation, and not something we want to do 2 months in a row. haha