I am thankful for the ten months and 21 days I was able to pump milk for our Boo Bear.

I am thankful for the opportunity to spend quality time with good friends this weekend!

I am thankful for friends who are available to chat late at night when I need someone to talk to.

I am thankful for my mommie's generosity and excited for Katie's first birthday! It's going to be amazing!

"Me Time"

I am thankful for some free time to get away. With it being dark at 6pm and having worked more weekends this month than last, I am starting to feel secluded. Wake, pump, work, and sleep. Tonight, I managed to sneak away for a quick pedicure (first since July)! It felt good to just relax for an hour and not have to do anything.

I am thankful for the chances I get to take relaxing bubble baths.

I am thankful for weekend lunches with Katie (and sometimes Paul, usually my parents). I love getting to see her during my work day. It always brings a smile to my face and lights up my afternoon.

I am so thankful for my wonderful parents (and Katie is thankful for her amazing grandparents.) I could not have asked for a more loving and special mom and dad. They would (and have) do anything for myself, my brother, my husband, my baby girl, my friends...I love that they enjoy Kaitlyn as much as they do; it brings such joy to Paul and I to see them with her. Every weekend when my dad comes home, he is so excited to see Katie, and she inevitably ends up sleeping over sometime each week! :o) Mom has made it a point to see Katie Bug every single day since she has arrived (only missing two or three days), even if Katie is already asleep and she just comes over to hold her or smile at her. She is such a lucky and blessed baby girl, just like her mama and daddy. I am so thankful that our family has found peace and togetherness.

I am so thankful for good days at work! It has been a long time coming. The floor has been very rough lately.

I am so thankful for the freedoms that I am able to enjoy. Thank you to all the service men and woman who have fought and continue to fight for our freedoms and to protect this great county.

Happy 8th Anniversary

Today, I am so thankful for my loving husband. Over the past eight years, we have been through so much together and have really changed and grown as a couple. He is my better half, my rock and such a blessing to me. Honestly, I don't know what I did to deserve someone so good to me; he spoils me rotten and loves me unconditionally.

Last week, he came home from work and I hadn't showered yet (I had been with our attention monster! :o) ) He offered to watch Katie so I could shower, but I told him to go first because I wanted to take a bath and I knew he wanted to change. When I went into the bathroom, he had drawn a bubble bath, dimmed all the lights and lit candles "so you can relax." I love that he does these types of things for me to show me how much he cares.

At Bandera Bowl, 9.24.04

First Trip to Vegas, 10.22.04

Bahamas, 5.11.05



At Paul's Mom's House in Hondo, 11.6.05

 

July 15, 2006



SeaWorld Lazy River, 07.6.06



Paul's First Trip to Oklahoma, Christmas 2006



Luau in Maui, March 2007



Graduation Party for BSN, May 2007



Our First Home, 07.19.07

Happy New Year 2008

Our First Anniversary, 3.10.08

Christmas Eve 2008

February 7, 2009

April 2009

Christmas 2009

At the Hospital to have our first child, 12.29.09

February 2010

Easter 2010

July 2010

Happy Anniversary, Love....To Many More

I am thankful for the sound of Kaitlyn playing. She is such a precious daughter and a wonderful blessing to our family.

I am thankful for naps. I worked too hard over the weekend and all Katie and I have done today is lay low.

I am thankful for the extra hour of sleep that I got last night. I am hoping that it is the extra "oofphm" I need to get me through this long 12 hour day of work.

I am thankful for the occasional "short" day at work. Today I only had to work 8 hours and it was such a blessing. I was tired, my head hurt and i just wanted to go home and take a nap. Since I've been home, I've spent time with family, rested and snuggled with my Boo Bear. It's been a great day! :o)

I am thankful today for having a warm bed to snuggle into. It was so chilly this morning and this evening and I was able to snuggle up in the covers with my honey. I am so grateful that we were able to find our little house and turn it into a loving home.

The Return of Aunt Flo

Todays thanksgiving is for the 18 months and 26 days of freedom I had from monthly "lady business."

Plenty of friends have been tossing back hater-aide for this extended break, but I'm glad I had such a long stretch. This would probably explain how crummy I've been feeling and the more recent decline (almost non-existence) of milk I've been producing.

Walking

Up until now, Kaitlyn has only been taking a couple steps here and there. She loves to walk all around the house while holding on to someones hands. Occasionally, she has been turning loose of the furniture to venture out on her own, but the most she has walked at one time  has been four steps this past weekend.

This evening, Paul and I were both busy washing dishes and getting dinner ready while Mom was entertaining Katie. All of a sudden, she was calling for us, and Kaitlyn was walking halfway across the kitchen. I didn't get a count the first time, but the second, she did a total of TWELVE steps before sitting back down!!! Our baby is growing up right in front of our eyes......

We are so very thankful for our wonderful families and friends that are as close as family. We are so blessed to have such amazing people in our lives, and we are grateful that they are so willing to help us when in a pinch.

I am not feeling so well today. But I am thankful for indoor plumbing, and four walls around my bathroom. :o) And the ability to use sick leave if I need it. (But not using today!)