Day 14

I'm thankful that I discovered that I really enjoy cooking.  I used to hate to cook and really dreaded dinner time.  I'm not going to lie, we ate out a lot.  Then we figured out that Callie was milk/soy intolerant and I had to radically change the way that I approached meal times.  In the process of figuring out what I could/couldn't eat and reading lots of MSPI blogs/recipes, I found a love of cooking.  I actually look forward to dinner time (well the cooking part, not the children melting down part) because cooking has become a stress reliever for me.  I enjoy reading cooking blogs and trying out new recipes or trying to adapt old recipes to make them safe.  It probably wouldn't have happened (or at least not for awhile) if Callie hadn't been MSPI.  I guess there was a silver lining after all.

Day 13 of Being Thankful

I'm thankful for bedtime storytime.  I'm thankful to have at least one small period of time each day where Fiona likes to sit and snuggle with her Mommy.  The rest of the day she is going, going, going.

Day 12 of Being Thankful

Today, I'm thankful for coffee.  Wonderful, warm coffee filled with caffeine.  It warms me up on chilly mornings and helps me keep up with my early bird toddler, who seriously never stops moving.

Giving Thanks Day 11

I'm thankful Nathan got home safely from his business trip. The girls were both so excited to see him and Fiona was bouncing off the walls.  We love and missed him :)

Giving Thanks in November

I stole this idea from a few other people.  I'm going to try and post one thing I'm thankful for every day in November.  Since, I'm starting a little late, I'll post several today to catch up.

1. I'm thankful for Nathan working hard so that I get to stay home with our girls.

2. I'm thankful for a house to live in, a warm bed to sleep in (when the girls let me), and food to eat.

3. I'm thankful for 2 beautiful, healthy, smart little girls.

(Here they are in their Halloween costumes. I love how they turned out.)

4. I'm thankful for living close to family, so the girls get to see their Nana, Papa, Grandma, Grandpa,  aunts and uncles often.

5. I'm thankful that Nathan does not travel regularly for work, because this week has been very hard.  The girls had colds, were teething, and basically haven't slept in days.  My hat is off to all you single parents and parents who have spouses that travel or are deployed.

6. I'm thankful for good friends.

7. I'm thankful that I'm not pregnant right now, so I can have a glass of wine at the end of a long hard day.

8. I'm thankful that Nathan's business is going really well. Sometimes it's hard to remember to be thankful, since it means he works very long hours.

9. I'm amazingly thankful that the girls slept better last night because I was very close to having a meltdown from sleep deprivation.

10. Lastly, I'm thankful that the window wasn't closed on the side screendoor on Monday.  After putting Fiona in the house and turning to get Callie unbuckled Fiona locked the screendoor and shut the heavy door, locking me out of the house.  I had to punch the screen out to unlock the screen and get in the house.  I'm very glad that the window wasn't closed or that would have been much harder to do.