Awww

January 5, 1999. 

Gabe asked me to be his girlfriend. Easiest decision ever :)

Ah-HA!

You thought I was gone for good now, didn't you? No more daily thankfulness so the end? I thought so too for a moment. But, after eating the last of the turkey day leftovers tonight (thank god!) Cameron said something at dinner and I laughed out loud and thought, "I should post about this." It wasn't even that funny. And it was a rerun joke because he actually said it during our beautiful Thanksgiving feast. Everyone is finally chowing down, happy as can be, and sweet little (rotten) Cameron says, "Dis chik-en is deeewicious!" We all laughed. It was adorable and from then on, we all called it chicken. We had a great week off and holiday. And it was extremely hard to set that alarm for this morning. Luckily, Gabe is teaching a night class right now so I didn't have to wake Cameron up. He ended up sleeping until 8:15 so not only did Tyler and I not have to rush at all, but I got home to spend some quality quiet time by myself. It was fantastic. AND Cameron gets to go to nap at his normal time, which is so wonderful, I can't even explain it. The only thing I have to get through is bath and bed time, but I'll take it. I have plenty of shows to catch up on so I'm looking forward to putting the kids to bed (maybe a little early!) and vegging out on the couch. Yay!

Thanksgiving!!--I did it.

28 days of thankfulness. Yay! Looking back, some days were sweet and meaningful. Others, not-so-much. But, that's my life. A little crazy sprinkled with some sweet moments. It was fun and I'm glad I did it. I hope I can keep up with the blogging and the keeping in touch and the stuff. Right now I'm going to get the baby up (he slept in until 8:30! woot!) and go hang out with Gabe and Tyler and drink some coffee and skype with the faraway families. We're going to do our Thanksgiving feast this evening after nap time so everyone will be nice and happy and hungry :) Happy Thanksgiving, y'all! Have a great day and hug your little babies tight.

27 Nov 13

I'm so thankful for my life. For everything that's happened up until now. Everything we've gone through, every hardship, every argument, every happy moment. It's all lead up to this. There is absolutely no other place I would rather be.

26 NOV 2013

I love shopping online! I have absolutely no money to spend today, but I find myself being lazy with the kids home. We're curled under the blankets, cartoons on for the little one, the big one has the ipad, and I'm browsing online. Too much technology you say? Bah humbug. We'll do something fun and educational in a little bit. Happy Tuesday!

25 Nov 2013

Thankful for patience. I don't have much. Especially when it comes to driving, cookies baking, the shower water getting hot.. But, having kids has definitely taught me to be more patient. It's something I struggle with everyday with them. I have to make it a point not to tell them to hurry up. It's hard. But they're just kids. Who cares if we're a few minutes late? The world will not end as it turns out. I'll just put a smile on my face and take a deep breath and wait for them.. To craft, to get dressed, to come down the stairs backwards one at a time. And I usually end up laughing because honestly, these kids are the best of me. They make me better.

24 Nov 2013

I love tv. So much. I'll watch just about anything and I watch waaay too much of it.  It makes me happy.