Thanksgiving

I really cannot get it together around here to post on this blog! So frustrating because we have so much going on, and Patrick is doing new things everyday...but that is for another post, when I have time :)

Today is Thanksgiving, and while I am thankful for the 5 days off (teachers need a break!), there is so much more that I am thankful for this year. Most of all, I am thankful for my family...our new family of three (well, 7 if you count our crazy animals!). It is still amazing to me that our little boy grew inside of me and that my body has been able to help him grow strong and healthy. He is just an amazing, bundle of energy and smiles that absolutely has captured my heart. I can't imagine life without him, or my husband. Michael has been so helpful through our house building and moving everything out of our old house in a week! He knows when I need a break and when to take over for a minute or two, and dare I say it, but I think he may be starting to enjoy bath time!

I am thankful for a career that allows me to have weekends and holidays off to spend with my family. It gives me the opportunity to touch the lives of so many children and even though they may drive me crazy, I am thankful for my students who teach me something everyday. I am also thankful for the paycheck (and benefits) it provides which is allowing us to build our dream house! I cannot wait to move in and begin this new chapter in our lives.

I am thankful for my amazing family who is always so supportive (and a little crazy!) I read so many stories of families who constantly fight or have issues with one another and I am thankful to say that even though we have a few disagreements here and there, they are so minor that I am unsure that we can even call them disagreements! My parents have done an amazing job raising my brother and I and I am thankful for them everyday. My brother has grown up over the years and is somewhat normal now! HA! I am so happy that we can talk to one another and get along better now! I am also thankful for his amazing wife who has straightened him out and is absolutely hilarious. Love her.

I am thankful for friends, new and old, that have helped me through the years. While we may not talk as often as I want or like, I know they are there if I need anything. Life has gotten crazy lately and I have not gotten a chance to call (Love you Courtney, Robin and Sallie ...and of course Gabe!) but I am so thankful they are in my life. I only wish some of them lived CLOSER!

I am thankful for God who has made all of this possible.

I know there is so much more, but I could be here forever listing things. I am truly blessed in my life and am reminded of these blessing everyday when I look around.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and takes the opportunity to think about what they are truly thankful for, big or small!