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Thankfulness

Five things I am thankful for: ( A Day Early)

1.) The Word of God. I don't know what I would do without it....to know that I am doing what God wants me to do even though I don't see the fruit yet is such a comfort.

2.) That we don't own a house anymore. Although it has been a challenge for me to live in such a small place I am truly thankful for it.

3.) I get to meet my nephew in 1 1/2 months and my niece in 3 months!!

4.) My husband, he continues to keep me grounded, not let me freak out about things, always speaks the word over me, allows me to be myself, and shows me the love of Christ everyday. (Sometimes I wonder why he loves me so much.)

5.) My kids. Although there are challenges I am currently facing in raising my children, I am reminded that I cannot do ANYTHING by my own will. I am a pretty horrible mom if I look at my own strengths, but Thank you LORD that you have created me in your image and you won't let me be a horrible mom.

I am having to remind myself of being Thankful lately, what are you thankful for?

Giveaway day

I have been spending all morning going to the website sewmamasew.com. The website is hosting a giveaway from all different websites. My good friends Lora is participating this year so check her out at www.eagerhands.blogspot.com. My sister in law Jenn is also having a giveaway at her website which is jenngreutman.blogspot.com.

My favorite giveaway I have seen are these cute aprons. I really hope that I win this one!!! Here are the links to her site!

Aren't they so cute. You can also access her blog on my sidebar now too!

Thanksgiving Party

Thanksgiving is over....phew. One holiday down. Something has happened since my parents have gotten separated and now in the process of a divorce. All of my happy memories of holidays are still there, and I am really sad that there won't be those happy times surrounding holidays as a family anymore. Good thing is that I have my own family now and I can start my own traditions and be happy about those. I had a hard time on Thanksgiving. The plan was to go to Saratoga to visit my sisters, dad, and mom. I was so excited to go, more than ever!!! Both of my sisters are expecting their first babies and I wanted to be there to rub their bellies and love on them. Hannah was teething and a wreck and despite my desire to go, we couldn't. I couldn't travel with Hannah that way. So I cried all night the night before Thanksgiving. I cried the morning of Thanksgiving morning. I had to make myself get ready and look happy to go over to my in laws house on Thanksgiving day. I am so blessed that Jenn and Joel are here too and we get to continue to have holidays with them! But it was still really hard. My heart was in Saratoga with my sisters but I was in Oswego. I didn't want to act happy, I wanted to mourn the change in my holidays. It was the 10 year reunion of my grandma Mary's death, that was hard too. It was the 5Th year anniversary of when I last spoke with my brother before he died. It was just a really hard day for me. But I put my happy face on and went over to my inlaws and had a great time, really I did. I prayed all day that the Lord would give me a peace about the day, that I would be thankful despite my sadness. He came through for me. By the end of the night with our kids tucked in their beds I was able to truly be thankful for the day, for my amazing husband, and for my 2 kids. I am so blessed. Just wanted to be truthful about my day, hope it is not too much of a downer for you. I have really been pressing into the Lord and looking at his goodness lately. I am also trying to mourn the loss of a season in my life when my parents were together, trying to find the balance. Maybe you have experience in this and you understand.

Thanksgiving Party

Andrew had his first preschool party yesterday. Amy watched Hannah who has been sick so that I could go to the party and just focus on Andrew. Here are some pictures for ya

Andrew and I made turkey cupcakes for the class, didn't they turn out cute!

Getting ready to sing their songs

Pretending to be a turkey with some of his classmates, in total there are 7 kids in his class.

my little man doing his turkey craft

Update on the kiddos. Andrew is doing great adjusting to school and our new home. His behavior has calmed down a lot, he is becoming more like himself again. Hannah is getting to be quite a loud child lately. She is doing a lot of screaming lately. She has also been teething we think, because she cry's all morning practically the past few days and has not been sleeping very well at night. She is 5 months old today, I can't believe it. I am seeing the big difference between her and Andrew as far as activity level goes. Andrew at 5 months was almost crawling. He was sitting up on his own, scooching, and rolling all over the place. Hannah on the other hand is quite content doing nothing. She loves to lay on her back, she can roll over but chooses not to unless she is in bed and wants to get up. She is not sitting up on her own yet and when I try to sit her up she falls down like a blob of jello. I don't think she will be moving anytime soon. I know kids all have their own time table but for a while I was starting to get nervous, but just realized that she is taking her sweet time growing up....hey I don't mind this at all!

Things are starting to be more normal here with the kids so that is great! Mark and I are really feeling like a family and excited to have our little family traditions for the holidays.

House

Here are 3 house pictures: we are not done unpacking or even decorating but take a look at my cozy little townhome. It is probably 1000 sq ft. These pictures are the downstairs....that's it folks. Then we have 3 bedrooms and a full bath upstairs. There is also a garage which is great, a big pantry, and a big linen closet. The term big is not big as in Durand rd. big, but big as in older houses big.

downstairs bath/laundry room

eat in kitchen

cozy living room