Today I am thankful for....

*A son who loves to play outside as much as I do
*Open windows and warm sunbeams for the dog to lay in (for today...we won't even ::mention:: the forbidden S word that may be coming again tomorrow)
*Time to just chill in the middle of the day
*Books and group discussions that spur me on to the path to being a more passionate person
*Our AMAZING God, who absolutely deserves my passion focused 100% on Him
*Supportive family
*Fruit snacks & dum-dum suckers (Lucas will do almost anything for one of those...and no, it's not bribery )
*A month's worth of meals in the freezer
*A plethora of creative projects just waiting to be done
*Mitch's grandpa, who is celebrating his birthday today
*My awesome husband who loves to come home to us at the end of the day & who loves what he does during the day!
*Simple pleasures like a smoothie made with the morning's left-over coffee
*Coming home from work in the evening while is it still light outside
*Big stress-relieving hugs

 

It is 39 degrees F out, and I just really want to just go play outside! Can I? Can I??  Lucas is napping and when I get him up, it'll be time to go to work, so even he won't be able to play outside much today...makes me a little sad :(.  If they had a fenced in backyard where I work, that'd be awesome. But they live on a lake, which is now only partially frozen...so Lucas does not have the option of going out by himself!  Oh well, there's always another day :)

We were at church this morning for my Bible study.  When we were leaving, Lucas had an Oreo in each hand and just wanted to go sit on the front steps to eat his cookies. So we did go sit for a few minutes.  But that kid could wander outside all day.  He is seriously Billy, from the Family Circus comic strip. You know the ones that show the trail of where he walked, taking quite a round-about way of getting from Point A to Point B? 

Anyhow, that was not where I was going with the church story...we are studying "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan.  Have any of you read it?  I've only gotten through 4 of 10 chapters so far, but it is one that makes you really think.  I will write more on it later, but it's doing a good job of challenging me.  That's been the theme of my winter! First attending a weekend seminar where Becky Tirabassi spoke about PRAYER...and then getting into this book. It's been needed and good. 

That's all for now, as I have to leave for work in a few minutes.  Hope you're having a beautiful day where you are as well! 

I am really sorry for my absence again!  Mitch has had a wonderful way to occupy his days since he's been home (freelance writing for our city) but it has required that he has the computer all day, so I have gotten an awful lot done (just not much computer stuff!).  But it's all good .

So anyhow, I just wanted to reflect a bit on the fact that my baby boy will be TWO tomorrow!  Really, how is this possible??  His grandparents, some of his aunts and uncles, and birthmom will all be coming to celebrate this weekend...all for one wiggly little worm!  He was with me tonight at GEMS (the girls club at our church) and they sang happy birthday to him...he hid his face in my lap!  I hope he's not too overwhelmed this weekend. Thankfully, it should be pretty laid back.  I just want him to have fun!

Anyhow, he is definitely becoming my little buddy.  He calls out "Mommy? Mooommmy?" whenever he wants me to check out what he's doing...or snuggle a little.  Too cute.  And he has such a routine down...books right away in the morning, then scrounge through the fridge for something to eat, then "pray??" before any meal (or even when he sees one of us with our hands crossed), then throw left-over food to "Cha-ie", then "go pay? trucks?" for much of the morning, then "nack"-time which usually involves "papes" (grapes) and milk, then "nigh-nigh" for a couples of hours...which is definitely preceded with "pray??".  Then when he's up, we go see "Peyt" and "Tee-tee" (Kiernan) at my work and play with many "choo-choo's" or "buses"...(this kid has his modes of transportation down!), fight a little over the choo-choo's (of course...he's almost 2!), then go home and see Daddy and "Cha-ie" again.  Also many times throughout the days he talks about "Papa Truck" or "Papa Rockies"...I think his way of keeping his 2 grandpas apart. Is that not too cute??  He loves my dad's truck, and just knows his Papa on the other side (as well has his daddy) talk about the Rockies all the time.  Funny little boy. 

Looking back a bit....

One Day
 

One Year


And I'll have pictures of TWO to post soon!

Today I am thankful for....

*A son who loves to play outside as much as I do
*Open windows and warm sunbeams for the dog to lay in (for today...we won't even ::mention:: the forbidden S word that may be coming again tomorrow)
*Time to just chill in the middle of the day
*Books and group discussions that spur me on to the path to being a more passionate person
*Our AMAZING God, who absolutely deserves my passion focused 100% on Him
*Supportive family
*Fruit snacks & dum-dum suckers (Lucas will do almost anything for one of those...and no, it's not bribery )
*A month's worth of meals in the freezer
*A plethora of creative projects just waiting to be done
*Mitch's grandpa, who is celebrating his birthday today
*My awesome husband who loves to come home to us at the end of the day & who loves what he does during the day!
*Simple pleasures like a smoothie made with the morning's left-over coffee
*Coming home from work in the evening while is it still light outside
*Big stress-relieving hugs