This morning at 5:50 am, I was sound asleep. Next thing I know, I heard a sweet little voice next to my ear whisper, "Good Morning Mommy, I love you." That sweet little voice then said - "Scoot over, I want to snuggle you."
First thought to pop in my head is how very early it is. Second thought, (once my brain had a chance to wake up a bit) is how extremely blessed I am. I sometimes find myself taking the little things in life for granted. Sometimes I even take the big things for granted.
How much must God love me? This is what I realized early this morning. On one side of me, I have my darling little girl and on the other side I have a loving (snoring) husband who just happens to be my soul mate. Wow. This is what it is all about. The daily grind, the working hard, the struggles, the frustrations, the typical "grown-up" stresses. Without these, we wouldn't have the ability to reflect and see how very, very blessed we are.
Thank God for what he has given me in life and for what is to come in the future. As Thanksgiving rolls around this week, I am going to savor every single second spent with my family and my dear friends. And, I hope everyone that reads this blog realizes how lucky they are!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
You pick, I pick...
Its Saturday morning and its the first one in a LONG time that neither Jay or I have work to do. Wait, let me take that back, I have work to do, but its the kind that can be done from home in under an hour. This day is gonna be a good one!
Jay is finally feeling better after battling a terrible cough and cold all week long. I have gone through an entire big aerosol can of Lysol in 4 days. I am not kidding. I have turned into a true germ-a-phob It seems to have paid off though because Grace and I are still pictures of health.
Since we both have open schedules today and Jay is feeling better, we do not want to just hangout at home. In the name of fairness, I will get to pick something to do and so will Jay. We might even let Miss. Grace pick as well! My pick is to drive out to the observation deck at the airport and watch the airplanes. Not only do I truly enjoy doing this, but it is even more wondrous now that Grace gets so excited to see the planes take off and land!
To be honest, I am not overly excited about Jay's pick. But, I must remind myself - "in the name of fairness," right? He wants to go to the fairgrounds to the classic car show. This is something that ranks right up there with going to a golf store with him and watching him wander around with drool coming out of his mouth! Both are tedious and require a great deal of patience on my part!
Thank God that the nor'easter has moved on and we will not experience another day of cold, windy, rainy nastiness. We will actually see SUNSHINE today. I am sure that most of Raleigh is experiencing a huge vitamin D deficiency by now. I miss my friend, the Sun. I also miss wearing my sunglasses. Silly, I know. I really like them though! What I really miss is be able to wear sundresses. Only about 6.5 more months until I get to pull out my summer clothes.
Speaking of clothes, Jay and I might need to go buy some new ones in the near future! We have been trying to be a bit more frugal with our money, so we have spent less on eating out and less money sitting in bars! Not only is this helping our wallets, it is helping our waistlines. The big fella (Jay) has lost 13 lbs and I've lost 7lbs! I am so excited to see if I an get down to the weight I was the day I found out I was pregnant with Grace! It will be hard with the holidays right around the corner and my weakness for freshly baked goodies and all things bad for you.
Time to stop blogging - off to enjoy this day! Goodbye for now!
Jay is finally feeling better after battling a terrible cough and cold all week long. I have gone through an entire big aerosol can of Lysol in 4 days. I am not kidding. I have turned into a true germ-a-phob It seems to have paid off though because Grace and I are still pictures of health.
Since we both have open schedules today and Jay is feeling better, we do not want to just hangout at home. In the name of fairness, I will get to pick something to do and so will Jay. We might even let Miss. Grace pick as well! My pick is to drive out to the observation deck at the airport and watch the airplanes. Not only do I truly enjoy doing this, but it is even more wondrous now that Grace gets so excited to see the planes take off and land!
To be honest, I am not overly excited about Jay's pick. But, I must remind myself - "in the name of fairness," right? He wants to go to the fairgrounds to the classic car show. This is something that ranks right up there with going to a golf store with him and watching him wander around with drool coming out of his mouth! Both are tedious and require a great deal of patience on my part!
Thank God that the nor'easter has moved on and we will not experience another day of cold, windy, rainy nastiness. We will actually see SUNSHINE today. I am sure that most of Raleigh is experiencing a huge vitamin D deficiency by now. I miss my friend, the Sun. I also miss wearing my sunglasses. Silly, I know. I really like them though! What I really miss is be able to wear sundresses. Only about 6.5 more months until I get to pull out my summer clothes.
Speaking of clothes, Jay and I might need to go buy some new ones in the near future! We have been trying to be a bit more frugal with our money, so we have spent less on eating out and less money sitting in bars! Not only is this helping our wallets, it is helping our waistlines. The big fella (Jay) has lost 13 lbs and I've lost 7lbs! I am so excited to see if I an get down to the weight I was the day I found out I was pregnant with Grace! It will be hard with the holidays right around the corner and my weakness for freshly baked goodies and all things bad for you.
Time to stop blogging - off to enjoy this day! Goodbye for now!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Oops, I did it again!
Once again, I slacked on this blog. I have thought of sitting down to start one several times, and of course something else would pop up and distract me! I am going to make no more promises to myself to write on a regular basis - it just doesn't work and I end up breaking promises I made.
We have had a nice fall so far. Grace is the most adorable 3 year old and so interested in everything. She is loving school and her friends there. What a wonderful place MUMPS is. I have found a group of "Mom friends" there and they are all so awesome! Grace is learning so much at school. She surprises me almost every time I pick her up by telling me something new. For example, she knows the difference between "alto" and "soprano" and can sing to you the way they sound different! It is really neat to watch her at this age - she is like a sponge taking it all in. I thank God everyday for such an amazing, beautiful, kind, compassionate, smart little girl. Boy, she is something else!
Grace is into ALL things girlie. She was a fairy for Halloween, she loves to dress up, she loves watching Princess movies and pretending to be a princess. She loves to pretend to put on make-up and try on my high heels. Uncle Buddy and Aunt Heather got her a princess night gown for her birthday in August. She wears it just about every night. I of course have washed it many, many times by now and she sees it in the laundry basket, and game over! I can't get her to wear warm snugly pj's if she spy's the pink, shiny, silky, soft princess night gown! She even asks to wear it out to school or when we go shopping! I think that Santa will be asked to bring Grace some more Princess dress up clothes.
Speaking of Santa, we are getting pretty excited for the Holidays. It is very hard to believe that it is just right around the corner! Time flies, for sure. I can't wait for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Other than summer, this is my favorite time of year. There is just something so magical about the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I love the hustle and bustle!
Alright, this is all the time I have today. Grace is climbing on me, Jay is sick in bed, Luke needs to go out, I've got work to do for Zip, etc.. all in a days work- *and its only 7:30am*
Goodbye for now dear friends!
We have had a nice fall so far. Grace is the most adorable 3 year old and so interested in everything. She is loving school and her friends there. What a wonderful place MUMPS is. I have found a group of "Mom friends" there and they are all so awesome! Grace is learning so much at school. She surprises me almost every time I pick her up by telling me something new. For example, she knows the difference between "alto" and "soprano" and can sing to you the way they sound different! It is really neat to watch her at this age - she is like a sponge taking it all in. I thank God everyday for such an amazing, beautiful, kind, compassionate, smart little girl. Boy, she is something else!
Grace is into ALL things girlie. She was a fairy for Halloween, she loves to dress up, she loves watching Princess movies and pretending to be a princess. She loves to pretend to put on make-up and try on my high heels. Uncle Buddy and Aunt Heather got her a princess night gown for her birthday in August. She wears it just about every night. I of course have washed it many, many times by now and she sees it in the laundry basket, and game over! I can't get her to wear warm snugly pj's if she spy's the pink, shiny, silky, soft princess night gown! She even asks to wear it out to school or when we go shopping! I think that Santa will be asked to bring Grace some more Princess dress up clothes.
Speaking of Santa, we are getting pretty excited for the Holidays. It is very hard to believe that it is just right around the corner! Time flies, for sure. I can't wait for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Other than summer, this is my favorite time of year. There is just something so magical about the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I love the hustle and bustle!
Alright, this is all the time I have today. Grace is climbing on me, Jay is sick in bed, Luke needs to go out, I've got work to do for Zip, etc.. all in a days work- *and its only 7:30am*
Goodbye for now dear friends!
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