Thankful

Oh man! How could I express how grateful I am? I have no idea!

Let me begin by sharing a photo of my most beautiful little girl!

  (This might be my most favorite photo of my little Hannah right now! Haha! 

She's so adorable eating her apple!)

 

I am grateful for my husband.
He's one of the most amazing men I have ever known. He is so so patient with me. It seems as if he never grows weary of treating me well. I am stubborn but his patience, mercy and grace are far superior. He is always pursuing me even when I don't see it. His heart is HUGE and I'm pretty sure it's made of gold. :)

I am grateful for his incredibly warm hugs.
I am grateful for his kind words.
I am grateful for his joyful spirit.
I am grateful for how well he listens to Christ.
I am grateful for how well he listens to me.
I am grateful for his eagerness to learn more about me.
I am grateful for his eagerness to learn more about God.

I am grateful for my daughter.
She is seriously the most beautiful spirit. She is so innocent and yet so full of curiosity. She's fearless, brave and just straight silly. She's ridiculously smart and she proves it every day.

I am grateful for her many many smiles.
I am grateful for her laughter.
I am grateful for her gentle hugs and her sweet kisses.
I am grateful for how much love she has for me. I see it daily.
I am grateful for her eager and brave spirit.
I am grateful for her heart. She has so much love.
I am grateful for how happy she is.
I am grateful for her eagerness to learn.

I am grateful for my family.
Both mine and my husbands. They each teach us how to give generously and how to love unconditionally. They teach us how to work hard and be healthy.

I am grateful for their patience.
I am grateful for their generosity.
I am grateful for their many words advice.
I am grateful for how well they listen.
I am grateful for all the love they show to my husband and my daughter.

I am grateful for my friends.
I have such wonderful friends. They are so caring and loving. They are great listeners and they don't expect much in return (if anything at all).

I am grateful for their many hours of conversation.
I am grateful for their company on lonely days.
I am grateful for their encouragement and joyful speech.
I am grateful for their laughter and their humor.
I am grateful for their understanding.

I am grateful for Christ.
I would not be who I am today without Him, without His many years of molding my heart.

I am grateful for His never ending patience and grace.
I am grateful for His faithfulness.
I am grateful for His Word, so that I may learn about Him every day.
I am grateful for His unconditional love.
I am grateful for His wisdom and for His peace.
I am grateful for His provision. I never have to worry.
I am grateful for His convictions. I never have to be shameful of anything, ever again, if only I listen to HIM.
I am grateful for His joy. It overflows in my heart when I'm with Him. 

So,what are you thankful for?

Currently

Listening to: A WHOLE LOT of "Let it Go", a song in the movie Frozen. Hannah likes to have it on replay...all...day...long...ughhhhhh. Needless to say, I've learned how to tune it out. Every now and then a Little Mermaid song will play, giving me a small break from "go!"

Reading: The 5 Love Languages by Gary D. Chapman. I would LOVE to be reading Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge and possibly a Francine Rivers book. Yep. If only I had the time and if only Hannah would leave me alone long enough to read past a paragraph or two.

Thinking about: I am definitely day dreaming often about how I'd like to fix up our home. What colors I'd like to paint all the rooms. What color pillows to have in the living room. Etc. What can I say? I'm a day dreamer! I'm also thinking a lot about how to better use my time. There is so much I can do to make sure I use my time wisely! So much! I've been feeling crafty, too!

I jerry-rigged my own drawer handles out of twine that I had in my craft box! Haha!

...and spent time re-organizing Hannah's bedroom. Yay for energy!!!

...and as I cleaned and organized, Hannah was emptying out my laundry baskets and dragging stuff all over the floors in my living room...sigh...

Wishing: I am wishing that I had more time in each day to do the things I want to do, need to do and want to pursue! 

I want to finish drawing this zig-zag pattern on Hannah's book shelf. We won't call it chevron, because come on! Look at that! It's SO not symmetrical! Haha!

I want to finish painting this frame black. It's original pastel salmon color just wasn't working for Hannah's room! Blech!

I want to master my super simple weekly to-do list. It's super simple, I should be able to accomplish this, right? Hahahaha... Hannah says "I don't think sooo!"

Thankful for: I am thankful for my sweet, gentle and patient husband. He has been working so hard these past few months to hold our family together. I have not been in my A-game and he has been making up for it. I am so so blessed! I am also thankful for all the family and friends who have been helping us out with Hannah. It has been such a relief and such a blessing to us both.

Where you can find me this week: In the mornings you can find me at play groups. I like to get out and wear Hannah out at the same time! It usually works out well. Hannah will fall asleep on the way home and when we get there, I have plenty of alone time right away (it's nice for a loner/introvert like myself). During the afternoons you will usually find us at home unless we've got lots of errands to run. We have our routine (right now anyway). It's nice.

Eating: Well, Chris and I have been hitting up FATZ Cafe for our date nights and I am starting to crave their chicken. Like, for real, legit preggo cravings for their chicken! I'm also craving cheetos. Mmm. So good! I'm pretty sure I was in love with chicken when I was pregnant with Hannah. It's a good craving to have.

Photographing: Not much lately, due to sickness and depression (pregnancy hormones suck). In fact, I have been forgetting to even take pictures of Hannah! Ack! I've been trying to make up for it now! I'm hoping to get more on top of things now that I'm feeling more like my self again.








All in all we've had our ups and downs. I've battled motivation now for months (I'm thinking it's mostly just pregnancy hormones) but God is reviving me and I'm excited to have my energy and motivation back! Yay!!!

 

 What she does when mommy's sick!

 

Singing to and dancing to her favorite music video of all time... Let it Go from Frozen!!!

 

Isn't she so stinkin' adorable? I am so blessed!!!