Wil Franklin turned 3!!! I can't believe it, I remember the day he was born like it was yesterday. What a blessing he is to our family and what joy he has brought to our lives. We love you, Wil Franklin!!!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
So.Very.Blessed.
We have so much to be thankful for not only on this holiday but all year long. Just a few things that I am most thankful for:
*Jesus, He died for my sins so that I (a very sinful human) could have eternal life. So grateful that I have heaven to look forward to one day.
*Hays-he is such a blessing to me every day. Thankful for his support and what an awesome daddy he is to our little girl.
*Our very active 22 month old that brings us laughter and joy to our lives nonstop.
*This very wiggly baby inside me.
*Our church, for the people that have been placed there to help guide and direct us in raising our children.
*Family-some may be near and some may be far but they are all very close to my heart. Life's struggles would be so much harder without their unending support and love.
*Friends-for the laughter they bring to my life no matter what.
*Our house-so thankful for a warm and comfortable place to raise our children.
*For the past, present and future.
These are just a few things that I am so unbelievably thankful for. The list could go on and on and on and on..............
*Jesus, He died for my sins so that I (a very sinful human) could have eternal life. So grateful that I have heaven to look forward to one day.
*Hays-he is such a blessing to me every day. Thankful for his support and what an awesome daddy he is to our little girl.
*Our very active 22 month old that brings us laughter and joy to our lives nonstop.
*This very wiggly baby inside me.
*Our church, for the people that have been placed there to help guide and direct us in raising our children.
*Family-some may be near and some may be far but they are all very close to my heart. Life's struggles would be so much harder without their unending support and love.
*Friends-for the laughter they bring to my life no matter what.
*Our house-so thankful for a warm and comfortable place to raise our children.
*For the past, present and future.
These are just a few things that I am so unbelievably thankful for. The list could go on and on and on and on..............
Thanksgiving
So, I have a big confession to make. I have not one picture from Thanksgiving. I print this blog as a book once a year for Olivia to have and so I can remember everything going on (which I am SO thankful I decided to do) so it makes me so sad that we have no decent pictures from this holiday.
Even without pictures, all in all it was a GREAT holiday. We have so so much to be thankful for. We pretty much had a whole week of Thanksgiving. We started the Saturday before with my family. After a long drive to my grandfather's house to meet up with the rest of the family we discovered that Olivia wasn't feeling well and pretty much stayed in mine or Nano's lap the entire day. We later found out that she had an ear infection.
She was soon over that (thankfully) and we celebrated with my mom's side of the family in Collierville, TN and then Olivia and I stayed the rest of the week in Memphis. We had a great time relaxing and doing some much needed Christmas shopping.
On Thanksgiving Day we traveled to Oxford to celebrate with Hays' family. We had a great time and I just cannot believe I have no pictures to show of it (my excuse, the batteries were dead in my camera-true story).
I was able to complete one thing off my "to do bucket list". I know it may be silly but I have many "bucket lists" going and two of them are things to do before I die and places to go before I die. Well, cooking a turkey was one of them. I went all out and brined the silly bird for 24 hours in all sorts of things and then cooked it for 3 plus hours while taking it out every 45 minutes to cover it in its juices. All in all it was a success! True stamp of adulthood was made that day!
Even without pictures, all in all it was a GREAT holiday. We have so so much to be thankful for. We pretty much had a whole week of Thanksgiving. We started the Saturday before with my family. After a long drive to my grandfather's house to meet up with the rest of the family we discovered that Olivia wasn't feeling well and pretty much stayed in mine or Nano's lap the entire day. We later found out that she had an ear infection.
She was soon over that (thankfully) and we celebrated with my mom's side of the family in Collierville, TN and then Olivia and I stayed the rest of the week in Memphis. We had a great time relaxing and doing some much needed Christmas shopping.
On Thanksgiving Day we traveled to Oxford to celebrate with Hays' family. We had a great time and I just cannot believe I have no pictures to show of it (my excuse, the batteries were dead in my camera-true story).
I was able to complete one thing off my "to do bucket list". I know it may be silly but I have many "bucket lists" going and two of them are things to do before I die and places to go before I die. Well, cooking a turkey was one of them. I went all out and brined the silly bird for 24 hours in all sorts of things and then cooked it for 3 plus hours while taking it out every 45 minutes to cover it in its juices. All in all it was a success! True stamp of adulthood was made that day!
Making Progress???
So...the little girl FINALLY decided to at least sit on the potty. Nothing else occured but we are making a little progress. I am sure she will be about ready when we have a 6 week old crying baby in the house. Perfect timing, right?
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