It's the Thankful Month moment

Okay so I'm going to do the corny thing and do a bit on being grateful.  I've been compiling a list in my head and I think that this is a better use of my time than talking about the state of the world.  I say that because if I were to start, I would never stop, things are already that bad and crazy.  (Poverty, inflation, jobless numbers are up people and Europe's entering a 2nd recession, that means we're next.  And don't get me started on Benghazi and the Patreus thing, I'm never one for conspiracy theories but this one is definitely more than just a bunch of paranoid people looking for alterior motives. Just keep in mind that they are aiding the transportation of weapons to al queda.)

See? There I go.  Anyways....let's begin

Um this is kind of a "duh" moment but I'm so grateful for this kiddo right here.  Who's life wouldn't be better hanging out with him all day?

 I'm grateful for my two boys.  They bring fun to my life.  I'm a pretty serious person so fun happy people are needed for me to thrive.  I'm also grateful for this picture for obvious reasons.

 

Next, and this comes as a result of watching Teen Mom, I'm grateful for Tommy.   Sometimes I literally have nightmares that I'm a single mom and I'm grateful that Tommy's not a dead beat. He loves me and Zach so much.  He makes sure to take the time to hang out with us, even at the expense of his grades (just a little bit).  He takes care of us and is there for us.  I'm so glad I'm not a single mom, which in part comes from my own decision making but also Tommy's.

Aren't they so cute together?!

 I'm so happy that Zach is pretty much done with baby food.   Negatives to that: eating is now a big mess 90% of the time (The kid loves to run his hands through his hair.  Imagine a mad person pulling their hair out to the sides and that's what Zach does for fun) and decided what he's going to eat is pretty difficult because you can't just grab a jar.  Positives: eating is now a big mess 90% of the time and I don't have to sit there and spoon feed him.  I can just put the food on his tray and enjoy my meal (or do some dishes) Also, we have more cupboard space, which is seriously an issue in our place.

 Next, how is this not awesome? And who thinks to do that? My husband, that's who.

 I'm thankful for dinosaurs that crawl up my stairs

Oh thank goodness for the holidays and egg nog being right after the election.  I'm going to need all the joy I can get 

I'm grateful for little explorers

Okay so I woke up on Halloween day and Tommy had picked out my outfit for the day.  He said I was the pumpkin queen.  ha!

Zach has taken to hiding under things while I come find him. 

I'm thankful for my son that gets me out of church meetings.

I'm thankful for christmas pajamas!

 Zach has now learned how to catch.  I'm grateful for the opportunity I get to watch him learn and grow.

He also already knows how to laugh at himself.  I'm glad he's learned that lesson now and not later, because to survive in this family, that's a very necessary skill.

 I'm grateful Zach is finally big enough to wear the super cute clothes that don't seem to start for boys until they're a year old.  This shirt might be slightly oversized yet but how could I wait any longer.  Also, check out that jack-o-lantern smile!

I'm grateful for the nights when he wakes up and still wants to hang out with us.  Most parents may think I'm crazy for saying that but it's not for very long (1/2 hour usually), it's not very often, and there's always a part of me (sometimes it's a very small part of me, depending on Zach's mood) that is sad to put him down to sleep each night.  So I love just another moment with him.  It's like the last little clip after the ending credits in a movie. 

 I'm grateful for the gospel and the joy and peace and happiness it brings to our family.

And last, my dad shared these natural, no caffeine, energy pills from GNC with me.  It has changed my life.  Ever since I was pregnant with Zach, I have felt the need to take a 2 hour nap every day.  With working while pregnant and having a baby after pregnancy (go figure that's the result), You can imagine how little that has occurred.  Especially since Zach seems to think most days that a half hour nap will do.  For me working out has seemed impossible with how tired I always felt.  But these pills are literally a God send.  Not only am I not crawling back into to bed for a quick cat nap at 10 am in the morning (yeah, it was that bad), but now I'm working out almost every day.  Which is awesome because I'm now able to say bye bye to the baby weight.  I've lost 5 lbs already and I'm 10 away from my goal.  But honestly at the rate I'm going I think I could lose  another 15.  (I set my goals low because I was seriously that pathetic about working out).  So that is my little "look at how awesome I am, but not really because it's really the energy pills" moment.