thankful

i'm thankful for my blog. yes, my blog; i know, it's not super cool and is only of interest to me and maybe my grandma. however, i've recently been digging through the archives and can't help but be grateful for all the little things i've written about my family and children. without this blog so many of my moments would be completely forgotten. i'm thankful i have so much written down somewhere.

thankful

i'm so fortunate and thankful to work from home on my terms. i'm mostly thankful for the long-standing relationships that i've had with many clients who have chosen to sit in my chair year after year. their friendship and confidence in me means far more to me than the paycheck. i LOVE my job and am so grateful to have it.

thankful

i love that i have a husband who comes home early everyday, normally by 4:00, and that he is so willing to relieve me from the stresses of a long day of not feeling good and not being as patient as i should. after much needed down time, listening to him snuggle and entertain the boys, i'm thankful i want to join the family again. thank you, pete.

thankful

i love thanksgiving; the whole season of it. i think of lots of things that i have to be thankful for all the time. in anticipation of the big thanksgiving day, i thought i would share a few of those things.

i'm thankful for a 2-year-old who will take a nap if i rock him to sleep. i'm so grateful he will still take a nap all while allowing this tired pregnant momma 20 minutes of my own resting time.

just another phase

life really seems to be organized in many phases; with the passing of one, there is always another. some are big and really memorable but most seem to be smaller and less significant. obviously going to junior high, graduating from high school, going to college, living on your own for the 1st time, getting married and living with a new person, being a newlywed, being married with more experience, having a baby and then having another, and on and on are all phases i would consider pretty monumental.

the phase that seems to be upon me is far less memorable in the grand scheme of things, but it feels big right now. big for me and big for sam. his whole life he has had so much one on one time with me; i think 1st born children can't help it. it must be part of their birthright or at least just how it works out. even after will was born sam still got a lot of time because will has always taken 2-3 hour naps everyday, and i would always make it a priority to do something with sam during that time besides just clean the whole time. will is ending his nap phase; he's about an every other day taker now. i've just realized that the phase of sam having one-on-one time will be over once the nap is over. we will continue to sew, play games, bake bread, paint, snuggle in bed and read stories, etc.; we will just all being doing it together now. that's certainly not a negative thing. with the passing of one stage there is always another. sam is closing the phase of that firstborn one-on-one time, and he is entering the stage of being a full-blown sibling, sharing everything especially time. i must re-iterate, this is NOT a negative. just like the phase of newlywed to experienced is not a negative thing. it simply just marks the closing of one phase and the beginning a new one. we are transitioning right now, and i have a hard time recalling how the closing and beginning of a new phase has been so obvious to me.

a dream come true

well, it's finally official. we will be spending a month of our upcoming summer away in this beach house on the oregon coast. this is the kind of experience i dream of having, and thankfully pete now has a job that can accommodate these kind of dreams. i can't wait. checking out these views, relaxing on the beach, exploring the beautiful dense forest, being with my precious little family including a newborn day after day with no commitments or responsibilities.... i honestly can't think of anything better. i'm so excited about this i find moments where i can't catch my breath. wow. this is really going to happen; it's not just a dream anymore.

better late than never

sam had quite the birthday last week. as of now, he's an easy kid to please. the only thing he wanted for his birthday was...

a dinosaur cape



a dinosaur cake


and for his cousin rachel to come to his party

he even told me that at his party he didn't want any extra games; he said he likes just playing around with his "friends". however, i did plan a dinosaur hunt where i decorated part of our house like a jungle and gave the kids a scavenger hunt list of dino things to find in the jungle. it was a great party with all of our family and yummy tostadas (his favorite right now) for dinner.

he really seems so much older now that he's 4, even though i know he really can't be that much older than he was 2 weeks ago. he woke the next morning and said he felt so much better now that he was four; i'm glad.