What I'm Thankful For. . .

Today is Thanksgiving! It will be a day filled with family and delicious food. It is also a day to reflect on what you are thankful for. Today I am thankful for my enormous family and for the fact that I get to be a part of three, yes three different Thanksgiving day parties. Sometimes it is overwhelming trying to fit everything and everyone in one day, but knowing that I have so many people who love us and just want to be with us makes me feel so good. I am thankful to have this Thanksgiving with my Pampa and although it will be sad because there will now be one more empty seat at the table, it is a time for us to come together and remember my Mema and my Uncle Donnie and how he was cracking jokes and was so happy just last year.

I am thankful for my parents and in-laws. I can never thank them enough for all they do for us, whether it be making our favorite dinners, to showing up with a box of diapers when it is needed the most. Most of all I am thankful that they love Tanner so much! My son is so lucky to have three sets of grandparents and an uncle and an auntie who would do anything in the world for him! Watching him and seeing how much he loves them melts my heart.

This year I am also so thankful to Dr. Arthur Haney who gave me hope that having another (healthy) baby is actually a possibility! This man is so kind and understanding and has helped thousands of women all over the world bring healthy babies home. He keeps in contact and is always just an email away. I wish there were more doctors like this out there. I am also so thankful for all of my "Abbysisters" the woman I have met from all over the country who have lost precious babies, or came close to it because of our condition. These woman are a network of support and love and I cherish having these woman (even though I've never met most of them) in my life.

I'm thankful for my home. It may not be the newest or prettiest house in the world, but it's home and I love it! It is filled with love and laughter and three naughty dogs who I love with all of my heart (most of the time).

And finally, I am MOST thankful for my husband and son.  Morgan is an amazing friend and partner. I am so thankful for the fact that he works SO hard in order to give me the ability to stay home with Tanner. It was my dream to be a stay at home mom and Morgan made that dream and so many others come true. Tanner is my biggest blessing! I didn't know it was possible to love someone else so much! He is the absolute BEST thing that I have and will ever do.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with love and lots and lots of food!!

I may not be thankful for the weight I might gain today, but oh well. . .

Catching Up

It has been quite a while since I've sat down to write an entry. Life with a two year old is busy!!! When he naps I take the opportunity to blog,clean or get a workout in. Lately, the workout has won presedence mainly because no matter how much I clean, the house is a disaster site withing ten minutes of Tanner being awake!! I am working really hard to get in the best shape possible before getting pregnant with number 2!  We have decided to start trying and I am so paranoid because of how my pregnancy went last time, that I just want to do everything in my power to try and have a healthy full termer! I am not loving the workouts, but I know they will pay off eventually.

We have had a very busy fall thus far. Halloween came and my son LOVED it! It didn't take him long to catch on to the whole trick or treating thing, except now everytime we drive up to my inlaws he points to the house and says "twic o tweet peas".  He had a blast this year watching his very talented Auntie and her friend Jen carve amazing pumpkins. Of course Morgan had to do his annual flaming pumpkin and everyone in the neighborhood loved it!

Tanner was the cutest little scarecrow around and his cousin Gemma was the prettiest Cinderella I have ever seen. Those two are wild together, but it is so much fun watching them interact. Grandma's gonna have her hands full with these two!!!

Double trouble, but hey at least they are cute!

Tanner has fallen in love with going to the park, which is great, but the kid loves to go on the biggest slide and nearly gives me a heart attack everytime we are there. On election day my friend Sarah had the day off so we took the kiddos to a really neat park by our houses. The kiddos had so much fun and get along so well. Tanner decided he didn't like me and only let Sarah push him on the swing, which was fine cause I got to hang out with Audrey who is like an angel compared to my wild child! 



Young love!

 Potty training has had it's ups and downs lately. Tanner started out doing really well, but has become very stubborn about going. He will pee everytime I take him to the potty, but if I'm not reminding him he wets himself. I would say he goes about 50% of the time in the potty, but poop is another issue. My kid could care less if he is sitting in a poopy diaper. I sometimes think he might actually prefer it! We will keep working on it and so many people have told me that when they are ready it will happen fast. I am hoping they are right!
Next up is Thanksgiving and spending time with all of our family. We are so blessed to have such a big family and I can't wait to see everyone and eat some delicious food!!!