So much thanks...

Its the Saturday after Thanksgiving and I find myself still so full of Thanks.  I'm sitting here on the couch drinking a cup of Starbucks coffee (just discovered the Starbucks K cups for the Kuerig coffee maker, yum) listening to the rythm of Paxton's swing as he quietly naps and admiring our Christmas tree shining brightly in the corner.  Its raining and cool outside and I am still in my pajamas.  :) I am thankful for days like today...

I am so thankful this year for a good, happy and healthy marriage.  I come home to my best friend everyday.  He is my soft place to land and the strong rock I need to lean on at times.  We are more then just husband and wife.  We are best friends, a team, who desire to leave a legacy for our children and our name as we live our life .  I am forever grateful that Matthew is an amazing Daddy to Paxton.  I knew he would be good, but I didn't realize he would be THIS good.  Our very first date, July 4, 2003, we talked about having kids one day and thoughout the course of dating, our engagement and marriage we have talked about "when we have kids..." - Well, here we are.  I am so thankful to be at this place in life with the man I love more than anything... here we are babe, and I couldn't be more happpy! 

I am so thankful this year to be a mommy.  I could never have imagined the overwhelming sense of love that would pour from every part of me into this sweet baby but OH MY  - I am overwhelmed with love for him.  I am so thankful that he is happy and healthy and that he sleeps through the night (jk :)............... ok, not really, haha).  Paxton is a precious, sweet boy who provides living proof to me on a daily basis that there is a God.  He greets me with a huge smile every morning and sweet snuggles every night before bed. I am thankful that I have been able to maintain breastfeeding (tmi for some of you ... sorry) despite going back to work.  It was a goal of mine that I am thankful I have been able to attain.  I could go on and on about Paxton - but the bottom line is that he is the best thing that has ever happened to me and I am forever thankful to be his mommy. 

 
I am so incredibly thankful for the relationship I have with my parents and how it has evolved since Paxton has arrived.  I am thankful that they view Matthew as a son and treat him the same and that we have an open and honest relationship.  They are amazing grandparents, it has come about so naturally, and I am thankful that Paxton has them in his life. 

I am in such a great place in life and I am thankful for that.  God has a plan for each one of our lives - and as I live life I always try to remember to stop and pray and lift my worries, concerns, needs and wants to the Lord so that I know its in his hands.  I am a control freak by nature so at times this is hard but by doing it anyway I am at peace with whatever happens knowing that I am not in control  - HE is.  I am so thankful for my God and for the life he has created for me. 

So Thankful....