Today just hit 1:00 pm, and I have so much I COULD say I am grateful for. 🙂
I think it will be sufficient to say that I am grateful for breakfasts in bed and the sweet husbands that make them! What a great way to start my Saturday. Kitchen clean, breakfast in bed… how could my morning start off any better?!
I love Thanksgiving. It’s a holiday that is more and more looked over by everyone in the rush for Christmas, but I think it’s important to be grateful. Should we be grateful every day? Of course. But in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, we forget a lot. So having a holiday set aside to remind us how lucky we really are is a good thing, in my opinion. In honor of this, I am going to try and post each day something I am grateful for.
(A lot of people are posting their “Grateful for” daily on FB. I think that’s cool and all, but I’ll save it for my blog.)
November 1: I am grateful for fall. I always loved the leaves changing and the cooler air. I miss the actual change you see in the seasons that you get in the mountains or the North East, but here, I am just grateful for the change from 90-100 degree temps to the high of the day only being 82! (Seriously. It’s a relief to open the door and NOT feel like you are walking out into an oven.)
November 2: I am grateful for Evie smiles.
There is nothing in the world that brings me more joy now than this little girl when she gives me a big, happy grin like this. And on days like today where she’s been grumpy and refuses to take more than 20-30 minute naps all day long, when she flashes me with one of her amazing smiles, it’s all forgotten, and the world is good again.
I really am a lucky girl!
So, Evie LOVES to yell at the top of her lungs. Sometimes, it sounds like she’s upset, but if you rush to her, you will notice her happily focusing her efforts on how loud she can possibly be.
Behold, The Little One with a Big Voice: EvieYelling11-1-12
With lungs like these, who needs a mobile anymore? She makes her OWN music.
On Sunday, my baby girl turned four months old.
Look at that little girl chunking up. I absolutely adore her growing thighs and cheeks. And this is the only time of life that a double chin looks cute, right?
Anyways, I am a little late in posting because I am getting it back together after Jared’s parents visited us for a week. It was a good visit- Evie got a lot of attention and love from the grandparents, for sure!
Grandma brought Evie some cute little home-made toys.
I can’t remember what they are called, exactly, but they make a fun little crinkly sound when folded/smooshed. Evelyn has enjoyed them… mainly by trying to grab them and then crinkling them all up in her mouth. That girl. Anyways, I love the little stitching details around the edges- very cute!
We also spent most of Monday trying to get supplies for another project Grandma wanted to do.
This was the finished result of that activity. I don’t know how people manage to get good handprints and footprints of their children at this age. Mine kept curling her toes all up and wiggling as we tried to get her feet on the plate. After a half hour or so of trying to get a good print, we just settled for these. Evie was getting fed up with the whole process and needed a bath to calm down.
Great idea, with a calm, easy going child. Evelyn… she’s a special case.
Anyways, each month brings something new and exciting with this little girl, and I am so blessed to have her in my life. She still is Queen of Cat Naps and All Things Persnickety, but she gets more and more fun by the day. I love her to bits and pieces!