Thankful on Mondays (or I guess Tuesday this week!)

Today I'm thankful for:

1. Jesus. And that He rose from the dead, bringing hope to the world.

2. Lots of family that is close by so that we can celebrate Easter and Lucy's birthday with them.

(Easter and bday celebrations at my grandparents.)

3. A hard working husband and his helpful brothers who built up our flower beds with lots of mulch and dirt this past weekend.

(Lucy looking for eggs in the new and improved garden!)

Lucy is thankful for:
1. Easter eggs (I was so glad she said something new... not that a repeat would have been bad, but I wasn't sure she totally was understanding what I was asking her and was just saying the people we often pray for)
2. Elmo (while we were talking I was opening a word document to write this down and it happened to have an elmo picture on it... so, guessing she just said that because she saw Elmo, but I actually think he is someone she really is thankful for... she loves that little guy).
3. Grandma and Grandpa

Thankful on Mondays

I have not been good at doing this. Not good at all. But I need to do this - I have been having a lot of irritating, "why me?" moments lately so I really need this space to count my blessings and remember all I have to be thankful for. Not all that I am frustrated about!

So even though I haven't done this every Monday, I'm still going to try to do it as often as possible!

Lucy's thankful for:
1. Hanky
2. JJ
3. Jordyn

This girl loves her cousins (and brother of course!) She asks to pray for them every night, which is a good reminder for me to. I'm so glad we live near them and get to see them a lot - now we just need to get Addy Jo and Hastle (Lucy's cousins on Ben's side) to move home!

I'm thankful for:
1. Family and friends that celebrated Lucy's birthday with us and showered Lucy with love.
2. A fun weekend with friends - dinner and the IU game on Friday,


(Hank and Lucy getting psyched for the game)

shopping with girlfriends Saturday morning, a mall play date Saturday afternoon,

(Lucy and Ben riding the mall train)

a wedding on Saturday night and dinner with our Bible study on Sunday night. Busy, but all fun things with people we love.
3. A daughter who finally pooped 4 times today! (I know that's odd to be thankful for but she had gone 5 days without pooping and I had been praying for this... ugh more to come on that in a later post!)

Thankful on Mondays

I forgot to post last week... I'm behind already! Woops... oh well, I'll blame it on Ben being out of town last weekend (including Monday), it through my whole week off.

I'm thankful for...
1. Friends we could go visit while Ben was away- we headed up to West Lafayette and stayed the weekend with the Ravensberg's and got to visit with Katy and Brandon too!



2. A mom who joined us at the Children's Museum and brought us dinner while Ben was a way


3. A succesfully* potty trained little girl!!! (more to come on this)

*I'm not sure when you say your kid is officially "potty trained", as I'm expecting we'll still have lots of accidents as she learns, but she is officially in big girl undies, we said bye-bye to diapers, and she went all day today with no accidents... yay!

Lucy is thankful for...
I actually asked her last week, but just didn't write - she had said Mom, Dad, and Hank. That was similar enough to the previous week so I asked her again this week. She said...
1. JJ (Jadyn)
2. Jenni (my sister)... they both joined us for our "potty party"
3. I have to poop!!!

haha, that made me laugh, of course we immediately stopped what we were doing and ran to the potty.

Thankful on Mondays

I have been inspired by my friend Tasha to write more about what I am thankful for. I realized that running on little sleep and taking care of two little ones can be extremely draining, and I don't want to go through this journey without taking a second to stop and remember all that I have to be thankful for.

I'm going to try write down three things I am thankful for every Monday (key word TRY!), and because I am trying to find ways to help share God's love for us with Lucy, I'm going to ask her to tell me three things she is thankful for. Right now, I think that will include the first three things she sees in the room (as you'll see later) but I can't wait to see how her answers change over the months and years.

My List:
1. What feels like a new baby - at around 10 weeks it felt like Hank turned a corner. He sleeps so well (and so much) now and rarely needs to be held for naps (maybe 20% of the time, versus about 90% of the time just a few weeks ago). He usually cries for a couple minutes when he lays down and then falls asleep and stays asleep on his own. Hallelujah! This is a major praise.

Here's a shot I took of him in our video monitor, sucking on his little thumb...


2. A husband that goes to work every day to provide for our family and allows me to stay home with our babies.

3. A hilarious (almost) 2 year old that makes me laugh out loud every day. Here she is holding her head up while writing a thank you card... it took her a second to figure out how she could hold her head with one hand, draw with another and keep the paper still. I loved watching the cogs in her head turn as she figured out how to make this all work!


Lucy's List
1. Mommy
2. Birdie - we watched a bird digging for worms in the backyard this morning. I am so thankful to be able to have a new appreciation for God's creation as I see it through Lucy's eyes.
3. Boppy Pillow - this reminds me of the scene from anchor man when Brick says "I love lamp"... haha, like I said, I think she was just saying things that came first to her mind. But let's be honest - boppy pillows are amazing, so this is a good one to add! :)