well guys, it's thanksgiving. the day we stuff our faces til we can't move. i hate that feeling. don't you? being pregnant i get that feeling often. the worst. anyways, today isn't about the food. it's about being with those you love and remembering what you are grateful for. that later part is something i strive to remember daily, not just today. below are just a few things i am truly grateful for this year:
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daniel//i can't even begin to tell how grateful i am for this guy. he is always surprising me with little things i love it. since we found out we were pregnant with twins, once he got over the shock of it. he has been so excited, and so supportive. i can't wait to see him with baby h and baby c. i knew before i married him that he would be the best dad, and i finally get to see it in action in a few weeks. those babies are so lucky, and so am i. i love you daniel!
the gospel//there have been times in my life when i struggled with my testimony, haven't we all had that experience? i can say that, i know that this church is true and my heavenly father loves me through all my flaws. i feel so blessed to have this gospel in my life.
baby h & baby c//being a mother is something i have wanted ever since i was a little girl, when we got married i thought i was ready right away to add children to our lives. i was wrong and my heavenly father knew it wasn't time. i learned to accept that in his timing we would be parents. it wasn't until right before december 2012 that i felt like a piece of me was missing. i ached to be a mom so bad. we prayed and prayed to know when we should expand our family. sometimes when i saw that negative sign it would hurt, and sometimes i was okay with it. it was quite the emotional roller coaster. on june 6th when, we saw that plus sign i was shocked. i know our trying experience wasn't as long as a lot of people i know, but we still ached for it so bad! since then our lives have been a whirlwind. we never would have thought we would be expecting twins, at first we thought heavenly father was playing a joke on us. no joke on us, he knows that we can handle this. he knows that these babies will be in good hands. we will love them with all our hearts. we already do. so, of course i am thankful for these babies!
family//i love my big family. having 4 parents will cause that, but you know what? i love it and having in laws now, is amazing. i love a big family. they are always there for us and so loving. it may get crazy at times but, that's family and i wouldn't change it for anything.
bloggging//this blog has always been a place for me to write my feelings down and let it out. i started it as a way to update family and it has opened so many doors for me. i have made so many amazing friends and learned so much about myself. whenever i need a pick me up, i know i have you blog friends to turn to, to share experiences with me or to just listen. i love blogging and all of you who read.
our marriage//dan and i are nowhere near perfect but, i love the marriage we have. yes, we have times when we bicker or drive each other nuts but, we have a lot of times when i feel we have an amazing marriage. we know what buttons to push, we know how to make each other laugh, we understand one another, and we love each other like crazy. i like to think we have this marriage thing semi down now after almost 3 years. i cannot wait to raise our children and grown old together.
modern medicine & the power of prayer//you guys are probably so sick of me talking about this but, this was such a huge thing in our lives. i have never been more grateful for two things than these two. these two things together have helped us through out this pregnancy, especially since the pre term labor scare. if it hadn't been for our doctors instinct to check my cervix that day, i don't know what would have happened. i ask myself everyday, would have i known i was contracting? would things be ok? once we knew things weren't okay, we prayed, and asked for many of you to prayer as well. i truly believe all the prayers and modern medicine helped stop my contractions and helped keep these babies in longer. we feel so blessed that they are healthy and okay. like, extremely grateful.
okay, i will be done for now. i just wanted to share those things with you all. if you had to choose 7 things to be grateful for what would they be? if you did a blog post about this please leave the link in a comment and i will have a look!
&& happy thanksgiving from our little family to yours!
xoxo
