Gratitude Posts

It's November! I love November, especially my gratitude tradition.

1. I'm grateful for this holiday season. I love spending time being thankful.

2. I am thankful for our Awesome Halloween Costumes. I almost said, "I'm grateful I'm incredibly talented for making all the costumes...." but I can't claim credit for all of them. I made Peaceful Hero's costume from a pattern two years ago, and I had help for Friendly Hero's--I followed this tutorial. http://kthix10.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Make-an-R2D2-Costume So I didn't come up with the idea, but I did do everything else. Friendly Hero loved it, and it was one of the best we saw that night---everyone really appreciated it. I wish I could claim the Bug Hero's costume, but I did make the vest. (The white part). I did make mine, and it's my own design. (And mine is only cool because I told everyone to look for an announcement for the gender of the baby.) But I'm grateful for the costumes and that we all had fun!

3. I'm grateful for little kicks. I am feeling this little girl move around a lot. It's so much fun! At least for a month or so and then she'll be making big kicks and those are not as fun.

4. I'm grateful for meditation. I've started doing Kundalini yoga and meditation, and I love it! I start every day with about 20 minutes of meditation and time to put God first in my day. As a side note, I am grateful that the Bug Hero takes care of the boys in the morning during that time so I can be uninterrupted in my personal time to worship God.

5. I am grateful for two towheaded boys. These boys make me so happy! Their joy and enthusiasm spreads and I love it!

Family

We were out of town for Thanksgiving, so I thought I would finish up a few last posts for November.

1. I am grateful for Thanksgiving! I love this holiday--I love cooking and spending time chatting in the kitchen. I am really grateful we were able to drive 4 hours to see some family. It was the best!

2. I am grateful for cousins. We drove another 4 hours and spent an afternoon with my cousins. It's a little different hanging out with cousins once you're all grown up--especially the cousins who were in high school while you were in elementary school. It made them instantly cool. Every once in a while I still don't feel cool enough to hang out with them--and I am grateful that they don't feel that way--they treat me like I'm one of them and worth their time. I really love cousins. I am also grateful that we try to hang out together as cousins.

3. I am grateful to be home after a long weekend. It's great to get back into our own routine.

4. I am grateful that it's Christmas Time! I love this holiday! I've spent the last two nights getting Christmas Cards ready. I love sending holiday cheer!

5. I am grateful Peaceful Hero is learning how to get around. Today was really rough, he hit his head about 5 times that show, and more that didn't leave marks, pinched fingers, fat lips and scraped knees, etc. I am grateful that a hug, a kiss, and a cracker make everything better. He is a joy! I'm also grateful he knows how to go up and down stairs safely. No injuries happened there.

Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful time visiting with family! My sister, brother, an aunt and an uncle all converged on another Aunt and Uncle's home. Their son is also living with them so I had a cousin to play with, and to keep me laughing uncontrollably. It was loads of fun!

The Baby Hero was extremely heroic and played and loved the attention. He had a little trouble sleeping the first night, but then adjusted to the new settings rather quickly. So once again, I praise the Book and thank everyone for helping me and encouraging me to teach my child how to sleep well. It made it so much easier for everyone! They all agreed that the Baby Hero is Heroic and adorable and cute and sweet and gave him so much love and attention. It was awesome!

The Baby Hero also got his first ice cream introduction. Boy, he was so funny on his sugar high! We love that little kid.

Coming back from Thanksgiving, this past Monday was a little rough on Mom and Baby. We were worried about traveling a lot longer over Christmas. To our surprise, the Baby Hero is now sporting five new teeth. So I just need to be better about giving him tylenol, because it doesn't hurt him and it could have solved part of our problems on Monday.

So, I have a posed candid, but the camera and computer have decided that they are not friends, so you'll have to wait to see it.

We also have our first visitor, and the Baby Hero is meeting his first international Aunt. We have my sister, Aunt L, the Hong Kong Hero visiting us for the next two weeks! It's loads of fun to have her here!