30 Days of Thankfulness....Days 29 and 30

Day 29 - I am thankful I got to spend the day with two very special ladies....my mom and my Mary Claire. While Mary Claire was a holy terror at her doctor's appointment, the rest of the day was so nice to be able to walk around stores and shop without two fighting kids and without having to pull out a big stroller. Don't get me wrong....I love both my girls, but it was nice to just spend some time with Mary Claire!

Day 30 - I am thankful for the challenge this has brought me. I've realized how blessed I am and am trying to find the good things rather than the negative like I normally do.

Now onto December and Christmas time!!!!!

30 Days of Thankfulness....Day 28

Today I am thankful for central air and heat! Brrrr.....it's cold outside!

30 Days of Thankfulness....Day 27

Today I am thankful that I had a restful night of sleep last night. I'm also thankful that today at work has been 100 times better than yesterday!

30 Days of Thankfulness....Day 26

Today I am thankful for the rain; it lets me be able to decorate for Christmas this afternoon without feeling guilty about all the things I should be doing (i.e. grocery shopping!).

30 Days of Thankfulness....Day 25

Today I am thankful that three years ago I was blessed to join the "Mommy club!" I had waited and waited for that day to come for so long that I was beginning to wonder if it would ever happen! What a blessed feeling being a Mommy is!


Happy Birthday to my beautiful Mary Claire!!


(I will do a post strictly on Mary Claire after we go to her three year doctor appointment Tuesday so I can include her physical stats.)

30 Days of Thankfulness....Day 24

Of all the days I should be able to find something to be thankful for, this is the most difficult. It's hard to celebrate a holiday knowing that you MIGHT get to see your husband for an hour today. It's hard to celebrate today knowing that my girls are spending the most part of yet another holiday without seeing their parents.

Sometimes I wonder if it is worth the pain.

Anyway, I am thankful for waking up today. Hopefully this sadness will pass and the day will be good.

30 Days of Thankfulness....Day 23

Today I am thankful for a loving set of grandparents for my girls. Brian and I both have to work tomorrow (me day shift, him night shift), so the girls will be spending Thanksgiving with Nannie and Poppa!

30 Days of Thankfulness....Day 22

Today I am thankful for medicine. It helped me to be able to breathe last night and get some sleep. It also keeps me in a job.

30 Days of Thankfulness....Day 21

Today I am thankful for my extended family. We don't get to spend alot of time together, but when we do get together we pick up right where we left off.

30 Days of Thankfulness....Day 20

Today I am thankful for health insurance. Kidney stones at 4am are no fun.

30 Days of Thankfulness....Day 19

Today I am thankful for a fun-filled weekend off! The girls and I have alot of fun stuff planned; just wish Daddy could join us! Can't wait for the wedding/reception then Thanksgiving/birthday party for Mary Claire in Possum Point! So much fun!

30 Days of Thankfulness....Day 18

I am thankful today that both my girls woke up on their own and in a decent mood. This morning was so much more tolerable than most mornings lately!

30 Days of Thankfulness....Day 17

Today I am thankful for my pokeno group. This group allows me some female adult interaction for a few hours once a month. While most of the ladies are older (my mom's age) than me, I always have a good time. I really enjoy this, but sometimes it makes me wish I had more friends closer to my age.

30 Days of Thankfulness....Days 15 and 16

Day 15 - I am thankful that my mom is so kind. She has cooked supper for us the past two nights and that really, really helps when Brian is working nights!


Day 16 - I am thankful that my girls are so flexible. Everything you read and see says that babies/kids need routine. My girls have never had a set routine and seem to have done well so far!

30 Days of Thankfulness...Day 14

I am thankful for my husband's job. I'm proud that we've both chosen pretty secure careers. Together, we are able to provide a comfortable life for our family. I may hate that both our jobs call for shift work, and I may complain about Brian having to work overnights, but I'm thankful for his career.

30 Days of Thankfulness...Catching up Days 1-13

I've seen a couple of people I know doing this on Facebook, and I really wanted to join in; however I didn't have access to a computer from November 2nd-5th. Anyways, I still want to do it, so I'm going to catch up tonight and start tomorrow.

1st - I'm thankful to God for the life he gave me. Without Him, I would be nothing.

2nd - I'm thankful for my husband. He is a really good man (can't speak for the times he was young, though...hahaha!) and a very loving husband and daddy.

3rd - I'm thankful for my beautiful baby girls. There is nothing else to say; I am beyond blessed to be a mother to Mary Claire and Molly.

4th - I'm thankful to my parents. My mom and dad are two special people who raised two great children. My parents would do anything for my brother and me and I would do anything for them. I love seeing my parents as grandparents - they could quite possibly be the definition of the "perfect grandparents."

5th - I'm thankful for my job. I know I complain about it a lot, but it is a very rewarding job, and it also provides for my family.

6th - I'm thankful for days off during the week. Those days off allow me a chance to recoup during the week, and I seem to thrive off of it.

7th - I'm thankful for the baby I lost. I thank God that I got to experience that tragedy in order to appreciate my pregnancies with Mary Claire and Molly is such a deeper way.

8th - I'm thankful for my religion. I have been thinking about this a lot lately and I really enjoy the traditions of the Catholic Church (even though the Mass is changing!).

9th - I'm thankful my day care providers. I can not say enough about the day care Mary Claire and Molly attend (actually my old day care!). Those ladies love my girls almost as much as my family does!

10th - I'm thankful for my house. I'm ready to turn it into a home, and we are working on it.

11th - I'm thankful for all Veterans.

12th - I'm thankful for vacations.

13th - I'm thankful for my health. I've been thinking about this recently, and I'm ready to get back to being active. I'm planning to start January 1st (typical, typical I know!) to do a morning workout every morning for the month. Fingers crossed....

I'm hoping to keep this up for the next 17 days.

Time

Where does the time go? I sometimes feel like I'm still the new-girl of the pharmacy at work, but I am in-fact quickly becoming a seasoned veteran! I so vividly remember the nights in my very first house spent so lonely and quiet; I dreamed of the life I'm living now. I remember how the evenings and nights crept by ever-so-slowly. Fast forward 5 1/2 years and the time is now flying by! I sometimes wonder how this happens. Why is it that the moments and experiences you do not enjoy seem to drag on and on, but, the moments that you want to savor and remember seem to happen so very fast?

I think I know why.

In those sad and dark and lonely moments, nothing occupies your mind. You sit and wait. You watch the clock. You watch the second hand slowly tick by. On the contrary, in the fun and light and happy moments, you are enjoying life and you do not have to time to sit back and watch the second hand on the clock. You are creating happy memories and watching the clock is the last thing you want to do for fear that you will miss something.

So, as much as I want time to slow down now, I'm going to live in the moment and create the memories.

Renewing old friendships

I did something out of the ordinary for me tonight. I e-mailed an old friend.

Deva was my very best friend throughout pharmacy school. Without her, I might have given up; not for the fact that I couldn't do the schooling, but for the fact that I hated Monroe and was so lonely up there.

So, I gave it my best shot. I had an e-mail address for her saved in my addresses and I typed out an e-mail to her.

I hope I hear back from her. I would love to see her and talk to her again. Deva is a great all-around person and I'm anxious to find out what's going on in her life.

Fingers crossed........

Rebecca's Ramblings

As I sit here at work waiting for the orders to be scanned down to me, I've been thinking. Thinking a lot. Thinking of things I want to do to my house. Thinking of things I'd like to do with my family. Thinking of future vacations. Also, mainly thinking of how in just two short weeks I will be the mommy of a THREE year old! Man, where does the time go?? Really...wasn't she just a not-so-tiny baby???

Isn't it amazing how my Mary Claire has gone from this little beauty:


To this little-bit-bigger beauty:


Has it really been three years already that I was humongously pregnant and so excited to give Brian his first daughter?? I never imagined she would be such a big baby, but she was the most beautiful baby I'd ever seen! I'm so proud to be her mommy!

I've been searching Pinterest.com in my spare time, and I love it! I've found so many ideas on there that I hope I'm able to do. Even though I don't love our current house, I've realized that it is going to be home for quite a few years. So, now I'm ready to make it "home." Brian and I have already re-done the kitchen and we are now going to go ahead and switch out some of the flooring. Maybe if I show some interest in decorating, then the house will start to feel like home. I think the house is too big and spread out; it just doesn't feel cozy to me at all. Maybe I can make it cozy....

I've been trying to think of a cool vacation for us to go on next year. I have comtemplated flying somewhere, and, after the success of our Disney trip I wouldn't be as stressed, but I then think of having to rent a car and all that fun stuff. So then I've thought about doing a driving tour of part of the U.S. But, how much fun would that be for a three year old and a one year old. Gah, why does parenting have to be so stressful??

Anyways, guess that's enough ramblings for now. One more hour of work...

Disney World!!!

The girls, Nannie and I got back from Disney World yesterday. It was fantastic!! I was stressed thinking about how everything would go, especially the flights. But things turned out almost perfect!

Now for the pictures...