Saturday, November 22, 2008

holiday blessings

What a great time I'm having being a mommy. Kayler is doing so well. She's doing really good on a feeding schedule and last night she slept through the night except for one feeding. Justin and I were so excited when we woke up at 6am and she was still sleeping. She woke up at 6:30 happy and hungry. She's growing and changing everyday and I already miss how small she was when she was born. 
I'm so very proud of Justin as a daddy. I knew he would be great but God has truly blessed me with such an amazing husband and father for our daughter. He doesn't mind getting up with her at night and he is so excited to spend time with her when he gets home from work. 
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I have to say that I'm a little disappointed with our plans. We're going out to eat with Justin's family for lunch. It's just not the same as cooking and sitting around the table in our own home with our family. We're doing it for convenience sake but its still not the same. I may cook a small amount and have my dad over on Friday or over the weekend. I at least want to make a pumpkin pie and I love to have left over turkey. We'll see what I have time to do. 
Great news for my friend Jenni and her family. Granton got the all clear to come home from KC. They will be home on Monday, just in time for a blessed Thanksgiving. Also they found out they are having a girl so there will be no chance of her having the same disorder that Granton has. I'm excited b/c our little girls will grow up together and be in the same grade in school just like Jenni and I. We've been friends for 20 years and I hope that our girls will grow to be just as good of friends as Jenni and I are. Good friends like that are hard to come by. I'm so happy for her and her family.
As we approach the holidays I am very thankful for my new family. The holidays are hard as I always miss my mom and brother even more than normal. This year I feel I have a little piece of each of them in Kayler. I have enjoyed talking to her about her Nana and uncle Michael and I took her to their gravesides last week. I will do my very best to have her know as much about each of them as possible, especially that they are always watching over her and are her special angels in Heaven. I know they sent her to me. Thank you God for my family, bless each of them. 

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