Thankful For.....

Every once in a while, I run across a blog with daily themes, like "Wordless Wednesday", Fhoto Fun Friday...etc.
I saw the "Thankful Sunday" post at "Our Life Upstate" and it reminded me that I had not been thankful (publicly) and needed to count my blessings. I frequently say "Alyzabeth is a blessing" but what do I really mean?
Since adopting our youngest daughter, we are thankful for:

AA sleeping through the night and taking her afternoon naps!
AA occasionally sleeping in an extra hour in the morning until 7:00 a.m. (why did I bring up sleep, first and second on this list? :)
AA's beautiful smile;
AA tapping her feet, hopping, squealing and twirling all at the same time when I arrive home from work at night;
DH who is retired and being our SAHD;
DH for grocery shopping, meal planning, cooking and still surprising me each night with his talk about how cooking helps him relax;
AA sliding at the park on her own now... we wait at the bottom, but she doesn't need our guiding hand to see her off now.... :(
AA's kisses at night, at bedtime she kisses and kisses us nite-nite;
AA's hugs;
Grateful for our long term planning we have done to take care of our children, all three;
All the wonderful gifts we have received for AA, recently a huge doll house and a wooden puzzle box; both from our church families;
I am thankful for the fact that we have choices in where we live, our comfortable home, our jobs and yes, even the economy, as it will make us stronger and wiser;
I am thankful when I wash in a hot shower with clean water, there are so many families in the world that do not have this basic luxury.
We have so much "stuff", too many "things"; I look forward to selling or giving away our "extras".

I also saw this giveaway (has ended) and it again reminded me of why I need reminders "in my face" so that I will act in a thankful and loving way. These vinyl wall art at Sticky Words look really great and so many to choose from.


Have a wonderful week! See you at the Seventh Diamond Baby Shower on Saturday hosted by Kim B.!