Thanksgiving is coming!!!

Elijah and his "E"

His "E"

Mommy and Kylie! What a face Kylie!

Ok - so for those who know me you know that THIS is the PRIME time of the year for me. I LOVE the weather, LOVE the clothes, LOVE the family time, LOVE the FOOD, LOVE the decorations, LOVe the shopping, LOVE the coffee....really I am in the best mood at this time of year. Not to say that I don't have love for the other seasons, they try, but THIS is it for me.

So as we come into this time of year I just have to recall this past year - I look back over it and am FLOORED at how GOOD God is. My two babies are happy (when not in time out or poopy!), and healthy (sans snot!), my hubby is the absolute best to me, we have this wonderful family who is always there for eachother without even thinking about it, we have this wonderful, warm house - MAN can things get any better??

I have also been thinking about my faith - my beliefs - my prioities, recently. I think it may be all this thankfulness, but I just can't help be in awe at how GOOD God is to such a person as me. I often let my mind get the best of me and start thinking - HOW can a person who has done some of the things I have done be so blessed - but THEN - I get a feeling like no other and remember that it is by GRACE that I can go on. It is by GRACE that He still loves me despite my falls. It is by GRACE that we are saved, that we are forgiven, that we are still here, that we are picked back up every time we fall, and that we are 100% without a doubt precious. MAN - and to think we don't have to do one thing to get it - I just don't understand it - and I am not suppose to - I am just suppose to believe - have faith - and go on - SHEW - what a God!

OK - so there is my ramblings for today -

Elijah is: Trying so hard to be a good boy, trying so hard to be kind to his sister, writing his "E" all by himself, drawing a smily face all by himself!, making up songs, putting funny words together, trying to figure this world out and do EVERYTHING by himself!

Kylie is: waving!, saying "mamamamama" and "dadadadada", responding to "Kylie" or KieKie", LOVING her big brother, is relentless in playing with him, sleeping though the night, giving up her night nursing :(, eating all kinds of foods, crawling, cruising and right NOW sleeping!

Stephen is: at work, flying helicopters, busy busy busy at work, on the way to the TOP in his job, the best daddy EVER, a wonderful hubby, hating squirrls in our attic, getting ready to purdge most of his clothes for a more "grown-up" wordrobe, loving his Bailys and coffee, trying to keep up with football despite my overly eager remote control need, in love with his babies :)

I am: very very very happy - ;)