I am thankful for my health and the health of those I love. I have been blessed with a wonderful child who loves to explore the world. Even when that means cutting her finger and bleeding for a long time and scaring me into thinking it is never going to stop and who knew a child could bleed so much and not care whether they are bleeding and what is it about blood that makes a child want to finger paint with it?
And food. WOW AM I GOOD AT EATING. I ate so much that I thought my stomach was going to split open. I have never eaten so much in my life. But then... i figure... i deserve it since i am up most of the night "cuddling and nursing" my child who can't seem to let herself go back to sleep on her own. It is amazing to me how much milk a 23 pound child can drink in one NIGHT. You would think with her two new molars that I discovered on Friday that she would eat more solid food, but evidently, it is more fun to NURSE ALL NIGHT LONG. Who knows maybe she is getting more teeth?!
Anyway, I am thankful for things to baby proof your home because the last thing you want to do is walk in and see your daughter's hand in the toilet. Or..Wait... The last thing you want to see is one of your child's hands in a toilet that hasn't been flushed and the other in her mouth helping her steady the wet toilet paper while she sucks it. We are now thankful for toilet locks and baby gates to keep peanut from fake drinking out of the laundry bottle.
I am thankful for energy to keep up with my young one. I am thankful for friends to share joys and tears with. I am thankful for warmth in the winter. I am thankful that I do not fear for my life. I am thankful I face decisions on which house to buy, not if I can buy a house. I am thankful for my dog. I am thankful for my mother who cleans and cleans and cleans. I am thankful for my father who does what I ask him to. I am thankful for my husband who is a great father and friend. I am thankful for Peanut who I call hurricane who I call turbo because she is a ball of energy and I love her so.
Happy Thanksgiving.
3 comments:
happy holidays ms. tall girl. your blog always makes me feel good...i am thankful to have a wonderful friend like you...
I am glad I am not the only one nursing all night long. Tess has also dismissed diaper changes as a necessity in life and will beat me to the death before I can get one on her.
Your story about catching your daughter with her hand down the toilet almost made me laugh out loud and wake the baby. My daughter is almost one and is teething like crazy (she is starting to bite me). She still seems to satiate all her hunger thru numerous nightly nursings. It drives me bonkers. too.
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