365 grateful day 12

I'm grateful that today was a genuinely good day. Nothing too frustrating, or anything to make me want Jonathan to come home and save me.

365 Grateful day 11

We have started potty training Cambria, and it has been HARD (just like everyone said)! That was the main reason why I was so done with the day yesterday.

Well, today was better. I'm grateful for that! I'm grateful that we only had two major accidents.

I had one big long event that leads me to my gratitude today. After lunch, Cambria said that she needed to go potty. So I dropped everything and we ran to the potty, leaving Corbin to fend for himself. Poor kid. When Cambria had gone potty, she refused to wash her hands. I decided that I didn't want to be ignored, so I told her to come out when she washed her hands, and left. I walked into the kitchen and saw my phone in a nice puddle of ramen broth (don't judge, yes that's what we had for lunch). Corbin had climbed on the chair and dumped my bowl over. Thankfully my phone wasn't wet, because the case protected it (that's the first gratitude). After taking care of my phone, Cambria came out, so I asked her if she washed her hands. She hadn't, so I picked her up, and gave her some hand sanitizer. She didn't like that very much, and decided that screaming at the top of her lungs was the way to solve it (not crying, just screaming). I didn't want to hear it, so I left her to go clean up the ramen mess... As I got started with that, Corbin had found one of my favorite pairs of heels and was pulling out the sole. So I promptly took those away, all the while Cambria was still screaming. So I put her in her room and told her that when she calmed down she could come out (I'm not the biggest fans of "time out" but sometimes I can't think of another option that I'm willing to do in the heat of the moment). As I finished cleaning the kitchen, Cambria calmed down and I noticed that Corbin was soaked in broth, I took him to the bedroom to get new clothes, opened the door and got a nice wiff of essence of poop. That was it. I couldn't do it.

... or so I thought. I walked away and still felt very calm. I didn't want to deal with cleaning up her poop, I wasn't ready to tackle that mess yet. But I was so grateful that I wasn't overly stressed, or too mad to think straight. I quickly said a prayer, thanking Heavenly Father that I was able to handle the situation better than similar situations in times past.

365 grateful day 10

Today was a challenging day. I was ready to throw the towel in by noon. I told Jonathan that I needed a break when he got home, and the minute he got home, he asked me what he should do. I told him I wanted to escape for a few hours. He said that was fine. So I did absolutely nothing productive, and window shopped in the home decor section at Gordmans.

It was exactly what I needed today. I think I might sound like a broken record, but seriously, this guy of mine... he's pretty great.

365 grateful day 9

I'm grateful for tender moments. Both that I get to witness, and that I get to participate in. Today Jonathan read Cambria some bedtime stories. For the last book, Cambria laid down and asked Jonathan to as well. It was so sweet watching them read together, I will have a mental snapshot of that moment for a long time.

Jonathan is such a great dad, I'm so grateful for that too.

I'm so blessed.

365Gratitude day 8

I'm grateful for the inspiration of the Spirit. Today I turned a fun lesson into a spiritual one simply by following a small prompting.

I was prompted on things I need to do to be better, and I feel like the kids felt something that helped them see the scriptures in a different light.

I'm grateful for those simple promptings.

365 grateful day 8

This week I have become obsessed researching washers and dryers. We have a set that works fine, but the washer is in the house and the dryer it's in the garage. It's not a big deal, but it would be nice to have them in the same location. So I have been searching craigslist to find a stackable. But I need a TINY stackable because our space is so small.

Well last night we did some looking and had a list if options in Indy and surrounding areas. But then, our babysitter fell through, so we decided that I would go by myself.

This morning as I was making final calls, all the options kept falling through (either I couldn't get a hold of them, or the unit was to big). We decided to put it off for a week and see what prospects we had. As a last ditch effort, I contacted a guy I had been in contact with earlier this week to get a little more info on the set I was looking at. He texted back and I felt like there was no reason not to go get them. So we drove the hour long trip one way with the kids in tow and had a good time doing it! Then we met the guy and he was so friendly! After looking them over we pulled out the $300 to pay for them (which is a steal in and if itself, for a stackable front load) and he said "just give me $260, you've got little ones, and every bit counts with them."

It was a small act of kindness, but one we are so grateful for! With two little ones, and being in grad school... every, EVERY little bit counts.

We felt like there was no denying the guidance from Heavenly Father today.

365 grateful day 6 and 7

Yesterday, I was grateful that Jonathan thought to make new years eve fun. That was probably one of the most memorable parties I've been too!

Today I'm thankful that we had some friends come over. They stayed for a long time and I was so filled by having them come. I'm a text-book extrovert. I love being with people, the more the better!