25 Days of Thanks - Day Nine

Today I have so many things to be thankful for and I can't pick just one so I am going to write about three! 

Three Month Birthdays!

It's been exactly three months since Grayson has blessed our household.  The last three months have been full of tears, joy, fear and excitement.  I am continually amazed at this little life that we have made.  I realize just how incredibly lucky we were in getting pregnant, having a successful pregnancy, and then having a healthy baby.  This amazing time in our lives has taught me two things: 1) It is a miracle, in itself, to see how God granted a miracle when I finally stopped asking and excepted His plan and 2) If I ever decide to plan out my life, God is going to change that plan in a heartbeat!  Grayson has shown me things I never knew I couldn't see and opened my heart when I didn't know it was closed.  I love that little man and I can't wait to see him grow and change for the rest of my days.  So today I am grateful for the life that we were able to give and for the lessons God has already taught me and will continue to teach me through that little bundle of joy. 

Tonight I think we will have cupcakes to celebrate this milestone - or maybe just a quarter of a cake!

New Recipes

We have a motto in our house "there is always Chinese," well except for Monday's when they're closed, but I digress.  We developed this motto after a particularly bad cooking episode where I was trying to cook a meatloaf and mixed the sugar into the meat instead of the topping.  So we ended up with a pound of candied meat.  Naturally, after about two bites we opted for chinese food!

But with this motto in mind, we like to try new recipes.  David really likes to cook and is definitely the lead recipe hunter.  Generally, I prepare the more complicated meals, but then, honestly, the most complicated thing I have cooked recently is a casserole (which we all know doesn't take an Iron Chef)!  However, David does pick out some doosies to try and when they work, which they generally do, they become "his" meals.  Seriously there is one that I couldn't prepare if my life depended on it, because he does every last step of it and always has. 

Well yesterday he picked out a pasta dish that had red peppers and sweet potatoes shredded into it.  It also used goat cheese.  I loved the meal (minus the goat cheese) so it is definitely a keeper but with a different cheese!  However what I loved most was the care and thoughtfulness he showed in searching it out, buying the ingredients, and then chopping and chopping and more chopping in order to present a beautiful meal to me.  I really appreciate all of his efforts to go out of his way to make me happy.  Thank you!

Healthy Weight Checks

Everyone says my little sweetie is big.  "Oh he's so big!" Maybe it's because he has a large head, yay for big brains!, but everyone thinks he is large.  However, the truth of the matter, he is a little guy.  He is currently (as of yesterday), 12 pounds and 1 ounce.  This puts him somewhere around the 15th percentile.  In fact two weeks ago, I took him to the doctor and he had lost weight.  David took his to the doctor yesterday for an official weight check and he had gained around 6 ounces in the two week interval!  Not very much but at least in the correct direction.  Now, heaven knows, he did not get low weight and unexpected weight loss from me!, but I am glad that he is not a huge baby as that can lead to other problems later on.  I love that he is small but continuing to grow.  We don't have to take him again until he reaches 4 months and so for now I just have the knowledge that he is growing, if on his own scale, to be thankful for.

I don't have the best pictures with me so I will upload them soon!