Today I Am Thankful For . . . . . .

· Made chocolate chip, oatmeal, walnut cookies for the family. Amen for my new cookie scooper, so baby could be held with one hand and cookie dough scooped with the other :)

· Got to prune my birch trees and roses and also clean up a few dead stems and leaves from last year while baby napped and Little Buddy played in the sandbox.

· FINALLY Letting the dog in backyard which is normally a swamp in the spring because we get standing water that does not drain for EVER. He was happy too :) (I'm not telling him that the forecast says rain for tomorrow and that means swamp and no backyard for awhile again . . . . . shhhhh!)

· Talking serious meaningful things out with hubs. We need to do that more often.

· Having a play date set up with my great friend Becki! Yeah! So hard to get together some times. She had a medical procedure done then her kids were sick. Finally :)

· Hubby doing dishes and laundry AND setting up the Roomba. Bliss!

· Little Buddy just full of so much love for momma all day. "Thanks buddy, I needed that today really bad!" Never thought in a million years that a little boy giving me a hug and a plastic horse when I'm crying and sad would make me feel so loved :)

· Getting to the store and picking up baby shower gifts, printing out directions, wrapping gifts and signing card (Lord, people, you have no idea what a feat this is with baby and toddler much of the time!), and confirming grandma's coming to watch Little Buddy tomorrow so Little Munchkin and I can attempt to go to a baby shower.

· Finding two more awesome classic movies for the ipod. One rented: It's A Wonderful World (with Jimmy Stewart and Claudette Colbert) and one bought: Talk Of The Town (with Cary Grant and Jean Arthur).

· I fixed the toilet, unclogged the tub drain (ewwwww, I'm in the post-partum hair loss phase . . . . yuck!), got a new door lock for the screen door and toy for the jumperoo (for FREE thanks to companies who stand behind their products!!!)

· Having my dad help us with a new driveway. The money is helpful but even more helpful are the incredible words that he wrote in the letter that came with the check about things that have bothered me for years. Crazy how life works itself out sometimes. I could care less if our driveway was gravel, but our sub and city code does not allow it where we live and our current driveway in cracked and crumbling and sinking. The letter is worth a million driveways to me . . . . . .

· Warmth, love, life, sunshine, relief, security, home, children, caring, laughter, union, greenery, friends, health, spring.