THANKFUL!!!!

With Thanksgiving just over a week away, I decided it was time to give some thought to what I'm Thankful for. I'm challenging myself to 25, so here we go (in no particular order)


I am THANKFUL FOR:
1. My beautiful healthy little boys

2. The family I always dreamed of having
3. Amazing supportive parents (both mine and Dan's)
4. A nice warm home
5. The blessing of staying home with my children
6. My Freedom
7. My incredible brother who fights selflessly for our freedom (please remember him in your prayers as he is in Afghanistan again).
8. Dan's job
9. The love of a Merciful God!
10. Friends
11. My friendship with my mom
12. My blog friends
13. My close girlfriends expecting babies
14. The MIRACLE of IVF
15. My Health
16. Extended Family
17. Food (and an abundance of it)
18. Our small group
19. Naptime :)
20. Grandparents and Great Grandparents for our boys
21. Our financial stability
22. My Husband
23. The compassion I feel for others fighting the bitter fight of infertility
24. My Church
25. Unconditional love

I challenge you to also give some thought to what you are thankful for this time of year.

Recap of October

So Happy

Drew

Wil (He's much happier in his helmet now that he can sit on his own)

They look so grown up, I can't stand it

Drew, having a rough teething day

Wil

My best attempt at getting a cute fall picture

Mommy's little chick

The cutest little monkey

Getting ready to go show off

We had a great and very busy month of October.

Aside from getting a little housebound over here, we are doing well. We've decided to try to eliminate any unnecessary trips out and about in an effort to keep the boys healthy. As of now we've dodged the bullet.

We definitely are feeling a little jipped out of our fall weather here in Michigan. However, we've learned to appreciate any little bit of sunshine and hustle right out for a nice run. There were several days last week where we managed to get 2 in each day.

October brought a lot of new adventures for the boys and their mommy.
I turned 30 on the 7th and have to say I feel better and happier than I can ever remember feeling.

Dan and I had the opportunity to go out to a Grand Rapids Griffins hockey game, and the boys had their Grandma (my mom) stay the night to take care of them. It was so nice to have a date with my husband and be able to relax knowing our boys were in good hands.

We also had a sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa Blakeslee's house for 2 nights. Wil apparently does well sleeping wherever. Drew on the other hand, not so much. We had 2 VERY ROUGH nights...thanks to Grandma Blakeslee for taking the night shift so we could sleep one of those nights.

The boys also celebrated their first Halloween. Drew was a chicken (or a rooster) and Wilson was monkey. Drew was much more content in his costume than Wil, but all in all we had a great time getting them all dolled up and showing them off.

The boys are also getting to experiment with more regular food. Some of our recent samplings consist of, avocados, bananas, spring mix vegetables, fruit cocktail, wheat bread, soft pretzels, and the list goes on. Drew is a GREAT eater, and poor Wil has his mommas texture hang up.

We are diving right into a very busy November and are hoping and praying we all stay healthy.

8 Months Today!!!

Wil (L) & Drew (R)

Drew

Wil

Time is flying, and I want my babies back :)

The boys are an absolute joy and amaze me daily with their new accomplishments.

Drew now has 6 teeth...2 on top (with a LARGE gap) and 4 on the bottom. Teething has made for some very rough nights, but the past two nights he's managed to make it through the night and we are soooooo thankful. Neither of the boys are showing any signs of crawling at this point, in fact they hate to be on their tummies for more than a couple of minutes.

Wilson still only has 2 teeth on the bottom, and is just content with those right now (and so am I). He's adjusting well to his helmet, and has made tremendous progress. As of right now they are guessing he'll be in it until at least Christmas.

The rolls have definitely reversed with the boys. Wil is so easy and just content to sit and play wherever he's placed. Drew on the other hand, he's a huge momma's boy right now and would prefer I sit and cuddle him all day long. While, I'd love to sit and cuddle him all day long, it makes me feel bad for Wil as well as feeling guilty about my house that's gone to the birds. I know they will only be this little for a very short period of time, so I do make sure I sit and just snuggle them as often as possible.

Right now they LOVE Praise Baby videos. If you have a little one and haven't yet made the investment in a couple of them, we HIGHLY recommend them.

A normal day at the Blakeslee house looks like...
7:30 Rise and Shine with bottles
9:00 Breakfast of Baby Cereal and a jar of baby food
9:15 Nap time
11:00-11:30 Get up from nap
1:00 Lunch Bottles and eat lunch (2 jars of baby food between the 2 of them)
1:45-3:30 Naptime
4:30 Supper time (3 Jars of baby food b/t the 2 of them)
6:40-Bedtime Bottles
7:00-Bedtime

If you can't tell, I'm a very schedule driven person, and I think my boys are thriving because or it. I LOVE being a stay at home mom, and wouldn't trade any bad day for anything.