So Very Thankful for…

…MY SWEET BABIES!

November 3

Jeremiah Thomas, God put you in my life at the exact moment I needed you the most! I had wanted a child so much it hurt…I had a place in my heart in the shape of two little letters “jt” and only you could fill that place! MANY people (to whom I’m also extremely grateful for) let God use them to fulfill His perfect will. You were created for our family…you have your daddy’s great sense of adventure…you LOVE playing in the dirt, your tractors, your books, anything related to “building”, going to the movies, playing “tackle” with daddy, putting puzzles together, and just being a boy! You have the sweetest manners and your prayers are the most precious words my ears have ever heard! You are FULL of energy, but you are (and always have been) a perfect little sleeper. You say “I love you, mommy” all the time…I NEVER get tired of hearing it! After all, I spent the first several months of your life repeating “mommy, say mommy” to you over and over! I was determined to be your first word…and it worked! I hear some moms say “if I hear MOM one more time today, I’ll just scream”…I honestly never feel this way about you. I LOVE you calling me your mommy! I love your excitement about life…a lot of times you’ll exclaim “OH MOMMY THANK YOU SOOO MUCH” over the simplest things…for example when I told you just this morning that we did in fact have bagels…you would have thought I had done something amazing :) I could spend hours writing about all the things I love about you, all the things you do that are cute and FUNNY, all the things you say that show how smart you are, and all the ways I’m grateful for you…but I’d rather go steal a kiss and a hug!!!  I love you, sweet boy!

William Luke, you’ve been part of my life for a little over 2 months, but you’ve been the desire of my heart for my entire life! God created me to be your mommy and just like your brother, you too, were created for our family! You also had many people (SO grateful for) working for God’s plan to be fulfilled. It’s really hard to explain, but after your brother was born my heart was so full…I simply couldn’t imagine loving another child the way I love your brother. The incredible thing is, God has shown me that I won’t love you the same…because you are uniquely YOU…God expanded my heart and placed the letters of your sweet name in that spot…only you, LUKE, could fill that spot in my heart! And, OH HOW YOU’VE FILLED IT! You are such a sweet baby, with the biggest, most beautiful eyes taking in the world around you! You giggle often and are starting to “coo”…I’ve begun my “mommy, say mommy” marathon with you…so it’s just a matter of time before I get to hear your precious little voice calling me mommy :) I look forward to watching you as you grow into your personality and to see what things interest you. I’m so very grateful to get to be your mommy…I love you “my little luke”!

I pray that my boys grow up loving God more than anything else in the entire world! THANK YOU, GOD for the two little loves of my life! 

November 4

After all the emotions that come with such an intense grateful heart over such sweet blessings, I need a break from “heavy” topics…so today, I’m grateful for COFFEE…yep, coffee! Thank you, God, for “in the beginning” you knew that one day I would be a mommy surviving on very little sleep and in need of coffee :) THANK YOU!