Today...

I am thankful for homemade bread!

Hot, steamy, dripping with butter, smothered in jam....

Homemade bread!

Yum!

Day 10

Today I am thankful....

that the day is over!!

This has not been an overall pleasant day. I've been in an awful mood (plus getting sick, again, blah). Kirk has been a hellion. Joey has ear infection grumpiness. People are NOT being very nice to me.

Sometimes, at the end of the day you just have to be glad that you get to go to sleep and get a do over in the morning.

Day 9, mighty fine

Today, I am especially thankful for the baby man. He is doing so much better! I took these pictures yesterday. Look at him! He's playing! He's holding toys and doing things with them, using his hands! Today, I took him into the doctor (ear infections) and he has gained a whole 3 pounds in the past month!!! THREE POUNDS!!!!! He's going to be a big fat fatty after all!!

Day #8

I've been trying to do this forever, but blogger has been down...what the heck?

Today I am thankful for my funny big boy.

He does all sorts of things that just crack me up.

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Funny Kirkisms:

"Look Mommy, I have a mustache like yours!"

"Memmo, your arm pits smell like poop."

"Yum, peanut butter toast! That's my favorite supper!"

"There are boogars in my tummy....they make my bum sick."

We walked past a family at the zoo and a little boy said "Oh, Dang it!" Kirk immediately stopped and looked at the kid and said "Hey! We don't say that!!!"

Kirk was rooting for the Hectics to win a recent game (Celtics)

This kid makes me giggle all the time.

7, that's what time we're leaving

My thankfulness today is inspired by my 3 year old.

We we're on the couch watching basketball together and he said "Mom, I just love my awesome home."

I've never considered our house to be "awesome". It's small and junky(sometime) and I've always thought it to be where we are living until we move. But, thanks to Kirk, I am thankful for our little "awesome" home. It may not be much, but it is where we all come together. Plus, it's where all of our stuff is.

Day numero 6

Today, I am thankful for.........

Lexapro!!

Whoop whoop!!

I have always been a very tender person. It didn't take a lot to worry me or bring me down. In high school, I started having panic attacks. After we got married they became much worse. Irony, huh? ha I went into the doctor and he gave me a wonderful pill called Lexapro. You can't take it while you are pregnant, so, when we found out about little Kirkly, I got off of it and tried to do all I could to better myself on my own. It can be done. And it worked well, for a while. Then, all this stuff with Joey started going on. You never know true worry until you have kids, especially when something is not going as planned. I was anxious all the time, I was depressed, and I couldn't sleep. One day after taking Joey to the doctor I went down to my mother's house and just had a complete breakdown. I was not on a good path mentally and something had to be done. So, Lexapro to the rescue! I hate it when people look down on mental health problems or mental health care. That is silly. I am totally open about it. Not that I go around telling everyone my problems, but it's not that I'm trying to hide it either. If you need them, anti-depressants are fan-flippin-tastic. They have gotten my through when my own mental capacity failed me. The reason I am specifically thankful for them today is that I ran out yesterday and didn't have one to take last night. While they are great, you do NOT want to miss taking a dose. Bad things can happen. So, I got some more today and I am a very happy gal! Horray for crazy pills!!!

Can I go ahead and do my day 5??

Ok, I'm going to! I've been posting the day after for the past couple of days because in trying to get my 3 year old asleep, I end up crashing too....sometimes before he does.

So, now, day 5.

My kids are going to think that the day after Sunday is Cleaningday.

I love Mondays!!

My house goes straight down the toilet during the weekend. I try to take Sunday off as best I can, but by the end of the day, I just have to go sit on the couch and ignore the mess. Monday is officially cleaning day at my house. Not that I don't clean everyday. I do all the small stuff everyday. But Monday, thats when I really get to work: cleaning behind the toilet, scrubbing the tub, windexing and/or cloroxing every surface in my house, tons of laundry, etc..... Kirk is learning to follow suit. He is already kind of anal about things (wow, is that really spelled the same as the other meaning for that word? hmm...) He picks up his toys without being asked, he closes cabinets for me, compulsively straightens things...love him. But Monday, he knows that this is the day that Mommy is going to really put him to work. I'm all about getting my kiddos to do chores.

So, Monday, the day the stress for the weekend gets washed away, literally.

I am thankful for a day to clean!!!!