Things I'm Thankful For

Not much to report. Brittney's numbers from her most recent visit came back about the same, 2.9, which is wonderful. I realized today how much of my life I spent jaded and skeptical. In the last 6 months, I have found more to be grateful for that I could have ever imagined.

I'm thankful, mostly, for my beautiful baby girl. She's absolutely perfect in every way a baby could be perfect. She smells like lavender and sour formula. She waves to us and to herself. She's begun to say "Ba ba ba bbbbb." She's crawling and giving sloppy, open-mouth baby kisses. She's outstanding and I'm a thankful every day that she is in my life. Her PKU has been a challenge, but I have no doubt that it's made us better parents and better people. I'm thankful that God gave her to us, who have the means and the minds to take proper care of her. She deserves the best. I may not be the best mom, but I will do my best to be the best for her. She's an incredible little person. Did I mention she's amazing?

I am thankful for my husband. He's an incredible supporter of our family and an even more incredible dad. I know I can always count on him to get the job done when I can't be around. He puts up with my forgetfulness with a smile. I love having him around to laugh with. He's it. He's also amazing.

I'm thankful for my family who offer their unconditional love. On that note, I'm thankful for the close proximity of most of Brittney's family and for Skype.

I'm thankful for my friends, who make me smile and enjoy life every day.

I'm thankful for my job. I get to spend my days with the most amazing 8th graders in the world. Plus, it pays the bills (barely, but aren't we all in that situation?).

I'm thankful for the freedom to pursue my passions, I have our troops to thank for that. I'm also thankful I could get a loan to pay for that freedom. I have my bank to thank for that.

Right now, I'm also thankful for infant Tylenol. Teething bites. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

New Happenings

We are anxiously awaiting word from Vanderbilt about Brittney's most recent visit. It'll be interesting to see what the introduction of baby food has done to her Phe levels... hopefully not much. Our specialist didn't seem too concerned. In other news, she's about to start crawling. She's able to get up on all fours and rock. She also wants to eat my laptop... delicious! This will obviously be a short post as my attention is needed elsewhere, specifically the playful baby trying to hijack my computer.

Really I just wanted to share a few pictures from the holidays anyway. ENJOY!

Santa Baby!

Presents!!

Opryland Hotel

Playing in the snow!

All pooped out after an awesome holiday!