My Thanksgiving...Dedicated to Lena

Well we did it...we survived 6 wonderful months with this beautiful little girl
You know what I say to all those women who are against having the "mom"label?
Foo-ee and Hockey Puck...that's right, hockey puck!!

These last 6 months...well last year I guess it started when I found out I was pregnant, I have had this overwhelming joy that is just...indescribable . There is nothing better then to hold your baby in your arms and think...I grew you! I like to look at her feet and hands and think, " here is all the spaghetti ( I LOVED LOVED spaghetti with this girl)that I ate!. And for some people to think that a career in the business world would be more fulfilling, well I say...Hockey puck!

Being a mom rocks...and to all of you who are reading this and are not yet moms, I am no way meaning to rub your face in it, so please keep reading. My purpose here is just to express my thanks to my little darling Lena, so here it is, the

Thanksgiving List Personalized for Adalena:
From Conception (yes I just said it) to 6 months

• Thank you for announcing yourself to me in the form of severe cramps for 4 weeks, it prepared me for how pushy and bossy you are
  

**Note some "thanks" are sarcastic, but I promise some are serious**

• Thank you for making anything sugary and sweet taste horrible during the 2008 Holiday season (this is a serious one) because I would have eaten enough for 4 babies
  
  
• Thank you for never kicking my bladder hard enough and causing me to piddle uncontrollably
  
  
• Thank you for giving me an easy pregnancy, you were the test run, and so yes you will have siblings
  
  
• Thank you for coming early and allowing some healing time before we had to move across the country, that was very nice of you..oh and THANK YOU for sleeping while we crossed the country!
  
  
• Thank you for sleeping through the night at 7 weeks!! (Yup, totally bragging!)
  
  
• Thank you for bringing such joy and happiness to my Brenton, the first 45 min of your life were spent in his arms, and I am pretty sure the smile hasn't left his face since
  
  
• Thank you for waking up every morning with a smile (even though you have chosen this last week to wake up screaming) but for the most part thank you for waking up happy to see me!
  
  
• Thank you for getting good use out of your newborn clothes...even though you really ought to think about growing out of them by now, you are 6 months for Pete sake!
  
  
• Thank you for teaching me patience (sound familiar mom)...I can be like those mom's I'd see in the store. Just off in their own shopping world while their child is screaming in the shopping cart
  
  
• Thank you for allowing me to have the ultimate excuse when I have poor body image thoughts..."Well I did just have a baby..." and then I feel better
  
  
• Thank you for teaching me that a good day is if I get a shower AND brush my teeth
  
  
• Last but not least, THANK YOU for choosing me to be your mom.
  
  

I don't know how I did it, but I have 2 of the world's best people right here with me! I am a truly blessed woman!!!