a thankful Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving. Partially because of the food, partially because of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, but mostly because it's a time to stop & really be thankful for everything we have.

I have been having flashback moments this week. Little flashbacks to last Thanksgiving. I had a very active 14 month old boy & I was sick as a dog.  We started our Thanksgiving week in Atlanta with my family & the last morning we were there I started getting sick. I was so nauseous & felt terrible.  We drove to Alabama to spend Thanksgiving day with Ben's family. Again, sickness continued. And I mean can't-get-out-of-bed-or-be-around-food sickness. Do you know how AWFUL that is on Thanksgiving?! I could barely eat. Talk about a first world problem. 

I started wondering if I was pregnant. We bought a cheap-o test at their grocery store & I took it Thanksgiving morning. Negative.

Well, then. I must be dying, I thought. (I swear I'm not dramatic.)

 I put on my happy face, ate a little bit, & played with the boy.   We went to the park and enjoyed the beautiful fall weather. We even took a picture of our little family of 3.

Little did we know that this would be our last picture before we found out about Griffin. The day after Thanksgiving I took another test. I'm pretty persistent. It didn't come up positive right away so I put it to the side & forgot about it. A few minutes later I walked by & there it was. Clear as day. A positive. A new baby would join our family. 

So, this Thanksgiving I am feeling extra thankful that God chose me to be the mama of 2 precious boys. That after 5 months of waiting, I got the best Thanksgiving gift...a positive. I'm so thankful for little Griffin & all that he has added to our family. We've had quite a year!

 Happy Thanksgiving!