Day 6 – I’m thankful for my mom & second mom for babysitting Asher so that hubby could take me out for my birthday 🙂 It was the first time we had a night out alone since Asher came home in August.  We had an amazing dinner at Bonefish Grill.  They didn’t have the swordfish dish I wanted but they were able to specially make me the dish substituting Salmon for the Swordfish.  And it was amazing.  If you haven’t tried the Pumpkin Ravioli, you need to. So so good!  (As you can see from the picture above, I was very surprised by how enjoyable it was to be enjoying a dinner with just my hubby!)

Day 7 – I’m grateful for the extravagant gift hubby and Asher surprised me with for my birthday.  My current Garmin watch is over 6 years old and slowly dying. Can’t wait to try my watch out tomorrow!

Today I’m grateful for… Smiles.  They make even the busiest of days and the tiredest of moments so much more enjoyable!

Today I am grateful for something complex and yet simple all in one. I’m thankful for all of the different means of travel we have access to.  While waiting for my mom’s flight to arrive at the airport tonight, I realized I haven’t been to the airport since August when Asher and I traveled across the world together.  I also realized just how easy it is to take for granted that we can literally travel anywhere in the world by boarding a plane.  And we can easily travel throughout the U.S by jumping in our cars for a roadtrip.  While I was in Ethiopia, I met with a a family friend who was telling me how he was unable to travel to one of the regions of Ethiopia because it was the rainy season and the unpaved roads were unsafe to drive on.  It was going to be at least a few weeks before he would be able to travel to the region he needed to go to.  When is the last time we haven’t been able to go somewhere here in the states because of weather conditions or unsafe roads?   I’m thankful for it.

Yesterday was such a busy mommy and son day and I wasn’t able to sit down and catch my breath let alone write what I am grateful for.  So I’ll combine two grateful thought’s into today’s post.

Day 2 of 30 Days of Gratitude: I’m grateful for memories.  The good and the bad.  I was pushing Asher in his stroller down a sidewalk in our neighborhood and realized that this was one of the favorite places I would walk my dog Pacey.  Pacey loved this stretch of our walk and would eagerly pull the leash to smell (and mark) all of the bushes on the right. Pacey has been gone for two months now and walking here with Asher made my heart hurt. But even as I hurt, I was thankful for the time I had with Pacey and for the memories I have of him.

Day 3 of 30 Days of Gratitude: I’m grateful for the cooler weather.  Living in Florida, my favorite time of the year is right now.  The humidity finally starts to disappear and we can open the windows and let fresh air in the house.  I can also go run a few miles and not return to the house feeling totally dehydrated. Cooler weather also makes me want to make homemade soup or chili and hunker down with the family under a blanket as we watch old movies.  I’m hoping this cooler weather stays for good!

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I thought once a day for the month of November, I would post a quick sentence or two (or more if I get wordy) about what I’m grateful for.  And I’m hoping you will join in on the gratefulness and leave a comment with what you are grateful for!  Quite often throughout the year, I think about starting a gratitude journal.  And then like many of the ideas I have, I never actually do it.  So maybe this will be transforming and I will start my own gratitude journal once November is over.

Today I’m grateful for my hubby.  For many reasons.  But right now I’m grateful for how wonderful he is with our son. He stepped into the role of being a father seamlessly when he greeted Asher and I in Washington DC’s airport after we traveled for 20+ hours and were frazzled, exhausted, cranky and a delirious on jet lag. If Asher wakes in the middle of the night, some nights hubby will get up and tend to him without me asking.  (Other nights he will sleep thru it ;))  He changes diapers like a pro, chases our busy Asher around the house like a pro and loves Asher like a father should.  Our lives have changed 100% since Asher arrived home in August and it has been so much easier (not *easy* but easier) because hubby has stepped in and been such an hands on dad.

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