I am reminded as of late how thankful I am that Oliver came into our lives. What a joy he is. If you know Tom, you will appreciate that Oliver is so joyful that he makes Tom smile at 7 AM!!! This is a big step.
We have been blessed with a child who for at least 5 out of his almost 6 months of life sleeps well and for at least 3 has allowed us to sleep through the night.
We have a child who spends most of his day smiling and looking at things with great thought and interest. I know that he will be super curious and I am thankful.
I am thankful that we got pregnant even though the fertility clinic had to help and even though those little embryos didn't want to be outside of mommy long enough to make it back in except this one beautiful embryo who became our wonderfully awesome son!
I am thankful that he was a singleton (one baby not twins or triplets) so that we can get used to parenting just one baby at a time!
I am thankful that my pregnancy was for the most part completely uneventful!
I am thankful that I have a kind caring and supportive husband who sat with me through the entire labor and pregnancy and went to pretty much all my doctor visits!
I am thankful that I can produce enough "mommy milk" to feed my son every day and that if he needed to he could live on just that although sometimes due to pumping limitations and his voracious appetite while I am gone, he has to drink formula!
I am thankful that I have a job where I an support my family so my husband can afford to stay home and devote his entire attention to our son only and even finds time to clean the house and have dinner ready most nights when I get home! WOW!!!
I am thankful for good friends who have provided support throughout the whole process!
I am thankful for a wonderful family who even when they haven't know how to helped have helped just by thinking about me and hoping I was okay and more so when they did find ways to help
I am thankful that when I had Oliver there was no swine flu to limit the number of people who could be at the hospital so that my family could all come and see little Oliver fresh into the world!
I am thankful that I have mostly good patients who are kind and thoughtful and not wanting more than I have to give them!
I will have too much to be thankful for to sum up in one sentence at Thanksgiving and may not be able to say the things that I need to as the tears well up in my eyes Grandma Judd style, but I look at my amazing child and my amazing husband and my amazing family and friends and my amazing job and house and I think - wow, even if this doesn't last long, it is pretty awesome now - THANK YOU!
