Grateful

This Easter season, we have so much to be grateful for! Most of all is Christ's death and resurrection on the cross. Hallelujah!  Even though our small family was not together on Sunday, we still all celebrated the reason for the Easter holiday, and also enjoyed some good chocolate and fun baskets for Jackson as well :)

Here are just a few things we are thinking about this week...

I am thankful for the chance to go slow and enjoy my surroundings. On a walk the other morning, Jackson and I were amazed at the noises that you can hear. If any of you have read the Hunger Games trilogy, it's like there were mocking jays in our neighborhood. Their songs are unbelievable!

We are grateful that Jackson loves the doctors office and does well with his shots. He is a trooper and barely flinches when he gets jabbed in the thighs!

I am so grateful for good friends! I had a girl's night decorating Easter eggs with some old and new friends at Mary's home last week. One of my dear friends, Kelly, and her husband just had their first baby girl the Wednesday before Easter.  Congrats! And, check out this sweet and so thoughtful thank you gift from Laura. It's an "Evening In Kit" with homemade wine charms, chocolate, bath beads, a bookmark with sweet note on it (because she knows my current bookmark is Jonathan's BoyCrazy card) and a gift card to Running Etc. What an amazing thank you. I am going to steal the idea for future gifts :)

We are thankful for people who provide for us, whether that has been meals for months after he was born, homemade blankets and toys for him to play with or aunts and uncles who send him cute new outfits. We got a cute turquoise polo and navy/orange swim trunks for this summer from Aunt Chase and Uncle Matt.  You are his favorite aunt and uncle :)

We are so grateful for our healthy boy who continues to amaze us more and more each day! This week he has really enjoyed sitting and playing with toys with both hands. He also loves to smack himself forcefully and repeatedly in the mouth. His new favorite face is the ducky face, but now he blows wet raspberries and keeps himself awake all night doing this.  He is more content to sleep on his tummy (finally!), which allows us a few more hours of continuous sleep. Jackson has also discovered a gurgling sound, so now we have a perpetual gargling noise coming from our son!