Thirty Days of Thankful- Day 20

Day 20

Today I am thankful for safe travels. I am not traveling over the actual Thanksgiving holiday, but did make the drive back and forth to Florida in the last few days. I also had friends who flew down to meet me there and who drove across the state to celebrate Little Man and I's 2 year date of legally becoming a family. Everyone arrived there and home safely.

So today I am thankful for safe travels for me and for my friends. I pray for safe travels for everyone I know on Thanksgiving as well!

Stopped at a rest stop in SC.

Thirty days of Thankful- Day 19

Day 19

Today I am thankful for friendships that stand the test of time. Yesterday I got the chance to meet up with a friend that I have not seen in 16 years. I got to meet her family and she got to meet mine. It was great to catch up and just spend some time together. We have both agreed that 16 years is too long to wait to see each other again!

Thirty days of Thankful- Day 18

Day 18

Today I am thankful for little man! Two years ago today a judge in Ethiopia declared him my son! It would be another month before I got to go and meet him to bring him home. But today I celebrate becoming a mom legally :) He has made my world a better place!

2 years ago

Last year!

This year!

Thirty days of Thankful- Day 17

Day 17

Today I am thankful for life lessons from little man and his BF. We didn't head to Disney today, as little man woke with a bad cough and needed a breathing treatment, so we hung around the resort, played at the kids play place and just had fun. When new kids came in they were just instantly friends. There is no questions between little kids, they are just all always friends. Some where in childhood we lose that and start becoming "picky" about who we call friend. It was fun to just watch the innocence of children as another child on the playground simply meant another friend :) So today I am thankful for the reminder to just be "friends" unless I am given a real reason not to be!

Thirty days of Thankful- Day 16

Day 16

Today I am thankful for friends who are up for an adventure with me. Early this morning I packed little man and his best friend in my car and headed toward Florida. It was actually a fun drive, the boys were SOOOO good, entertaining each other along the way and even taking pretty good naps in the car at the same time. They were so excited to get to Florida and see Palm Trees! While I was driving these two little boys, my friends were getting their work done and getting on planes to meet me down there. My friend Lauren arrived first from PA, getting to Florida at about an hour before us and then Tarsha arrived at about 7. I am so thankful for friends who are ready to attempt Florida and Disney with two little boys!

Thirty days of Thankful- Day 15

Day 15

Today I am thankful for the medical support I have here. Up until now I have not blogged specifically about some of struggles going on with little man and after the 30 days of Thankful are over I will begin to document what is going on, for me, for him and for others who might read this and get some help.

Briefly little man has recently been diagnosed with PTSD. This diagnosis has led to a few more support people coming into our lives. It is making schedule a bit crazy for momma, but whatever I need to do I will do. But with this addition it made me realize how thankful I am for the OT and the DT who have been seeing little man for almost a year. I am also thankful for the new support people who are entering our lives, who see the bright little boy and the fear he has. Who assure me that they are going to help him...us. I am thankful that I live in a place where people are here to help, who understand that there is so much we don't understand about the beginnings of an adopted childs' life, but know that there is healing that needs to take place.

Thirty Days of Thankful- Day 14

Day 14

Okay so this is going to sound odd, but today I am thankful for my alarm clock. Specifically the fact that the alarm went off this morning and I was able to turn it off and go back to sleep. It is track-out time and I get to be home for the next several days with my little man. He gets to be my alarm clock and he is really much cuter :)