Intro to a Praying Mantis

The girls freak out about bugs, so I figured this guy would be worth a hollar or two.  Nope.  They were enthralled.

He was down at the bottom when they were looking at him.  By the time I went to get my camera, he was at the top.

Boots

The girls are very fond of shoes, and boots for that matter...

So one day Ben and I were just having a bit of fun!

Ana in Moms boots



Emily in Da's Boots

On the way to GrandDads!

I pulled out some new 18 month outfits for the girls to wear to visit GrandDad, and had to take a few pictures of them since they are super cute!!

Ana playing with her puzzle

Ana

Emily learning about feelings

Emily done with feelings...:)

She was eating an apple!  but this is the only pic I got of the whole outfit...

Out of town

I am going out of town tomorrow and I will not be able to keep up with my Thankful posts, but I have so many things that I am thankful for.  There is no way that one month could cover it all. 
Thank you for putting up with me doing this!  I wanted to write it down for myself as much as anything!  There are so many things that can happen in your life that can drag you down, and make you think... if only...ect
It sometimes takes writing a few things down to realize how blessed you really are, and how much you have.
I am very blessed. 

November 20

Today I am super tired, I stayed up way to late last night and then had one poor little girl today who is getting some eye teeth and another molar..She has burst out crying every 10 minutes or so...She had a lot of frozen peas...ANYWAY I am looking forward to a good nights sleep tonight
... onto the thankful post.
I am thankful for my Mother, but one thing I want to mention in particular.  She was driven to make sure that I had the best chance at a normal life.  She found a doctor to help, and then EVERY morning for many many years she would get up early to do physical therapy with me. 
She didn't have to do this...But she did, and she was diligent. 
I know that it is because of this that I have the life I have. 
Where this all ties into the previous subject of being tired.  This doctor that she found did many amazing things, but one was to teach me ways to put myself to sleep since I was on medication that had side effects of sleeplessness. 
I now have very few nights where I cant immediately go to sleep and get good solid rest.  It is a life saver! 

November 19th

I know this is going to be an odd post, but I read many books, and they remind me of far worse times. I am so grateful that I live in a time of running water and such other niceties.  I don't like the idea of having to run to the outhouse in the middle of the night, or the day for that matter. 

November 18th

Organizations such as the March of Dimes.  They have learned so much about prematurity and my family benefited from that. 

November 17th

I am thankful for the FW MoM group.  I have just joined, but I have gotten so much from them already!

November 16th

My discover card! 
I know that is odd, but we have been saving up our points on this card, and it has paid for all of Christmas this year so far.  That has been such a great blessing.

November 15

The First Baptist Church in Burleson
We are going to church with Pop while we are living with him, and the people and pastor of his church have been so accommodating.  They even now have someone in the nursery in the early service so that we can leave the girls and actually get something out of the sermon instead of handling the girls the whole time!