Grateful

We've had a super hard week. Poor Ian has woken up at least every other night screaming in pain. He's getting six new teeth in all at once and it is MISERABLE!! Tylenol, teething tablets, and Orajel just can't keep up. We're all losing sleep over it.

The face of teething misesry at 2am. Nothing calms him down except laying on the couch watching Veggie Tales. Believe us - we've tried everything else.

We're also encountering complicatings with James' GI Bill money for school not coming through (please pray!) and both of our cars needing expensive repair (we're probably gonna have to replace mine). God has given me so much peace though, and I'm grateful for that. We've been praying a lot of direction for the these issues and for future educational and career plans, and I feel like we are really making progress in those areas as well. I'm definitely grateful for that!

And, for some reason, I have just been so grateful for everything I have these last few weeks, even before we hit all the hard stuff. I can't help but think back to when I desperately wanted to be married, even if it meant dealing with typical marriage problems. Then I wanted a baby, even if I had to deal with all the hard stuff that went along with that. And I wanted to be in a house, even if that meant having to work extra hours or pinch pennies in other areas. And I'm there. I have a wonderful, supportive, hard-working hubby who is an amazing father, an out-of-this-world wonderful son, and a beautiful home in a wonderful neighborhood with wonderful neighbors to live in. And I'm grateful for all of it. Truly, in the midst of all that is happening, I just feel so blessed to be at the point of life I'm at.

I was thinking all these warm fuzzy thoughts as I was taking Ian for a walk tonight when we came across some cows. Totally proved my point. How amazing is it that I live minutes from beautiful walking trails where we get to see cows in the middle of a huge metroplex?? Awesome!

This guy sure was hungry.

Ian enjoyed watching him graze (for 30 seconds, anyways...haha).

Trying to get a wider angle to show the walking path in front of the cows.

It ain't all sunshine and roses for sure, but tonight I am thanking God for my blessings!