Thankfulness

Today as I was rocking my sweet baby boy to sleep, I realized I have so much to be thankful for in my life. God has truly blessed me and sometimes I forgot how lucky I am to have what I have. I have so so many things to be thankful for, my health, my husband, my son, my dad, my sister, my step-mom, Jerimiah's parents, sister and brother, our wonderful babysitter, my school, my co-workers, my students and the list could go on and on. In today's society, a job is a lucky thing to come by it seems. I am so blessed each day as I get to spend it with 19 wild and awesome 6 year olds. They may drive me nuts somedays, but I really can't imagine doing anything else. I have always wanted to be a teacher, basically since I was five, and God has truely shown me that it is my calling and passion in my life. I take for granted somedays my health. I guess it hit me tonight as I have been praying and thinking of my friend Katrina who is encountering her third round of chemo this week. Not just her, but so many it seems are dealing with the word I have grown up with and have a deep dislike for, cancer. The last couple of months have changed my attitude in life. I may struggle with things and think something is so bad, but really, what they face each day is much more worse then me. All these friends and family members inspire me to live life to the fullest and change my attitude to better. As someone who grew up with someone who dealt with this, attitude is something that goes a long ways. It is my true belief that my mom's attitude towards all she faced helped her fight her cancer for so many years. I guess after 5 years I didn't really forget that, but now dealing with it with others again so close has reminded me to buck up and take life as it is given to us.

A boy and his dog...

Everynight at the dog's supper time, we go through this process. Cohen is so interested in their food for some reason. Most of the time, he just sits and watches Goliath eat. But once in a while, we see Goliath being the nice dog that he is and allowing Cohen into his food. We have fished dog food out only once though, so he does okay I guess. But everynight is the same. Just sits and watches as they eat.

I swear...

I am making a promise now, to try and update this thing more often. I know I have said it before, but I truly am going to try. I love reading others and keeping up with people that way and so I guess I should return the favor and keep ours up to date also.

Maybe with my new toy I bought today, it will be easier. We decided to take Cohen to the bluebonnet fields northwest of us to take some pictures. We borrowed Jerimiah's parents camera. They bought an SLR after the boys were born. It took great pictures. I have always dreamed of one and since we still had some tax refund money left, Jerimiah allowed me to get my very own. I'm super excited and will make taking pictures of Cohen so much fun!

His birthday party is next week and we are so excited! Grandpa Bensema is flying in on his way home from Vegas and I know I am excited to have him here for it. Cohen is walking so much! He tries first to walk to something, when he falls he just crawls the rest of the way. He is getting so big! I can't believe he will be a year in 2 weeks. This year has really gone fast! But I love seeing all the changes of a baby and see them grow and develop new skills everyday. Here are some pictures from today. If you don't see a new post soon, please send me an email and yell at me!