Thankful day 11

Today I am thankful for my wonderful church. I belong to the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints. "Im a Mormon, I know, I live it, I love it" I'm not sure where I would be today without it but am so thankful I have a firm foundation and a testimony of my savior Jesus Christ and the atonement I am thankful for the emphasis our church places on the family unit and am thankful for a faithful husband and father and our precious daughter.

Thankful day 10

Ah man I am a day behind but in my defense I have been fighting a bug off and sleeping a lot!

Day 10 I am thankful for top ramen. Silly I know but one of the only things that I could eat yesterday! It's the little things in life.. Now if I could only get an ice cold blue Gatorade....

Thankful Day 9

Thankful Day 9.
Today I am thankful for a job. Being a new grad and living in a new place (not having any outside resources) i am excited that i was able to get a job. I work two nights a week, 16 hours a week, and it is perfect for my family and i!! Yes sometimes its hard to stay awake all night but i get through it and am glad i do!!

Thankful Day 8

Thankful Day 8.
Today (well yesterday) and always I am thankful for great neighbors and a great place to live! i can't tell you what a difference in my life it has made to have the most wonderful neighbors in the best hidden secret in Omaha! Seriously, Village Green, has wonderful people but im pretty sure i lucked out when i got the best next door neighbor! Since working nights i have been able to have a great morning sitter for my hazel. Once hazel wakes up I take her to my neighbor, and then in a few hours when she is ready for a nap she comes and brings hazel to me, i feed her then she takes a nap and i continue to sleep too. oh and did i mention we do crafts like all day long... and she has a pretty stinkin cute daughter :) oh and we run errands together and are over at each others houses for dinner a couple times a week. she has been such a life-saver here in Nebraska. I also have super fun neighbors- even neighbors that drag my butt out of bed to hit the gym at 530 am  (some mornings...) and neighbors that do lunch dates and play outside and zoo dates and mall trips and some of the most amazing people that would drop everything to help you out. I really love where I live and couldn't imagine being anywhere else right now in life.                            she makes these cute booties!! check 'em out!!

some of the kiddos at the ZOO

hazel and Livi

just a couple of crafts we have done

Thankful Day 7

Thankful day 7.
Today I am thankful for great friends! I have friends all over the place and I am thankful for each an everyone of them in my life. Whether we were friends for a minute or have been friends forever, they all have made an impact on me and touched my life forever.

Thankful day 6

Thankful day 6.

Today I am thankful for modern medicine. If you read my blog regularly you know that I had PPD. It wasn't so severe but enough to make daily life a struggle. It was enough to know I was not myself. I did not enjoy motherhood. Luckily I was able to start some medication that made my life 

S O M U C H B E T T E R. 

and i am not afraid to admit it. There is only so much we can control. Sometimes we cannot control the chemicals in our brain, or our postpartum hormones. About a month ago I weaned off my medication. I was terrified. I was worried i would need my medication forever. but here I am a month later, i still LOVE motherhood, i still am feeling great (maybe it's too soon to tell... ill let you know ;) and yes i have my bad days and snap at my husband and cry (which on my medication i didn't cry much, didn't snap much and was SO much more patient.... maybe i do need it haha) besides that modern medicine.. i am thankful for epidurals. 

Thankful Day 5

Thankful Day 5

Today I am thankful for families. My own family, Jason, Hazel and I.. yes.. but more so our families! The Wagner's and Pickett's! Cathy, Mike, Ashley, Ethan, Addie, Cory, Katie, Dean, Brittani, Rich, Ryann, Cara, Erin, Pete, Zach, Madeline. Steve, Patti, Jennifer, Rhyann, Carrigan, Addison, little Fetus,  Jared, Caitlin, and Jamie! that is just immediate family... i can't even begin to go into grandparents on both sides, and aunts uncles and cousins...because there are SO many Wonderful family members and too many to type!!! They have shaped us into who we are today and they are there for us 24/7! I can always count on my family to be there, to call me, to think about me, to pray for me and just Love me! The family structure is different these days but you can Read My Beliefs on The Family here!  and i want each of my families to know that i pray for each and everyone of you by name daily! i am always thinking about you!!