Thankful Thursday

This is my first Thankful Thursday posting. I have to admit the idea for this posting is not mine. I got it from another blog site. I have been feeling that I need to include it in my blog. The premise for Thankful Thursday is to thank God for something in your life or day. I thought my first TT was for all the mom's out there. I thank God for the days that children do not nap!!!!



We have had a very sick week. Jessa started with a fever on Friday and we headed to the doctors on Saturday to check her ears. They were fine and we were sent home with the feeling that it was just a cold. By Sunday, Mommy and Jessa were getting worse and Emma just did not seem right. Monday, Daddy took the day off from work to care of the girls (all of them). We headed back to the doctors due to the continued fever with Jessa. Upon the doctor checking her out, she was diagnosed with scarlet fever and strep throat. The doctor immediately wanted to see Emma and she was diagnosed with strep. Mommy received the diagnosis also. We spent the following days at home with multiple doses of antibiotics and tissues.

I decided that the girls needed one more day of a good nap before we started to get back to a regular routines. We had a normal morning filled the activities around the house, playing with babies, dancing, reading, and then lunch. We headed off to bed for some well deserved rest on the girls' and mommy's behalf. On a normal day, the girls are off to sleep within 20 minutes of going up. Today was not a normal day, Emma decided that she did not want to nap and within 40 minutes of the girls going to bed, she had Jessa awake.

I bet the moms out there are wondering why I consider this a Thankful Thursday. I was also wondering that as I was getting more and more upset about how the evening was going to go with two very tired girls. I made the realization that God has given me everything I prayed for. I remembered praying so hard for a child and wondering if I would ever be a mom. There are many days since I have become a mom that I fell like a complete and total failure at this motherhood stuff, then Emma will say "thank you, mommy" with her arm outstretched or Jessa says "mommy, happy". I just have to smile and realize how Thankful I am for God and His Blessings.

A side note, we are all getting better. Now we are just waiting for Daddy to come down with it!!!