Thankful Thursday

1.  Give Them Grace - can't remember if I've mentioned this book before or not.  My sister-in-law suggested it, and I love it.  I read it awhile back, but we've recently started implementing one of the ideas in our family. 
2.  play date
3.  only having to get up once in the night - Mara is finally sleeping in our her room every night after we decided it was time to start some new sleeping habits.  Using rewards, a night light timer, and lots of tough love, it's been successful.  Some nights she wakes up a couple of times crying for me.  Micah is teething, so he's also been waking a couple times a night.  I feel like I'm on a newborn sleep schedule again.  Hopefully this phase is short. 
4.  only buying one size of diapers!
5.  The Biggest Loser workout videos - Micah didn't appreciate me leaving him at Childwatch at the YMCA, so I'm back to working out in our living room. 
6.  dinner with friends
7.  Lance is halfway through the Farrell's FXB program and making great progress. 
8.  my big valentine and my two little valentines
9.  Mara's independence - dressing herself, putting her dirty laundry in the hamper, helping set the table.  It's amazing how much more I can get done with the extra help!  I can't wait until she can unload the dishwasher and vacuum.  I know, by then she'll hate doing chores. 
10.  the look on Micah's face when he realizes he's standing without holding onto anything
11. the pallet on my wall - For Christmas on Lance's side of the family, we drew names and exchanged homemade gifts. It was quite fun! My sister-in-law made me a pallet with my favorite bible verse.  I had a couple of pallet project ideas pinned on Pinterest, so she knocked one of those out for me.  Lance really thought the pallet should have come with the hanging hardware.  He did finally rig something together, and now we just hope that heavy piece of wood doesn't fall off the wall!

12.  girls night and successful surprise baby shower