So Much to be Thankful For

I love Thanksgiving. For the first 25 years of my life, and for a long time before that, my family celebrated Thanksgiving in Evanston, Wyoming with my Buckley side of the family. It was always something I looked forward to, and I was sad that that tradition had to go a couple of years ago. However, this Thanksgiving was truly wonderful. We gathered at Merrill and Cindy's home and spent an amazing day together. I missed Carolyn and Amy and their families, but it was nice to communicate with both of them on that day. Everyone was their contribution in making the meal wonderful. We enjoyed being together with just the right mix of food, family and fun. My favorite part of the day was this; Merrill and Cindy had something very special to give all of us. The blessing was said, and Merrill played the Josh Groban, So Much to be Thankful For, song. I was touched so deeply as it gave me the opportunity to look back over the past year at the innumerable blessings that are mine. I want my family, friends, and all of my loved ones to know that I am Thankful For them.

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Chuck E. Cheese, where a kid can......

So, my great friend Amanda kept the boys for me for a bit tonight, and she was at Chuck E.Cheese with the boys when I was done with what I was doing. She spoiled the boys rotten and got them more tokens then any 3 & 1 year old would ever need. They had this cute place that you could put a token in and have your picture drawn by Chuck E. Cheese himself!!!! How fun.



HOWEVER... The best part of the night was that TUCKER TOOK HIS FIRST STEP!!!!! YAY!!!! He wanted to get over to a little carousel there and just took a step toward it. Of course once we saw that, we had to see if we could get him to do it again
So great!!! Guess I'll have to see if any of those after Thanksgiving sales have baby corrals in them ;)

Tucker's Well Child Visit

So Tucker had his 15 month check up last week and everything is just great. His current stats are 75th% for height and 25th% for weight, which I asked the Dr. to re-check because I was certain it was an error. Nope, depite the fact that his favorite place to be is in the kitchen cleaning up plates, apperantly all the running around is working it off. He's doing all the 15 month old typical things, minus walking. However, Ben didn't even put his feet flat on the floor until he was Tucker's age, and I think he's turned out pretty darn great so far, so, not to worry Ü One thing that has been so different with Tucker vs. Ben, is that Tucker has many of the side effects that come with immunizations, and Ben had next to none. This time his mom was smart enough to give him the Motrin BEFORE the shots and that seemed to help a smidgen. Anyway, I sure love this little boy, and I feel so blessed to have such healthy, strong boys.

Lucky 7!

7 things I can do:
1. LOVE my 2 delicious boys
2. Laugh
3. Teach
4. Enjoy my blessings
5. Have great relationships with family and friends
6. Boil a mean pot of water
7. Get Snippy

7 things I can't do:
1. Drive safely
2. Resist "kissy cheeks"
3. Fit into a size 6
4. Make myself throw up
5. Remember plans I've made (grrrrr)
6. Drive a Semi
7. Text very fast

7 things that I love about my boys:
1. They showed me that my heart can hold more love than I could have EVER imagined
2. They make me laugh every day
3. They teach me patience Ü
4. The look of wonder in their eyes when they see something new for the first time
5. They way they smell after a bath and lotion
6. They occasionaly let me snuggle them
7. They are the greatest thing that EVER happened to me


7 things I say most often:
1. Oh that is delicious
2. Whooo Hoooo
3. Where's Ben? (He loves hiding these days)
4. Tucker, NO!!!
5. Take out your word work notebooks and a pencil
6. LOL
7. Night, night sweetheart

7 celebrity admirations:
1. Glenn Beck
2. Oprah
3. Pres. Monson
4. Jack Black/ Kung Fu Panda
5. Stephanie Meyer
6. Christopher Reeve
7. Whoever invented Google!!!

7 favorite foods:
1. Chocolate
2. Dr. Pepper
3. Chicken Roll-ups
4. Hawiian Haystacks
5. Sunday Dinner
6. Cream Cheese Won Tons
7. Chocolate

7 people to tag:
1. Shelby
2. Amanda
3. Tina
4. Lori
5. Juli
6. Alyson
7. Bonnie

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