Being Content

I am finally able to get on here and blog. Tanner has been waking up super early everyday. So by the evening I am literally wiped out. Today was MOPS day and something about being around other moms in the same season of life as me really energizes me. I am so thankful to be pregnant with our 2nd son. I never imagined a life this rich and full. I am so ready to meet our little Holden. I know Billy is too. He is so active and I love feeling him move. I have had lots of energy this whole pregnancy BUT I am finally getting very tired by afternoon. We are blessed that we pretty much have everything for the baby and I am not worried as whatever we don't have we will get. Tanner's doing great in his big boy room and loves his bed. He stays in for naps and all night so I am thankful for that. He does want to play at 6 a.m. but hey as a mom you take your blessings and deal with things that aren't. :) I will be 35 weeks on Tuesday and we go for one more ultrasound at 36 weeks to see how Holden is doing. I have really been trying to teach Tanner about what to expect and tell him that the baby will cry and he will be very little. I am not sure how much he gets but he does seem to like the idea of being a big brother. He is so funny that kid. I asked him after lunch today if he was ready for his nap and he said "No thanks mommy." Hysterical. Well I had to rephrase and say "Tanner its nap time" He is asleep and I am grateful. I love being a stay at home mommy. My life is not glamorous but I do love it!! I can not wait to hold my precious new baby. I wished I lived closer to my mom, sister, aunts, and sister in laws, But I am grateful that they are not that far away. I also have wonderful in-laws who treat me just like a daughter and they both help us out all the time. I have amazing friends and love living in Ocala. I do wish it would cool off more. GEEEZE it is half way through October. I do love fall and get so excited this time of year. I celebrate 5 years of marriage this weekend. How awesome to be able to share my life with my best friend! The good, bad, and ugly! I often get caught up in "wants". I want this and want that. I felt very convicted today. I had to ask God to help me be grateful and content for what I do have. I think it is easy as moms of little ones to get caught up in things we need and want and those list of things we don't have. But truly I have everything! Help me remeber this Lord. Help me to get outside myself more and help others.Philippians 4:11-13 New International Version (NIV) 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.