Thanks (for) giving

Thanksgiving is really my favorite holiday and this year was no exception ! It's all about family, friends and food....really, what more could you want? This year, I really felt like it was a Thanks for giving......

Dad and I the oppportunity to be grandparents....Levi is a blessing to us and our family ! THANKS , Mel and Jason for GIVING our family this beautiful little boy to love and watch grow !
Our sweet Selena....THANKS for GIVING, Chad and all the rest of us, the opportunity to be together for the holiday. We missed you terribly, and are grateful for your love and understanding in the happiness Chads' being with us brought ! We are grateful for all you did to make it all happen.
Jason and Chad, THANKS for GIVING all of us a wonderfully, tasty turkey, cooked on a cold and very rainy day...you guys make quite the team !

THANKS for GIVING Levi, the opportunity to meet his Uncle Chad ! Chad, we're so thankful that you were able to be with us ! You are a wonderful Uncle, Levi loves you !!

And Oh my gosh.........a WONDERFUL THANKS for GIVING me and dad an incredible

surprise....... Our Murtaugh grandbaby will be born in June !!! We can't wait !!! Thank you

for the happiness and joy that your wonderful news has already brought to our lives. We look forward to watching your little family grow and being a part of your baby's life !!

Really, it was all about family, friends and food and we couldn't be more thankful !!

New Love

Seems like just yesterday......I was holding my own little Lovey, who is now a sweet little mommy to her own little Love ! Many years of holding my own little babies, watching them grow, learning many lessons along the way.....then the years of seeing them make their own way in the world and for me; trying to forge my own new path...have all led to this wonderful time in MY life as well as theirs! I see the contentment in her eyes...and remember so well,the feelings of just sheer happiness in holding a sweet new baby of my own ! I love this picture!! When I tell her how content she looks, she's quick to say, "This is all I've ever wanted" I can see that in her eyes and in her smile and in the way she looks at her sweet baby !!!The miracle of it all.... the anticipation, the working together as a team like never before.THe newness of every day. A little smile, the eye contact and the extra new little chin :)
The knowing, as a mom, that you are "growing" a healthy, happy child. That every day, you will be this childs' mommy and all the joys that come with that! Truly a dream come true !