Daily Blessings

Well, yesterday I whined a little bit. And as I got in bed last night, ready to crash I started thinking about all the little (actually, huge) blessings throughout the day. First off, my amazing friend/cousin Abby offered to keep Ava for me yesterday. This was so helpful as I had about a million things I needed to get done and doing them with a two year old can be a challenge. So Ava had a great time with Abby and Jantzen and I got a lot of things checked off my list! (you know I love that!) I bought bunk beds yesterday so all my kids will have a place to sleep when baby #3 gets here in 7 weeks!

There were lots of other great blessings, but the other one I want to comment on is my sweet Taylor. Last night we were picking up the house because the cleaning lady is coming today (I know I'm spoiled, my husband lets me get someone clean the house every two weeks!!) Getting the house ready to be cleaned is a lot of work in itself. Well, I was absolutely exhausted and Taylor just took over! She told me to sit on the couch, came over and put my recliner up and she went to town! She cleaned her room, Ava's room, the living room, even my room! She then brought me some water and got the laundry out of the dryer! I just couldn't believe it all. She helped me fold and put up the laundry and then said, "I'm going to get ready for bed now." Taylor has always been a great kid, but her amazing attitude last night blessed my heart so much! As a parent it makes you think "Finally! I've done something right!" So last night I went to tuck her in and took her a little bit of money and told her that she had worked so hard and had earned it. She told me she didn't do the work to get money, she just wanted to help me out. What an angel!