To be thankful

There is so much to be thankful for!
And sometimes i/we are at fault of either expecting them or not even noticing what wonderful things are present in my/our lives.

Last night we listed in our prayer all that we could be thankful for, and suddenly the minor complaints fall away when we realize how blessed we truly are.

Just to name a few things in my life i can be thankful for:

- just purchasing a new car.

- a 'perfect' pregnancy. Although i do have my odd complaints, there is nothing i have to truly worry about, it has all been 'smooth sailing'

- the sweetest husband who last night, said to me.  "Im sorry for not saying thankyou enough for what you do at home. If i (chris) was 7 months pregnant, with a toddler to chase and a house to maintain , i would probably crawl back to bed by 10am. So thankyou for a tidy house, happy daughter and dinner on the table. Sometimes its the messy moments that make me realize how much i dont thankyou. At work its a wonderful feeling when someone thanks you for what you have done, and so ill try thank you more for your 'work'. Isn't he just the sweetest :D

- the cutest + cheekiest daughter. We videoed her the other, (ive got to learn how to edit videos to upload on the blog) and it just shows her funny personality. She keeps me on my toes, but ive always got a smile on my face when she is around.

- family that we have in our lives. From our mums + dads, siblings all along to our extended family. I dont know how i would survive without having them close by. also extra thankyou to family members for loaning out their cars to us, so that we have been able to get around in the last 2 months)

- friendships + playdates.

- faith, which may be this far on the dotted list ,but is always the first thing to be thankful for. For a heavenly Father who keeps us in his grace.

- roof over heads. especially love the fact of having a tin roof when it rains.

- food on the table and in our bellies.

and the list could go on.

It really is an uplifting thing to be able to count our blessing. And im going to try and do this more often!