Thankful

Wow, three posts in less than a week...are you impressed?!? :) I was just struck today with everything that seems to be going wrong with this pregnancy, and challenged to think of what I am thankful for instead of focusing on all the frustrations.

*The simple blessing of being able to get pregnant in the first place
*I can work and go to our morning church service while I am on bedrest (I couldn't do either with Titus)
*I haven't had heartburn nearly as bad with this baby as I did with Titus
*I had an amazing night of sleep last night - I think the first time in MONTHS (it helped that I didn't have to get up to go to the bathroom :) )!!
*Stephen - I don't know how I would manage if I was a single mother, or if he was unwilling to help
*The many people who have helped us along the way
*In the craziness of life, being able to just relax and be at home together as a family before she comes.
*I didn't have this PUPPS rash with Titus
*Being able to enjoy a second ultrasound
*She has all her fingers, toes, etc and looks completely normal and healthy!!!
*Benadryl and ice!!! :)
*I am almost half way through my 10 weeks of bedrest already!
*Having a break from cooking and cleaning :) :)
*The medication I am on to slow down the contractions is SO MUCH better than the medicine they put me on with Titus. The other stuff made my heart race and made me feel shaky. I can't even tell that I am taking this new kind!
*I have been able to spend a lot more time with Titus (I used to only get about an hour after dinner before he went to bed by the time I got home from work and got dinner ready) and he doesn't even realize that I am on bedrest because I can still play with him, read him books, etc. He is still a Daddy's boy...and even more so now, since Stephen has to do everything for him!!

And I am sure there lots of other things I am not thinking of right now, but I already feel better!