gratitude journal: day 4

Day Bud (gotta love the way Jaina talks)

There are times in my life when I have been "blessed" with challenges. I would have to say that the birth of my third child qualifies under this. Not to say that Grey is not a blessing, because he is.

Most everyone says having three kids is the hardest to handle and then every kid after that is a breeze. My challenge I face today is having patience and learning sacrifice with having three young children and reminding myself that raising a family is the most important thing I will do in my life.

Having Grey has blessed me more than anything. It has taught me that I don't have complete control over my life. That Heavenly Father knows what he is doing and that he truly cares about me and wants more than anything for me to have joy while I am here on this earth and there is nothing more joyful that having my 3 beautiful children! I am grateful for the love I have for them that I know is only minute compared to the love Heavenly Father has for me.

Why am I grateful for Grey? Grey is the cherry on top of my sunday. He completes our family. I love all my children so much, but the first time I lay Grey close to my chest and smelled his wonderful baby scent, I knew I had been blessed more than I deserved.

I am grateful to be woken up each morning by him yelling out his crib "dad? dad?" and then to peek into his room and see him beam from ear to ear. I love listening to his little jibber jabber throughout the day and I am grateful when I pick him up, he nestles his little head into my shoulder. I love that he pushes his little toy cars in Jaina's stroller and whenever we go for drives he never fails to bring to our attention the "doggies" (horses) in the pasture that we pass each time we go to the store.

I am grateful for his beautiful, kind eyes that are the color of the sea. I love his squishy lips and his shy little smile!. I love to watch him run away from Hunter in his diaper and realize that he is growing stronger each day. I am grateful that when Jon comes home from work, Grey is the one that drops what he is doing and runs full speed for him. I am grateful that having Grey is teaching me to have patience and to set my priorities straight. I am grateful that I was chosen to be his mommy!