Thankful Thursday :)

It's ThAnKfUl ThUrSdAy!!!
My heart really overflows with gratitude daily, and it's things like this that mean SO much to me. Sure it's just a coat rack with 4 jackets hanging, BUT to me, it's sweet. It makes me smile every time I come down the stairs and around the corner to the kitchen and see this view. To see Aaron's jacket, and then Presley's, Libby's, & mine... well it makes my heart sing. Those two tiny jackets in between our jackets, it's a beautiful thing! FAMILY is everything to me, and I'm thankful for my little family! I'm also thankful for those jackets that have little teddy bear ears, and lady bug antennas :) Makes life fun that's for sure!



This past weekend/week, we have all been sick with a nasty cold. Turns out BOTH Libby & Presley have RSV. Darn you RSV, I told you to STAY AWAY from my girls!! Presley even gets the synagis shots every month, but somehow she still got it. SIgh. I ended up taking her to the Urgent Care on Wednesday, then they sent us over to Phoenix Childrens Hospital immediately, because Presley was satting at 86, and they were REALLY worried about her since she brady'd while the doctor & both fed her at Urgent Care. Sure enough, RSV it was. Luckily though, Presley is SO tough, and she didn't have to be admitted. They gave her a breathing treatment, and suctioned her poor stuffed up little nose, and we got her to eat a 2oz bottle of pedialite (turns out sister LOVES grape lol) and she didn't brady while we fed her, and quickly after that her stats started to get MUCH better. She was finally satting at 94-97 and the dr said we could take her home as long as we kept an extra close watch on her (DUH! like we don't already) They said we caught it super fast though, and thanks to my awesome mom instincts, we didn't let it get out of hand :) Always nice to hear when people think I'm a great mom, because I sure do try! I felt super horrible that I thought about taking her in at 3am Wednesday morning, but didn't because her breathing wasn't rapid & she wasn't having retractions... but come 10am she was.. Sigh, she was smiling though so I figured if she was smiling, she was okay. HAha yeah right, when I got to PCH, the doctors were amazed at how she could be so smiley but be so sick. She'd choke on a feed, brady, and then smile when it was all over with. Silly girl! It's nice that she can be smiley, but she has been pretty cranky too. The thing that is most worrisome is that she can appear to be okay since she is smiley, but can be sick sick at the same time, she hides it well. That scares me. She's the only kid I know that can be pretty sick and still be super smiley. They were amazed at how well her lungs sounded even when she was sating at 86, said she is one tough baby :) then the dr said "it's a preemie thing" and I just had to smile, because every preemie I know is rock solid tough too :)

Here are some pics on Tuesday, she is on day two of RSV here & not looking sick at all:



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I wrote last week how thankful I was for all the little finger holding moments and how they make my heart melt... well I finally remembered to get a pic of her doing it recently :)

I'm thankful for baby toes too. Oh how I loveeeeeeeeeee baby toes! Presley's feet are TINY, and I just love them! Libby likes to tickle them and make Presley giggle, which is the sweetest thing to watch.

I'm thankful to be able to cherish all the little things, and for the knowledge on just how important the little things are. I always want to be able to remember all the tiny things about my girls that make them special, beautiful, and unique. I LOVE Libby's eyelashes, they are so perfect, and so long. Definitely did NOT get that from me lol. I'm jealous, I wish mine looked like that! I love her chubby little cheeks, and I am thankful that I get to kiss them whenever I want. I'm thankful for all the kisses she gives me. She will be playing, and just out of the blue will stop what she is doing, just to come over and give me a kiss. It's precious. She has recently learned how to blow kisses, and it's so sweet. She blows kisses to me when I put her down for a nap, or bedtime, and it melts my heart. How we got so lucky to have such a sweet girl, I just don't know.


I'm thankful for Pandora, for music. It makes me happy. I'm LOVING pinterest lately, and have been making SO much stuff from all the ideas I've been getting! I'm thankful to have some sewing skills. Today I made pink curtains for the girls' rooms, and they are SO cute! Libby saw them and said YAYYYYYYY :) I also made a crib rail cover, because Libby thinks she is a beaver and needs to chew the crap out of her crib?! So I made some padded pink covers, and I'm hoping this works! It sure can't taste good, so I have no clue why she chews on her crib? Yuck! I bought fabric to make some cute baby shoes, some dresses, some pajamas out of the SOFTEST fabric I've ever felt... and I'm currently working on a quite book for Libby too. I'm thankful to have some crafting skills, and am having fun making all this cute stuff!

I'm SUPER thankful to have Aaron home for a few days off this week, it's been SO fun! The girls are loving having their daddy home, and are having a blast playing with him! It's been really nice, and I always love when he gets some days off!