Gratitude Friday...

I so want to start this with lots of explanation points and enthusiastic shouts.

But I'm too tired.

So very tired.

Somewhere around Wednesday night I hit a brick wall and have yet to recover.

Maybe it's a mental thing because my mom left Wednesday afternoon.

Which has now become the saddest moment of mommy-dom so far because Pumpkin, snuggled in her car seat, did not understand that I was getting out of the car with Nana to give her a hug and get right back in.

Not leave her in the car forever.

By the time a whole 26 seconds had passed, Aubrey Kate had gone from okay kiddo to terrified toddler. She was crying big ole crocodile tears.

And it broke my heart.

I wiped her tears with Spots (her pink giraffe lovie) and gave her lots and lots of kisses. But she kept crying until she tuckered out enough to fall asleep.

Knowing that once I stopped the car, she would wake up and be so very fussy without enough of a nap, I chose not to stop driving. I drove for a full hour. Up one interstate, down another. She finally woke up when I decided to get off the interstate and on to the road. I had to stop at a red light. Nap over.

She got some extra snuggles from me and more than her usual kiss every other minute.

Heavens. I wish she could understand how much I love her. And how every minute I'm not with her, my heart aches. That the best part of my day every day is seeing her smile up at me.

But she doesn't understand and so she gets scared. Which breaks my heart.

Besides that emotional anguish, I have been sewing like a crazy person.

We have a couple in our SS class heading to east Asia in the next couple of weeks so the ladies decided to host a Scentsy/Premier party to help raise some money for them. I offered to sell some pillow case dresses and onesies as well. So I've spent every night making them. Lots of them. And yet, I am terrified I will not have enough.

Equally as terrified no one will buy.

I've never sold them. Only given them as gifts or donated them. I have no idea if they are really cute or really sadly pathetic.

Regardless, I'm putting them out there. It's for a great cause!

All the money will go to our friends. I've been collecting the fabric, ribbons and onesies for months and honestly, have no way to 1) figure out how much it's cost me and 2) don't really care about recouping my cost.

Soooo...I revert to my original statement.

I am tired.

And you are now tired of reading this.

1. Nana - so grateful to have my mom here for a visit! I adore watching Aubrey Kate playing with her Nana. So sweet. And since we live 10 hours apart, so very precious.

2. Teeth - after weeks of snottiness and general fussiness, Pumpkin has two new teeth coming in. The top center two. 14 months and almost four teeth! We were beginning to wonder if there were any more teeth actually there to grow.

3. Attic full of stuff - We have been doing some de-cluttering, redecorating and re-purposing. And going through our attic in the process. It's like going shopping in your own house. Love it!

4. New bible study - our SS ladies started a new bible study this week. It's another Kelly Minter study. I know. Ya'll are all kinds of thrilled. So far, it's fabulous. Sad I missed Tuesday's discussion but very much looking forward to these next five weeks! I love these women!

5. East Asia - so very, very, very grateful to be able to pray for and support our friends heading out into the world. Christ didn't really give us a choice. He commanded us to go into the world and teach others about Him. Love that our friends are taking this huge step of faith and following that commandment.

Hope ya'll have a fabulous weekend! Love ya'll!