What a Great Day!

I am writing this post to help myself be more thankful for the little things in life. I would say that I am a pretty thankful person, but it always helps to reflect on the little things that make my day! I suppose that my "great day" really began last night. Matt and I got a babysitter and went out together for the first time since our anniversary in June. It's really sad that it had been so long. Many people hear that and say, "Yeah, we don't like to leave our kids with babysitters either." But in fact, we love babysitters! It's just the cost of them that keeps us from getting one more often. We have decided that our "date night" is pretty much nonexistent these days and it is something that will definitely change once residency (and now fellowship!) is over. Matt and I went out for dinner AND a movie!!! We saw "Dan in Real Life" and it was great!

It was funny yet serious, pretty clean, and had great acting. If you are a fan of "The Office" you know Steve Carell is a great actor. But after seeing this movie, we were even more impressed with him. I would definitely recommend this movie. And the funny parts were 'laugh out loud' funny.


My great day continued into the night. As many of you know, we have had the worst time trying to get Sadie to sleep at night. I thought that if we did the same things with Sadie that we did with Wyatt, she's follow in his footsteps. But of course, as anyone with more than one kid knows, each child is different and I am learning this daily! But back to my great day, Sadie slept through the night without having to eat once!!!!! We did get up twice and go in her room just to try and calm her down, but she cried for a few minutes each time and then went right back to sleep. Anyone with young kids knows what a huge difference sleep makes! Especially when it's been 7 1/2 months since we've gotten any good sleep. So when I woke up to hear Wyatt this morning and realized I hadn't fed Sadie, I was overjoyed! I felt like a million bucks.

And the morning continued in the same fashion. The kids were both in great moods, smiling and cooperating! Sadie had the biggest grin on her face from the moment I got her out of bed until she went down for a nap. She was so happy and content. And Wyatt was as well. When I usually tell Wyatt it's time to get dressed, we have a near meltdown. But today, he answered with, "Okay Mom." And this continued all morning.Things in our household were so peaceful it was eerie. So I began to take pictures to document this morning as it may not happen again for a LONG time!





Here were the kids playing quietly in the family room while I was eating some breakfast and Matt was reading the paper. Matt and I were actually able to carry on a full conversation with each other across the table--uninterrupted! Might I just add that neither of our kids are very quiet, so just the volume (or lack of it) in our house was astounding.





Then as I began to clean up the kitchen, Wyatt asked if he could help. He is usually a great helper, so this wasn't too out of the ordinary. But here he was putting the soap into the dishwasher. He was just so cute, all dressed and ready for church, helping me clean up the kitchen. Usually on Sunday mornings, we are running late and the kitchen never even gets cleaned up until we get home. But thanks to Wyatt, we got it all done before we went to church and we even got to church on time (another thing I have to document since it rarely happens!)























When we got home from church, Matt decided to get his hockey gear all ready for tonight while I made lunch. (Men's open hockey on sunday nights) Of course, Wyatt LOVED getting to play with all Daddy's hockey gear. He tried everything on and wanted Matt to hold him to up the mirror so he could see himself. (Here he is wearing Matt's shoulder pads over his Brett Favre jersey--in honor of the Packers playing the Vikings today, in which they won, of course!)




This picture is just priceless. Matt was trying on his helmet and Wyatt tried on another one of Matt's helmets and they were talking to each other with them on. Of course I would think it would be easier to have a conversation without a hockey helmet on, but this is one of the many reasons why a boy needs a Dad. It's great to see how Wyatt looks up to Matt and wants to do everything he does. At dinner the other night, I was watching Wyatt while Matt was praying and noticed that he folded his hands and bowed his head, but was looking at Matt's hands during the prayer and trying to fold his hands the same way. He spent most of the prayer trying to do everything the same way Matt was and it was just one of those priceless moments that I am so glad I was able to see. And I am even more thankful to be married to a man who I think is a great role model and example for Wyatt. If Wyatt grows up to be just like his Dad, he will be an unbelievable man of integrity and faith. And this is something I pray for everyday.

So this was my great day. And to top it off, as I alluded to earlier, the Packers beat the Vikings. Yet they didn't just beat them, they held them to a shutout! 34-0!