Grateful Friday

- A wonderful holiday season. Seeing the girls experience everything these last few weeks has made me realize that Christmas is best when you're seeing the joy of your child. Even better experiencing it as a child.
- Everyone's general good health this year, despite the nasty cold Bill has right now.
- The gifts I received for Christmas. I know a lot of thought went into each and every one of them and that's more touching than the gifts themselves.
- Maddie's progress in potty training. Two steps forward, one step back, but that's still progress!
- Josie's improvement in her speech. She is suddenly talking so much. And she's funny! A little comedienne coming out of her shell.
- More time (and energy) to blog this week.
- The ham and bean soup I made on New Year's Day, with the leftovers of the Christmas Day ham we had. It actually turned out the way I planned. Even I was shocked.
- Celebrating the New Year with the people I love most in the world.