Thankful Thursday blended with Things I Know... The Knight in Shining Armour Edition..

I am joining Kate from Kate Says Stuff for Thankful Thursday and Shae from Yay For Home for Things I Know... I just hope this isn't against blogging laws *shifty eyes*
And this Thursday I am ever so thankful for my husband... I Know This.
Well I am grateful EVERYDAY for him being in my life. But today I thought I'd shout it from the rooftops! Ok this isn't a rooftop, but damn it has more reach *insert winky and nodding face*.

My Knight in Shining Armour, he...

• is always helping out with the children at the 'witching hour'. We tag team the bathing of the muskateers, the feeding, the putting to bed
• gives me the most passionate embraces... they're not just hugs, they go to a whole new level
• gets up in the night to Liam, and the other two are my allocated night 'buddies'
• cracks the most corniest, crappiest jokes when I'm not in the mood for them.. then I realise my mouth is breaking into a grin.. sly bugger 
• listens to me and I mean really listens to me (or at least he's good at the facial expressions for it..)
• encourages me in whatever dreams or pursuits I desire
• has been through so much with me and has kept my head above water so many times
• never puts me down.. well not unless he's literally picked me up *snort*
• understands what my day entails and doesn't expect a spotless house, with all the chores done and dinner on the table.. lucky because otherwise I'd disappoint him *even louder snort*
• is 6 years younger than me, but he can be mature beyond his years.. sometimes...

So I thought I would add some photographs of this amazing man that I am Thankful for and that I Know...

Yep so loving, so caring and so mature...



But no, really, he is an adoring daddy..

And a very loving husband..

The one thing I definately know is...

I am so damn lucky to have him *cue corny sigh*

But no, really I am.

Thankful Thursday... Holding my children tight edition...

Joining Kate Says Stuff for Thankful Thursday, because I am so damn grateful!!!

Through everything I have experienced, encountered and endured, I have come out with more gratitude than ever before.

And when I read the news headlines and I see what others have been struck with, I try to look at how lucky I am and celebrate it.

This week there has been a huge focus on the loss of a young teenage boy. Although he would be a man today, a man who his parents would have seen go through puberty, graduate from high school and either be attending university/college or being an apprenctice in a trade. But no, these things that people take for granted will never be in Daniel Morcombe's life. An evil, sadistic man ripped it away. A monster that walked the streets sniffing out his pray.

This week I looked at the loss of Daniel and all the children who have become angels, and I couldn't help but hold tight my own children. Regard every little thing about them. From the most loveable and adorable attributes to even the things that make me want to tear my hair out. I held nothing but gratitude....

• running my fingers through Jack's cornsilk hair
• breathing in Evangeline's scent, of baby shampoo, arrowroot biscuit and milk
• squeezing Liam's body in a tight embrace and kissing his bulbous cheeks
• hearing the sounds of their tiny vocal chords, even the cries and whinges were music this week

I am so blessed to have my children. And I always think about those who cannot have their own. I truly feel for those women whose wombs ache to be filled.
I am so blessed that my children have their health. Yes Liam has Cerebral Palsy, but he is a robust little guy, tough as nails with a cast iron immune system. Yes Jack has Autism, and he does suffer from croup now and again, but he also has a strong constitution. And well Evangeline is the plump picture of health with her rosy features.
I am blessed to be able to embrace my children everyday, tell them I love them (over and over and over again).
Most of all I am blessed to be able to see how lucky I am. Through the loss of Dylan, through all the different diagnoses.. through all the tough times, I have been able to see what amazing things life does offer and that I have them in abundance.
There is so much to be thankful for!!!

 So come and join me and all the other awesome bloggers who participate in 'Thankful Thursday' via Kate Says Stuff