303 THANK YOU'S

Thanksgiving is such an important time of year to acknowledge your blessings, and this year I have so much to be thankful for. For the sake of blogging, though, I am limiting it to 303 things I love and am thankful for... here goes...

1. My faith in God… a constant that has helped me through the most difficult times 2. My family 3. My sweet husband, Chris 4. My most beautiful Emilia 5. My parents… that’s how I got here! :) 6. My favorite sisters, Melissa and Heather 7. Their husbands, Markus and JB 8. Markus’s parents, Nanny and Grandpa Calahan 9. Markus’s sister, Michelle 10. JB’s parents, Nana and Granddad 11. JB’s brother, Peter 12. Tyler, my nephew 13. Hannah, my niece 14. Garrett, my nephew 15. Hudson, my nephew 16. Lily, my niece 17. Payton, my nephew 18. Erika, my niece and her hubby Tim 19. My mother and father in law, Pat and Ed 20. Chris’s Aunt Reva and Uncle Bill, Sam and Kyle 21. Chris’s grandma Bellis 22. Pam and Tom, my brother and sister in law 23. Danny, Chris’s brother and his new fiance, Gillian 24. My Uncle Danny Shore 25. Aunt Carol 26. Uncle Pat 27. Aunt Rhonna 28. Uncle Alan 29. Aunt Cheryl 30. Aunt Tammy 31. Uncle Shahdad 32. Aunt Sousan, Shahdad’s sister 33. Sahar, Shahdad’s sister 34. Siamac, Shahdad’s brother in law 35. Teyum, Shahdad’s niece… she’s so sweet 36. Sheram, Shahdad’s brother 37. Cousins… I have many! 38. Chris 39. Abby 40. Aaron 41. Andrew 42. Jennifer 43. Adam 44. Brian 45. Melinda 46. Melanie 47. Mindy 48. Scott and Kimberly and their kids 49. Mark and Kay 50. Brad 51. All my other extended family I have not mentioned! :) 52. Friends that know me and love me anyways… you know who you are! 53. Jenny… we are tattooed friends for life! 54. Samantha… we will never not be friends… you have too much dirt on me! 55. Coffee 56. Raw cookie dough 57. Emilia’s hugs 58. My husband does laundry… I’m not even kidding! 59. Chris doesn’t make me admit when I am wrong… a hug says it all! 60. Emilia calling me mama… so sweet 61. Grandma and Grandpa Crow… Emilia’s preschool. They not only take great care of her, but love her too! What’s not to love? 62. Ice cream with that chocolate that hardens… yummy 63. My 3 cats 64. Music 65. My new Christmas tree 66. Chipotle 67. Starbucks 68. Full moons 69. Smiles 70. Jp coffee 71. Muddys 72. Doozens Coffee 73. Having the most important job of being a mom! 74. Pam takes great care of Emilia… I never have to worry when she has her! 75. My husband can fix anything 76. If my husband can’t fix it, my dad can 77. If my dad cannot fix it, my father in law can! 78. Chris fixes my coffee every morning 79. Chris makes Emilia pancakes on the weekends 80. The deer that hang out in my yard… real ones, not the fake ones you left in my driveway, Aunt Tammy! Yes, I knew that was you! 81. My home 82. My daughter has my husband’s beautiful smile 83. The nurses I work with that have taught me so much! 84. My friends at work 85. DVR 86. Having a job I love… how many people can say that? 87. Paradise Park… Emilia and I have a blast there! 88. My niece, Hannah, sleeping over at my house 89. Sales 90. Snow skiing 91. Emilia has my feet… thank goodness! Have you ever seen Chris’s little toe? I’m just sayin’ 92. Surprise parties 93. Silly little girls… everybody should have one! 94. Having a healthy child 95. My sister in law, Pam, shares the best coupons with me! 96. Ice skating. I am not very good, but I love it. 97. Working weekends means I have more time home with Emilia during the week 98. My husband loves his job 99. Nice neighbors 100. Burt’s bees baby products 101. My fireplace 102. Painting 103. Mother’s Day 104. On the Border 105. Environmentally friendly cleaning products 106. Family living close 107. Chipmunks on my front porch that make Emilia giggle 108. Chocolate 109. Snuggling with Emilia every morning 110. Grey’s Anatomy 111. Lint rollers 112. Buttermilk ranch 113. Starfish 114. The smell of a baby 115. Ashley and Ryan 116. Thunder… quiet thunder… no tornadoes 117. Heather has my same weird sense of humor, which makes me not so weird, right? 118. Quoting movies… Bubbles! Bubbles! My Bubbles! (Finding Nemo) 119. Quoting movies with Heather… she always knows what movie I am quoting 120. The smell of lilacs 121. The ocean 122. Thanksgiving Day minus football 123. Kelly and Jamie 124. My mom’s roast 125. The Pittman family 126. Sushi 127. Fall leaves 128. Opportunities 129. Chris thinks I’m funny… sometimes 130. Medical advances 131. Funny books 132. Flip flops 133. Forgiveness 134. The Montgomery family 135. My health… not lately but usually it is pretty good 136. My huge bed comfortably fits 3… Chris, Emilia and me! 137. Karaoke 138. My partner in crime from nursing school, Randy Lopez 139. Randy’s dad’s tamales… yummy 140. Dancing in my kitchen with Emilia every morning 141. Trees 142. Flowers 143. Bubble baths alone 144. Bubble baths with Emilia 145. Huge white fluffy clouds 146. The Baker family 147. My brother in law, Markus’s advise… I swear he can solve the world’s problems over the phone! 148. Emilia has my hands, and I have my mom’s hands 149. Oden’s BBQ 150. Puppies 151. Organic food 152. The Cotterman family 153. Snowy days when I can stay at home 154. Sunrises 155. Sunsets 156. The entire Dahmer clan! 157. Emilia is so sweet 158. Longhorn Steakhouse’s ranch dressing 159. Butterflies 160. Feeding the ducks at my parent’s lake even though I am not supposed to 161. Warm coats 162. Chris’s cute grin 163. Fireworks and homemade ice cream on the 4th of July 164. Cable tv 165. Meteor showers 166. Mums in the fall… red ones 167. Matching gloves and scarves 168. Flannel jammies 169. Me and Melissa’s midnight shopping trips 170. 24 hour Hyvee 171. Atlanta Bread’s chicken enchilada soup 172. Remote controls 173. Snow angels 174. Warm slippers 175. Teachers 176. La Fuente 177. My new laptop 178. Cooking out in the summer 179. Cooking out in the winter… burrrr! 180. Jon and Kate + 8 181. Really big snowflakes 182. Super Nanny 183. Janie and Jack 184. The Wilcoxon family 185. Pizza… pineapple mushroom and onion 186. The cute freckle on Emilia’s ankle 187. Tennis shoes 188. My new landscaping 189. My husband not getting mad at me for tearing out our old

landscaping… bushes and trees :) 190. Air conditioning 191. Pumpkin pie 192. Friend’s accomplishments… yea Jenny for all your acting success! 193. Steve Lollis… a life long friend 194. Shooting stars 195. firemen 196. ER 197. Duct tape 198. Romeo, our old dog 199. Close parking spots 200. My mom’s hot water chocolate cake 201. Jalapenos 202. Facebook 203. Green traffic lights 204. Dr. Charochek and his wife 205. The fact that I know what to do when my husband passes out…

this happens more often than you would guess! (we donate blood frequently :) ) 206. Reese's pieces 207. Baseball caps 208. Christmas morning 209. Sign language 210. Blogging 211. My brother in law, Tom, is so cute with Emilia… when she was a baby he bought her a Texas Longhorn’s paci to watch the games with him! 212. My mom’s family pool pass 213. Being crazy aunt beth 214. Brian Mattingly, for introducing me to Chris 215. European trips 216. Easter 217. Memories 218. Kay’s beautiful photos of my family… priceless 219. Road trips 220. Purified water 221. Emilia helps me garden 222. 80’s music 223. Cordless phones 224. Leg warmers 225. NICU parent’s entrusting me with their most precious babies 226. My husband loves my quirks or at least pretends to 227. Cell phones 228. Emilia’s cute birthmark on the back of her neck 229. Sonicare toothbrushes 230. Call waiting 231. Photography 232. Scrap booking 233. Night lights 234. Police officers when they are not giving me tickets 235. Heather and I sound alike on the phone and can trick our husbands 236. Hand sanitizer 237. Town Center Plaza 238. My husband cleans my car 239. Disney movies 240. Egg nog 241. Chris Copeland... my bud 242. Starbuck’s drive thru 243. Baby shoes… totally unnecessary, but so cute 244. Emilia’s snoring… just like her daddy! 245. Reading books to Emilia 246. The Bahamas 247. Online shopping 248. Online classes 249. Long shorts 250. Magic eraser cleaner 251. Watching Ty play soccer 252. Donating blood 253. Winnie the Pooh… Emilia’s fav 254. Water slides 255. The United States Military 256. Singing…really loudly 257. Children laughing 258. Christmas Eve 259. Play dough 260. Christmas stockings 261. Fishing 262. Google 263. Sandy beaches 264. Ceiling fans 265. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches 266. Wireless Internet 267. Indoor plumbing 268. Freedom 269. Baby noises 270. Fun socks 271. Fudge 272. The crackling of a fire 273. Having all my senses 274. Big closets 275. Pizza rolls with ranch 276. Rainbows 277. Sidewalk Chalk 278. Sun glasses 279. piano 280. Romance 281. Jeans 282. Velcro 283. My Dyson vacuum 284. The smell of worms and dirt after it rains 285. Having a nice boss 286. Caterpillars 287. Grilled cheese sandwiches 288. Sex… I’m just sayin. At least I am honest! 289. Caller ID 290. Papa John’s garlic butter sauce 291. Andes mints 292. Naps in Loose Park… when Chris and I were dating 293. Marina Grog and Galley 294. Emilia’s morning breath… is that weird? 295. Did I mention my husband does ALL the laundry? 296. Candles 297. Listening to the train whistle 298. Caffeine… the more the better 299. My Chi hair straightener 300. Starbucks is open on Thanksgiving 301. My new flat screen TVs 302. My new kitchen table 303. Living in the United States

I know I missed many, but the list is endless! I hope this Thanksgiving finds you counting your blessings... Happy Turkey Day!