29 Things....

Today I turned 29 years old....my last year in my twenties. Man is that weird. It is SOOO true that your life seems to go faster the older you get. Really my freshman year at Harding doesn't seem that long ago, but it's been 11 years! I have so many things to be thankful for in my life so I thought I'd list 29 things I'm thankful for in honor of my 29th year....here goes:

1. My amazing and wonderful husband that I love more now even than on our wedding day!
2. My beautiful baby boy, who gives me more joy than I ever thought possible
3. Parents who raised me to know Jesus
4. Brothers who are successful, happy, and love the Lord.
5. Sister-in-laws that are awesome!
6. A roof over my head and a warm (king-size:) bed to sleep in at night
7. Diet coke
8. 80 degree weather in February!
9. My job...I LOVE being a nurse!
10. Old friends (I feel so blessed to have solid group of girlfriends, some of which that go as far back as my toddler years!)
11. New friends (God has blessed us in every new place we've been to find some really special people to get to know)
12. Chocolate chip, chocolate ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins!
13. Red Lobster (Lobster tail, crab legs, shrimp scampi...I ate all of this tonight!)
14. The Word of God (cheezy but SOOO true)
15. A good relationship with my in-laws
16. Chocolate
17. Morning walks with other moms
18. A good church home where we feel we can be used
19. A good neighbor who watches our beloved great-dane Samson whenever we go out of town (seriously...she lets him sleep in her bedroom!!)
20. Airplanes....so we can travel the LONG distance to go back home to visit
21. Union Pacific Railroad....that employs my husband with a job he loves
22. Caleb's laugh
23. Johnson's lavender scent baby lotion....I STILL put it on my 18-month old!
24. The blessing of having been able to travel to so many wonderful places these past 29 years (Canada, Mexico, Haiti, Nigeria, Uganda, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, UAE, Afghanistan and not to mention some wonderful places in the US)
25. Digital cameras
26. Web cam
27. Computers in general....although I spend way too much time on them!
28. Sleeping in on Saturday mornings....oh wait, I can't do that anymore:)
29. Last but certainly not least...our newest blessing, Baby Smith #2 due to arrive October 4th, 2009. (GOD IS GOOD!)