Day Seven

Day Seven's reason to be happy: happy moments with baby!

Elias has been really sleepy and cranky lately. I'm thinking he might be going through a growth spurt. It's definitely tiring cause all he seems to do is cry the past couple days. It's all worth it though when he smiles :) He's just too stinking adorable!

Trying on his winter coat, still way too big for him!

Day Six

Day Six's reason to be happy: making brownies with the boys.

I <3 spending time with my family, especially when it involves anything chocolate lol!

Day Five

Day Five's reason to be happy: lazy snuggly days avoiding the cold outside.

I was pretty tired from all the festivities yesterday. It was also really cold today, colder then it's been in a long while. So after chores where done today I took a shower and changed into some warm pj's. And for the first time in a really long time we just lounged around the house all day. Most of my day was spent under my alice blanket watching power puff girls. It's been a really long time since I've been calm enough to have a lazy day, normally I get too anxious if I have nothing to do. It sounds like it's starting to rain now too, which will be great for when I go to sleep. I love listening to rain while falling asleep. All in all a really good day.

Hello Kitty!
My favorite pajamas <3

Day Four

Day Four's reason to be happy: my niece.


I love my niece very much. It was her sixth birthday party yesterday. I can't believe how quickly she is growing!

The little princess playing with the card we gave her.

Day Three

Day Three's reason to be happy: a night relaxing with my husband.

My niece's birthday party is tomorrow. The kids love having sleep over's so my sister invited my oldest son to sleep over as a surprise for my niece. Elias was tired after a long day so he feel asleep almost as soon as we got home. So my husband and I watched Destination Truth and ate dinner together all by ourselves. I love my husband and spending time with him, especially when we get rare moments alone. Yeah it wasn't a fancy candlelit dinner but truthfully I think it's just as good!

Day Two

Day Two's reason to be happy: free ice cream. Enough said =)

Day One

Day 1's reason to be happy: a trip to the beach.

Things where so crazy this summer I never got to visit the beach. Today was pretty warm so we decided to squeeze in a visit before it got too cold. It was amazing, we played in the water, built sandcastles and searched for seashells. All of which I haven't done in ages. A lot of it reminded me of growing up in Virginia, which was nice. And it's nice to see my kids love the ocean as much as I do :)

Elias napping on the beach.

Happiness Project

So I don't know how long I'll do this or how successful it will be. But I am going to try find one thing to do or to appreciate that makes me happy everyday. I know deep down that I have a lot of things to be happy about. The PPD is just making it hard to stop and appreciate all the small things I used to enjoy. So I'm going to try and make a conscious effort to recognize something that makes me happy everyday. Doesn't matter if it's big or small. I got the idea after hearing about the book The Happiness Project. I haven't actually read the book though so this won't be following it if you are familiar with it, but that's okay cause this is my own happiness journey :) I'll try to post a journal or a picture each day to keep track.

So here goes ^_^