{"id":442,"date":"2009-01-22T08:57:19","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T08:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.131.168.108\/wordpress\/?p=442"},"modified":"2009-01-22T08:57:19","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T08:57:19","slug":"i-could","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/2009\/01\/22\/i-could\/","title":{"rendered":"I could&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I could vent about all the things that did not go so well last night.&nbsp; I could say (or blog, actually) out loud all the not-so-nice thoughts that I&#8217;ve been allowing <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">way<\/span> too much priority.&nbsp; But I doubt that will be edifying (to you or me).&nbsp; Nor will it help my attitude.&nbsp; So instead, inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xanga.com\/faithchick\">Jess<\/a>, I&#8217;m going to list all the things that are good about life these days.&nbsp; Here goes&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My babies are healthy and happy.&nbsp; The Little Man is working on smiling at us.&nbsp; omg &#8211; love that!&nbsp; Little Miss is quite the entertainer with her facial expressions.&nbsp; And she&#8217;s starting to roll onto her side from her back.&nbsp; So fun!<\/li>\n<li>Both babies are currently hanging out in their bouncy seats, entertaining themselves for a few minutes.&nbsp; Thus, I have time to post.&nbsp; Yippee!<\/li>\n<li>My husband is a marvelous father.&nbsp; He doesn&#8217;t do everything as I would, and I struggle to have a good attitude towards him sometimes.&nbsp; But I am so thankful that he&#8217;s here and helpful.&nbsp; This wouldn&#8217;t be do-able without him.<\/li>\n<li>Yesterday, I got to hang out with my dad and grandparents so they could see the babies.&nbsp; It was fun.<\/li>\n<li>My dad is doing SOOOO much better.&nbsp; He&#8217;s still in pain, and he&#8217;s got a long way to go, but his progress is just amazing to watch.&nbsp; And the home nurses and physical therapists really like coming to work with him.&nbsp; They say he&#8217;s a lot more fun than their other patients right now!<\/li>\n<li>While I was at my parents&#8217; house, we watched <a href=\"http:\/\/getsmartmovie.warnerbros.com\/\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Get Smart<\/span><\/a>.&nbsp; Seriously, one of the funniest movies around.&nbsp; And my dad hadn&#8217;t seen it, so he laughed and giggled and generally enjoyed it.&nbsp; It was good medicine for him.&nbsp; And it was good for me to hear him laugh that hard.&nbsp; It&#8217;s been a while since he&#8217;s felt good enough to do that. <\/li>\n<li>My body is really recovering well from a twin pregnancy and the c-section.&nbsp; We&#8217;re 7 weeks into this adventure, and I&#8217;m about 10 lbs. from my pre-pregnancy weight.&nbsp; Yay for breastfeeding twins!&nbsp; Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t have much to wear these days.&nbsp; I need some new clothes that fit my new-mom body. <\/li>\n<li>My MIL is coming out today.&nbsp; She wants to help some way, by which she means do a chore around the house for me.&nbsp; But honestly, I don&#8217;t have that much for her to do.&nbsp; Instead I may just have her watch the babies while I either nap or make a quick shopping trip to try and find some non-maternity clothes that will fit me right now.&nbsp;&nbsp; We shall see which wins out!<\/li>\n<li>As hard as having twins is (and it is very hard), I have had so much encouragement and helpful advice from family, friends, and all you Xanga ladies.&nbsp; Thanks.&nbsp; I appreciate you more than I can say.<\/li>\n<li>And finally, Jesus loves me.&nbsp; Despite the lack of QT I&#8217;ve spent with him in recent days and despite all the sinful attitudes of my heart, he really and truly loves me with a love that never fails.&nbsp; It is enough for today.&nbsp; It is enough for tonight when the babies aren&#8217;t sleeping.&nbsp; It is enough.&nbsp; He is enough.&nbsp; &#8220;The Lord is my Shepherd.&nbsp; I have everything I need&#8221; (NLT).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy Thursday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I could vent about all the things that did not go so well last night.&nbsp; I could say (or blog, actually) out loud all the not-so-nice thoughts that I&#8217;ve been allowing way too much priority.&nbsp; But I doubt that will &hellip; 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