Blessed beyond belief

This morning on my way to work, K-love had listeners calling in and describing their December in 3 words. Immediately I had the thought, "Blessed beyond measure." Being that I am an English teacher and that we just finished Shakespeare and alliteration, I changed it to "Blessed beyond belief"! I can not begin to believe how blessed I am.
1. I have a Savior who sent His son to die for me and my stupidness.
2. I have a husband who knows all of my flaws and still loves me even more.
3. I have a 4 month old daughter who I prayed for since I can remember - and we tried for so long to get. God knew His plan and His timing was perfect.
4. Kirby has aunts, uncles, and great aunts and uncles that she loves dearly! She even has an outfit that says so (My aunt rocks!)
5. Kirby has both sets of grandparents alive and in the same state as us. This is a huge blessing!
6. Kirby has great grandparents on both sides! She has Great-grandma Hemken, Great-Grandma Quallen, and Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Cave. How awesome!
7. Even though I hate leaving to it every day, I am thankful and blessed to have a job. Since I do not want to have it right now, it seems more like a burden, but I know there are many people out there who pray for a job like mine.
8. Kirby gets to go to her granny's house every day instead of day care.
9. We have a roof over our head (and a brand-new roof at that!).
10. For the most part, we are all healthy. Kirby (should) get to take off her brace at the end of this month. She had a good doctor visit yesterday, other than being constipated, and can start baby food in a few days! I have a small lump on the side of my arm that is getting tested (xrays yesterday ...waiting results.) but overall we are in good condition!
11. I have a best friend who I don't get to see very often, but when I do it is like we haven't even missed a beat. Bethany is so near and dear to my heart, and I am so thankful that God gave us babies close in age so they can grow up together! Funny story - we were right at 12 weeks apart as far as due dates go and then they were both born about 3 weeks early. Crazy?!
12. I have a Christmas tree up with presents underneath - materialistic, maybe, but I am thankful to be able to give during this season as a representation of what Christ gave for us.
My cup runneth over and I know there are many more things that I am so blessed to have! These were just my thoughts on the way to work this morning. I am blessed to have so many people in my life and to have relationships with them. I know relationships are one thing I take for granted because they come easily to me; there are many people in this world that do not have anybody because of past disputes, grudges, or misunderstandings. I often find myself praying for people like that during this time of year. If you have someone you love and want to mend a relationship with, do it now. Do not wait until tomorrow or next year --- time goes fast (read my last post!) and you never want to loose these precious moments.