This is our third Thanksgiving as parents and we're still finding new things to be thankful for when it comes to our kids.

Here's what we're grateful for this year:

• No longer having to deal with baby bottles, bottle brushes, bottle racks and breast pumping paraphernalia.

• Cheerios — the most versatile food since ketchup.

• Whoever invented the disposable diaper, because doing laundry for two little ones is hard enough as it is.

• Being able to keep the girls  happily busy with things like empty cardboard boxes and paper towel rolls.

• Seeing our 2-year-old light up when we mention the simplest things, like ice cream and stickers.

• Seeing our 1-year-old light up when we walk into the room.

• Whatever mechanism it is that makes children want to rest their heads on your chest when you read to them.

• The need for babies and toddlers to nap during the day. It's amazing how much you can accomplish in an uninterrupted hour.

• Our daughters' auntie, who is the only reason we're able to still go on dates. 

• Knowing the girls will have each other, in good times and bad, for the rest of their lives.

What are some things you're grateful for today?

Tags: auntie, babies, baby bottles, Cheerios, disposable diaper, nap, parenting, stickers, Thanksgiving

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