Happy 4-month birthday Pedro T.!

Beanie Pictures

He Knows Him

Above my baby's crib hangs a much larger picture of Jesus and the children, the same one you see on the right side of our blog. Pedro T. loves this picture. Before I put him down for a nap, he always bursts out of his tiredness for a few minutes when he sees this picture. He focuses on Jesus and gets really excited, smiling and making his body bounce up and down. He knows Him. These are the precious moments of motherhood.

What a sweet gift it is to care for a baby, one of God's precious children. I feel honored to be a mother. I hope I can teach my baby to always remember that God loves him unconditionally and to love God by keeping His commandments.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am thankful for you!!!

melted blue otterpops

Random, I know.

Today I discovered a melted blue otterpop balanced precariously near my African drum. It is the second melted blue otterpop I have found there this week. Curious, don't you think? As luck would have it, both times the culprit who abandoned the blue otterpops left them at a slightly upward tilt. So, due to that piece of luck (or common sense) and the magical cohesive properties of water, the blue-hued liquid sugar had stayed in the plastic.

Next time, I think I'll go for pink.

Early Thanksgiving

It's been such a nice week. I love my husband and my baby so much. Both of them have made my life nicer this week. I am so thankful for all the blessings the Lord has given me.

Weekly highlights include:

• getting my little boy to laugh over and over again - I LOVE MY BABY'S GIGGLE
• attending the temple together for the first time since Junior joined us - yes, this meant a babysitter - Thanks Jana!
• getting our home more organized and less cluttered
• setting up the crib with the cute boy sports bedding Grandma gave us - the first night was a bit rough, but last night he slept until 6:25 a.m.!!!
• walking around the neighborhood in 55* - 65* sunshine
• repotting my plants - the beautiful aglaeonema I saved from an untimely death a year ago is doing great
• chatting with friends and eating yummy food at a Relief Socity get-together - Pedro is so good about watching the little guy
• making what I call a Twix pie - basically Mrs. Pike's Boston Banoffee pie with melted chocolate on top in place of bananas - thanks for the recipe - I aspire to be as domesticly-talented as you

3 Month Pictures!!!

Family Picture

A prophet speaks with God then tells the truth

"Now we have a world where people are confused, if you don't believe it, go and watch the news. We can get direction all along our way, if we heed the prophets - follow what they say."

I recently read a few forums discussing marriage and whether physical intimacy before marriage is justifiable. Wow, there is a whole lot of confusion in this world.

Just for the record, I am so grateful for my personal witness of a living prophet who speaks with God then tells us what is right. I know that chastity before marriage is a divine principle. And, no matter what confusion is going on in this world, I know that God will bless those who keep His commandments.