my first post!

 

my first post got published today!

it makes me soooooo happy to look at it and be able to say, “Hey! I wrote that!”

you can find it here.

check it out!

and be sure to leave a comment on the blog (if you wish… which I think you should) :)

heaven sent

this picture is up on our fridge

every time Elijah sees this picture he immediately starts smiling and reaching for the picture

without fail.

how could there be any doubt that my baby didn’t just come our Father in Heaven?

President Thomas S. Monson said:

“I think it significant that Jesus loved these little ones who so recently had left the preexistence to come to earth. Children then and children now bless our lives, kindle our love, and prompt our good deeds.

Is it any wonder that the poet Wordsworth speaks thus of our birth: “Trailing clouds of glory do we come/ From God, who is our home.” (William Wordsworth, “Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood,” The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, London: Macmillan and Co., 1924, p. 359.)

Charles Dickens himself said, ‘I love these little people, and it is not a slight thing when they who are so fresh from God love us.’

My dear brothers and sisters, may the laughter of children gladden our hearts. May the faith of children soothe our souls. May the love of children prompt our deeds. ‘Children are an heritage of the Lord.’ (Ps. 127:3.) May our Heavenly Father ever bless these sweet souls, these special friends of the Master...”

it’s in his blood

this little boy is obsessed with dad’s guitar.

it’s his favorite “toy” (which is why we had to hide it… to many crashes)

Adam has tried to take it out more often to play and Eli will try to strum the strings along with him. he’ll also “sing” which really just sounds like screaming.

(side story: the other day I was in the shower and I could hear Elijah screaming really loud non-stop. I was really confused because he seemed perfectly happy right before I got in the shower. so I peeked out and asked Adam what was going on and he said he was happily singing along with him even though it sounded like he was really mad and screaming. funny kid…)

 

looks like little E is bound to be as musically talented as his daddy!