I don't really know what to say on here today... I finished Olivia's First Year Baby Book last night. It's just missing some pictures. I can't believe how fast time flies. Her birthday was so fun!
Don't pay attention to the backwards 1--I put it on there when I was looking at it upside down. I don't think I've ever seen a one year old that actually got excited about the things they got. She is so cute these days. She is still walking as she has been. As long as she has stuff in her hands she's fine, and she is talking all over the place! Yesterday I took her to her one year check. The nurse came in to give me my insurance card back and I said, "thank you". Olivia responded with her own, "thank you!". How adorable! That is not the first time she has said it, but I'm just so excited to see her emerge as an individual. What a great time in our lives! I was rocking her last night for bedtime and just had this overwhelming sense of gratitude and peace for the opportunity that I have to be here on this earth and for opportunity to be entrusted with children. I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father has trust enough in me to give me children to bring back to him. I want so badly to do that. To raise my children to be soldiers of Christ. I told my cousin a few weeks ago that what I wanted to teach my children the most was the true meaning of charity and what it means to have Charity, "But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him" (Moroni 7: 47). I'm just so grateful to be able to have the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life and to have the freedom to worship him as I please. I am increasingly conscientious of the fact that all that we have--everything--comes from Heavenly Father. To keep his commandments and strive to build and return a strong family unto him is the least that I can do in my gratitude for him and for the Savior. That being said, I'm looking forward to this new year of new beginnings. I have been feeling a strong sense of change in the air ever since last year and it's not over yet. My family is in a season of change and for the most part it is wonderful. We have officially announced to our families that we are expecting our second baby in August and hope that you all share in our excitement. I always thought it was cheesy when people talked about their second child and how they didn't know how they could love a second as well as the first--I now know that feeling--but I also feel that sense of love for this second one as well, just as I did in pregnancy with Olivia. Anyway, I hope that you all have a wonderful new year and that you can all strive to keep that spirit of Charity from this last season in your hearts throughout the year.
By the time we got the party started for B-day, it was well into naptime. What a tired girl!
