I'm just sayin'

Can't help but think these two are the cutest little stinks.  I'm just sayin'.

Mother's Day

Feel free to skip this post.  There are pictures below.  This is more for me than anyone!


Today I am feeling a bit emotional and weepy.  I haven't broken down, but have come to tears quite frequently.  Don't worry they are not sad tears.    I am so blessed to be a mother, and a recent video seen on lds.org about Stephanie Nielson  (her blog is wonderful too, go here nienie), made me realize that belssing even more.  I have the wonderful opportunity to teach my kids the gospel, and to be their steward here on earth and during this life.  My roles as a mother are divine, and it is so nice to know that.  In a talk given by L. Tom Perry he quoted Sister Hinckley when she said this about motherhood.  "It is the mothers of young children I would like to address first. These are golden years for you. These are years when you will probably do the most important work of your lives. Don’t wish away your years of caring for small children. Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans. This is a time of great opportunity for you to build the kingdom. When you teach children to love their Heavenly Father, you have done one of the greatest things you will ever do. If you can be a full-time homemaker, be grateful. If not, you must do what is best for you. I for one have never felt a need to apologize for my role as a full-time homemaker.  Motherhood is the noblest and greatest of all callings."  I will try really hard not to wish away my kids childhood.  Especially when I am spending some days wishing that someday Sydney will obey me, when she is just a little older.  My family is my life and I am so blessed to have a hard working husband who works so that I can stay home with my kids.  I wouldn't have it any other way.  I feel so blessed to be a wife to a wonderful man who loves me unconditionally, even when I'm weepy and crazy.  I want my kids to know that I do love my Heavenly Father, and I know that I can return to live with Him again.  I am a divine woman and I am so blessed to know this.  The gospel in my life enriches me and lifts me up when I am feeling down.  I'm so thankful to my mother and other influential mothers in my life who taught me this when I was younger and continue to teach me daily.  I have never doubted my need to be a mother.  I have no regrets in the choice I have made to be a mother.  I only have faith that the Lord will sustain me as I raise my children in the gospel of Jesus Christ.  It's so great to be a mom. 

 

Dancing Queen

Sydney has been taking a dance class this last year, and Tuesday was her last class.  We went and took some pictures of all the things she does there.  She's by far the most adorable little dancer I've ever seen.  She informed me the other day that she is "tired of dancing," and would like to do gymnastics next year.  So we'll be trying gymnastics next year.  Anyway, enjoy the pics.

Sawyer 10 Months

Sawyer turned 10 months old on the 1st, and he is getting so big.  He is still not crawling, which I'm fine with, but is probaly not the best thing ever.  Instead of crawling he lays on his stomach and pushes himself across the floor with his legs.  His legs are so strong.  He has four teeth now.  His top two are coming in.  He says, dada, dog(dot), lala, baba.  He loves to copy what everyone is doing.  When Sydney screams he'll scream.  When I blink, he'll blink, etc...  He loves to spit.  It's cute, but it sure makes a mess when he's eating.  Speaking of eating, he doesn't like to eat anymore unless it's nursing.  Let me tell you how over that I am.  He is still not sleeping through the night, but that doesn't surprise me because our three year old still isn't.  What is it with my family of non sleepers (including Nick). 
Here are the things that Sawyer likes
Balls
Mom
Dad
Sydney
Pancakes
Standing
Spitting
Baths

Here are some things that he doesn't like

Airplanes
Strangers
His stomach
People looking at his teeth
diaper changes
people talking on the phone.  it scares him