New Beginnings

It has been a crazy summer! We found out we are staying in Colorado, which we are so happy about. We love living here. We found a nice little condo to rent and are primary teachers in our ward. We also are having a little boy in March! If feels like our grown-up lives are coming together! Graduated from college, Stephen has a "big boy" job, and we are going to be parents!

This is little SJ. I wasn't super excited to have a little boy at first, but I come to love him more everyday. I can feel him move now and he is so funny. I'm so excited to get to know his little personality. We felt so loved from all of the Congratulations and likes we got when Stephen posted our good news on FB. We have great family and friends!

I'll be honest, I'm super intimidated to be a mother. It is a big job and I want to do it right. It's hard to read so many blogs/articles on Pinterest about how other people do things at their house and then feel pressure to have it that way at our house. But I know if I educate myself and develop my own ways of doing things that it will work for us. What works at one house, might not work at another. It is also such a great comfort and assurance to know that my Heavenly Father knows me and Stephen and SJ. He will help Stephen and I know how to help SJ grow and feel loved. We will struggle but I'm up for the challenge because I know I will always have help and support.

Stephen has been a huge help while I have been sick and tired. He does his chores (laundry and vacuuming) but is so good about helping out with dishes, scrubbing the tub and going to the store with me. I hate going by myself, I'm a big baby about this! He always makes it a point to tell me I'm beautiful, especially when I feel like a huge, fat whale. It's so sweet when he puts his hand on my belly and talks to SJ. Talk about making my heart melt!!

Stephen is my best friend, I knew that a week after meeting him. I thought I couldn't love him more when we got married. Then I realized how little I loved him when we got married, after we had been married for 2 years! I love him now 1000X more than I did back then, but I know nothing will ever live up to the day I see him hold our babies. I think this is what Heavenly Father intends. As we go through life, we struggle through hard times, we have a blast during the great times and we grow closer. Our love is meant to grow, forever.