What an amazing day!

Yesterday was such a neat and wonderful day. Saturday night when I put Riley in his crib for the night, I explained to him that when he woke up that it would be his big day. I told him lots of people were coming to see him and that we were having a little party for him. When he wakes up in the morning he starts crying, and even after I pick him up he will cry for just a minute. Well when I went to get him out of bed in the morning, the second I touched him, he stopped crying and looked right into my eyes and started smiling so big. He was so happy and excited! What a wonderful way to start the day. I fed him and went to finish getting ready for church. He wasn't making a peep. After I finished getting ready I went to go get him from the couch and he was just laying there, smiling, and happy as can be. I put him in his "special" outfit and gave him a kiss, and we headed off to church. This was his "big" "special" day, his blessing day. He got to church and all of Allen's family was there. They drove up for his blessing. There were also some of Allen's cousins there and Aunts and Uncles. So many people to show their love and support for our family and for Riley. I sat down and showed off Riley to the family. He looked so good in his adorable blessing outfit my mother in law bought for him. Sacrament meeting started and then they announced that there was going to be a baby blessing. Allen walked Riley up there and up walked all the men who participated. The blessing started and I started to get a little teary eyed. I remember Allen blessing him to be strong in healthy in body and in mind. He blessed him that he would go on a mission and then marry a beautiful daughter of God...that he would start a family with her...by this point I was bawling like you can't imagine. Mascara was running down my face. Allen gave him the sweetest blessing. I wish I had it written down word for word to have forever. When the blessing finished Allen raised him up for the ward to see and I got the biggest smile on my face. Riley didn't cry at all during the blessing...I was so pleased. When Allen came down with Riley he told me that the ENTIRE blessing Riley was looking at Marc and smiling so big. SO CUTE! The bishop stood up to open up the testimonies and said that just a minute ago, Riley took his very first step in going on a mission. He said that it doesn't take a month to plan for a mission, that it takes 19 full years, and that Riley just took his first step. He also said that since he had to hold the microphone to Allen's mouth he had to keep his eyes open. He told the whole ward that Riley was such a sweet baby and smiled and laughed through the entire blessing. It was the cutest/sweetest thing that the bishop said. The sacrament meeting was so wonderful. So many people shared such a sweet testimony and the spirit was felt so strong. It was an amazing meeting. After sacrament we drove to Maria's house because we were doing a brunch for those who came to support Riley. We had french toast casseroles, bacon, sausage, fruit salad, cinnamon rolls, juice...so much food. There were so many people there and it was so wonderful. We took some pictures...I will post them when I get them! It was such an amazing morning, and that was just the start of it.

21 years ago yesterday, Allen's grandpa died. He was outside of his house gardening. A girl who had just had her license a few days was driving down the street and lost control of the car. She went up the curb and hit so many things, including a tree and his grandpa. She didn't even realize that she had hit a man. She got out of the car and knocked on their door to see if she could use his grandma's phone to call a tow truck. And then they discovered that he was ran over. He was life lighted to a hospital and on the way he was pronounced dead. What a tragic moment it was in their lives. This all happened in Sandy and he was burried in the Sandy Cemetery. He died on June 7th, and on that same day 21 years later, his great grandson was blessed. So we all got it the car to visit his grave. It was so sweet to all stand around his grave. They all talked about the memories they had of him. We stayed there for awhile and looked at the grave and then we decided to go to the house that they lived in, where he died. Cheryl showed us where he was standing when he was hit by the car, and told us some stories about what it was like for her when he died. I can't even begin to explain how much I loved listening to the stories of Allen's grandpa and getting to know what kind of man he was. It was so amazing.

As we were leaving the cemetery we noticed a head stone and read it. It is amazing how much you can learn about somebody by their head stone. This one had two names on it...a mother and a son. The mother was 21 years old and died during child birth. 10 days later, the child died. I was so devastated. It really hit home that giving birth is such a dangerous thing sometimes. I imagined the husband of the lady. I grieved for him. I can't even imagine what that day was like for him. He and his wife probably spent the whole pregnancy waiting anxiously for that day to come. What a happy and glorious day to bring your child into this world. Yet it went from the happiest moment of their life, to the most tramatic and devastating day of their life. Could you imagine being a man and to go from being so happy to watching your wife die in the blink of an eye? I can't even imagine. Then I started thinking about what it would be like to hold that child. How could you even be happy to hold your child when you are grieving about your wife...and then 10 days later to loose the child too? WOW!

It's amazing how your life can change in the blink of an eye. People die so unexpectedly. Allen's grandpa died because he was hit by a careless driver. This lady died on the happiest day of her life, bringing her son into this world. I started thinking about when I die. I realized that Allen and I never have spoken about what we wanted when we died. If one of us died right now, neither of us would know of the other's wished. I told him that I want to be burried right beside his, and I want our children's names engraved on the headstone. Being a mother is the best calling a woman can ever have. I want to whole world to know that I was a mother of my children. I want to be burried next to Allen, because when we die, I want our children to be able to come visit us together at our graves. That we will be lying next to eachother in the ground. I know it isn't important to some people, but it is to me. I want our spirits to be together in heaven, and our bodies together on the earth. Some of the headstones had the two parents together and a the temple they were married in engraved on the stone. It said that they were sealed for time and eternity. What an amazing thing!

The day was so amazing. I learned so much and it was just amazing!

Do babies DREAM?

So you see this last picture? I wasn't kidding when I said Riley was sooo tall! He is the longest baby I have ever seen. Almost 2 months old and already 25 inches long? NO WAY!

Anyways, Riley should be in his crib, but he is asleep on the couch next to me. I was up goofing off on the computer because I couldn't sleep, and I like having him next to me. It's nice to have the company (even though he can't talk to me). It's fun hearing all the fun noises he makes when he sleeps. A few minutes ago I looked over at him, and he was sound asleep and moving his lips and jaw like he was drinking out of a bottle. Oh it was so funny. So my question is, Do babies dream? If so, what do they have to dream about? Milk and their parents? Interesting! What do you think?

Cute Outfit

So Riley is so tall! I measured him yesterday and he is 25 inches long...and he is just shy of 2 months old. He is AMAZING! I cannot believe how much he has grown already. He is so tall and so skinny. He has my round face but he has such a little body. He is now fitting in 3-6 months clothes. Well some of them are still too big, but lots of them fit now. It is crazy how quickly he is growing out of his clothes. Anyways, I have been waiting for him to fit into this outfit and now he does! I put him in it today and I had to take some pictures. I love the cute plaid shorts and the monkey shirt. SO CUTE!

Obviously you can see on the last picture that he is telling me, "MOM I AM DONE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED!" Poor guy. Mom takes too many pictures. I just can't help it since I have such a good subject!

How fun!

What a fun morning this has been! It's my sister-in-law Maria's birthday today and her and Scott went to the temple this morning...so I am watching my niece Abby. Riley sure has enjoyed playing with his cousin! She is so good to him and loves to hold him and feed him. We are watching Enchanted together right now. Abby loves this movie. Today is going to be a great day!

Change

As you can see, I have changed my blog up a bit. Right below my header I have buttons to my different sites/blogs. I have just opened my new site that I have been working hard on. It is my new business I am doing...designing announcements and invitations. I have really affordable prices and I am so excited about my business. I have only started uploading some of the announcements onto it, and some of the categories still have nothing in them. I wanted to let you guys know about it so that you can check it out...and hopefully you will have me design your Christmas Cards/Birth Announcements/Wedding Invitations. I will be working really hard to get more on the site. Well go check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks guys!

Also if you could do me a favor and tell your friends of my site when they have babies or whatever. I am trying to work from home so that I can stay at home with my little boy and not have to go back to work. So spread the word and I will love you forever. :)

You can click on the button on the top or visit SpecialMadeDesigns.com

I love this face

I love my family!

Having a family is by far the best blessing you can ever have. I have always had so much love for my parents and siblings. Growing up, they are all you really have and you can't imagine loving anyone as much as them. And then you become an adult and fall in love. I never imagined that it was possible to love someone as much as I love Allen. He is the most amazing thing in my life and I am so grateful for everything he has done for me, and everything he is to me. There we are a newly married couple and find out we are having a baby. What a shocking/scary/overwhelming yet exciting feeling. Now here I am with my husband and my son. They are by far the two most important things in my life. I cannot believe it is possible to have so much love in your heart for so many people. I can't believe it is possible to love someone just as much as your husband. When I look at my son, my heart just melts. He is such a sweet, sweet baby. It is so hard when I swaddle him for the night. I sit there wrapping his blanket tight around him, explaining that it is time for him to sleep...and he just lays there looking straight into me eyes, and smiling so big. It just breaks my heart. How can you put someone to sleep when they are so cute and happy and love you so much. I love who Riley is becoming. Although it is sad to know that I no longer have a newborn, it is fun to see his personality shining through. I know he will be my best friend (besides Allen of course!) I just love this amazing blessing that I have been blessed with. I love my little family more than anything in this world and would do anything for them!