Another birthday has come and gone for me. This year my
husband bought me a laptop which turned out to be also a gift for him as well,
because now that I have my own working laptop he now has his back and I have no
excuse to steal his to blog or store my pictures. As always Danny and I aren’t
very good at waiting to give a present on the actual day or holiday (ex:
Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter etc) so he gave me my present after midnight
on the very first day of my birthday week. Throughout the week he would make me
breakfast and also cook dinner which was an awesome break. I started to come
down with a small cold on the night of my birthday but I was feeling better by
the weekend so we ended my week with dinner at Tucanos Brazilian Grill with
some of my in-laws. After dinner Danny and I went to the Puppy Barn in American
Fork. It wasn’t exactly what I was expecting but it was still a lot of fun and
I’m glad we went. They had these bull dog puppies which is Danny absolute
favorite breed of dog and I’m not going to lie they were super cute. They had a
lot of different dog breeds there but the only ones Danny was even interested
in were the three little bull dog puppies they had. According to him “babies
and bull dogs go together” and he was seriously considering not going to school
this summer so we could bring a puppy home instead. It was probably good we
left the place when we did because if we had stayed five minutes longer those
puppies probably would’ve convinced me to buy one as well. It’s a good
thing Addie can’t talk yet because she would’ve started begging just like her
daddy =).
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The week following my birthday was my hardest week as a
first time mother. In fact it was the first time where I actually told myself
that motherhood was tough. Addie got sick and I couldn’t help but blame myself
since I was the one with the cold first. She was already feeling sick when she
received her six month shots that week so the fever that the shots caused
didn’t help the matter at all and she didn’t handle them well. She couldn’t
eat, sleep or breath easily and just had a miserable time. The only good thing
was that she spent a lot of time cuddling with me when she wasn’t crying. It’s
sad how something as simple as a common cold can turn a baby’s whole world upside
down. I always thought that my baby’s little button nose was super cute but now
I see the downside to it. Her small nose means that she also has tiny nostrils.
The booger bulb suction was too big for her nostrils so clearing them out for
her was no easy task. She came to the point where just catching sight of the
bulb was all it took to bring her to instant tears. Just as she was getting
better Danny got sick. That week we spent Easter watching General Conference
and I couldn’t help but think of how blessed we are to have Jesus Christ as our
Savior. I thought about my baby and about how much she struggled and it made me
feel grateful for the guaranteed comfort that she will be able to find in the
gospel. I can’t wait to teach her more about it. I’m also grateful for the
power of the priesthood and for blessings. I hesitated asking Danny if a
father’s blessing for Addie would be a good idea. I hesitated because I believe
that blessings partly work through the faith of the person receiving the
blessing and in this case Addie isn’t 100% sure of what’s going on. I told
Danny my feelings and he didn’t hesitate at all. He explained that blessings
are also for the father in showing his faith by giving the blessing. If it
wasn’t for Danny, Flor, family, my friend Charisa and the gospel
that week would’ve seemed even longer than it already did for me. Colds never
seemed like a big deal before but for some reason when it’s your own baby that
is struggling with it you can’t help but feel your heart break a little inside.
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| Poor tired baby |
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| How most of the week looked |
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| At the doctor's office :( |
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| Easter 2015 |
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