My Baby is 18 Months Old

Hazel is 18 months old today.....it is exciting and fun and sad, only sad because time is going by so fast. She is starting to say a lot of words and has been trying to make animal noises. She plugs her nose and says "moo" for a cow and then every other animal, dogs, birds, lions, ducks, etc, sound like a lion!!!! She loves to boogie around at any sound of music, she climbs on everything, gets into everything and is starting to figure out how to open doors. She's a busy little girl and I LOVE that about her!!! I just LOVE her SOOO....much!!! I love that she will almost always give me a hug and kiss when I ask for it and I love that she loves to spend time with me. I am so grateful to be her mommy!!!

My Wonderful Sister-in-law

I have an awesome sister-in-law and close friend, Lisa, who just lost her barely younger brother this past weekend. It's difficult to imagine what that feels like. I know this loss is so hard and Lisa is so strong and has been such an example to me. Her and I were talking yesterday about how grateful we are for the Gospel in our lives, to know that we will all be together. However, we also were talking about how much we would love to just get a glimpse of our loved ones right after they pass just to be able to see with our own eyes that they are happy and safe. I guess we will just have to hold on to our Faith, and what a beautiful thing Faith is!!!

I pray for peace and comfort for all of her family at this difficult time.