Long Ago and Far Away...

Writing on the blog has seemed to be my last priority the last few months. Yet, so much has happened and Bruce and I have been so blessed. On July 27. 2010 our son was born. What a blessing he has been in our lives. After a rough start and a week in the hospital, he is as close to perfect as any mother could hope for.

Motherhood has been very different than I ever imagined. The sleepless nights were expected. But I never expected to feel this amount of love for our little man. It has opened a whole new world to me. What an awesome responsibility it is to be in charge of this boy! I have never wanted to be successful this much in my life. I have to raise him to be strong in the gospel and smart, capable, and independent. I am so grateful for the blessings of motherhood. I wish that the situation were slightly different and I could be a stay at home mom, but right now I need to continue working. I went back to work three weeks ago and the first day, I cried the entire time to the office. It seems like I don't get to cuddle with him or spend near enough time with him. Hopefully the day will soon come that I can be a full time mom.

Bruce has been such a wonderful Daddy. Lucky for me I have a husband who believes that we should share the night duty. Yay for me! He loves our little monkey so much and I am so proud of him. With school and work, he has been pulling long days and long nights with a sleepless baby. Hopefully that will change soon and we will all start to get some sleep soon.

I am so grateful for General Conference and all of the wonderful inspiration and advice that will help me to be a better mother and help us to be a stronger family. I hope that we can all enjoy the inspirational messages that will make our lives better!