The Wilhelmsen Botanical Blog

So this morning Aiden was sitting on my lap at the computer, pointed to the window and said, “Wanna open it.”  That is technically a four word sentence.  His grasp of communication and language constantly astounds and amazes me.

Well, this week was a busy week.  Wednesday Aiden had his second dentist appointment ever.  He would not open his mouth for the dentist but that is not really any different then when we try to brush his teeth here at home.

Thursday I had my second obgyn appointment.  The doc said that everything seems to be going well and we got to hear the heartbeat.  Thank goodness!  I always worry too much.

Also twice this week Aiden got into the bathroom because the door was left ajar and he decided to do this…

with the toilet paper.  Oh goody!

Saturday we went to the Salt Lake City downtown farmers market.  It was crowded but really neat.  We got some fresh and tasty raspberries, corn on the cob, and I finally bought Aiden a pair of SQUEAKY SHOES!!!  I have wanted a pair of these for my kids since I worked at Legacy Preparatory Academy.  One of the mom helpers used to bring her daughter with her and her shoes would squeak, squeak, squeak down the hall.  I will have to try and remember to get a picture or some video this week and post it.

Tonight we had fajita’s and corn on the cob.  I decided to let Aiden help me prepare the corn.  He did a pretty good job and I finished up what he couldn’t do.  I have also been working on finishing things up for my little online boutique.  You can preview my inventory online here… handmadehodgepodgebyerin.blogspot.com/

We hope that everyone has a good week.  Thanks for reading…

So I didn’t take a whole lot of pictures this past week.  I haven’t really taken a lot lately because we haven’t done anything much new and well being pregnant I don’t always think of it.  I did manage to take a few of Aiden playing in his very first cardboard house!  Daddy was kind enough to cut a door and window into the water softener box for Aiden.  Also earlier in the week Aiden woke up from his nap looking like this.  We thought it looked like someone had slapped him but if you look closely you will see little white marks where his fingernails didn’t leave a pressure mark on his face.  Too funny.

In other news, Brandon did not get the job that we were really hoping for.  We are back at square one and are both completely burnt out and tired of looking for jobs that in the end go to someone less qualified whom the company can pay less.  If anyone has any job opportunities that they know of we would LOVE any info. about them.  Also, please, Please, PLEASE keep us in your prayers.  We are getting very discouraged about the whole job thing.

We don’t really have any other news.  Aiden and I just keep ourselves busy going to playgroup and visiting great grandma.  I have been working on a bunch of hair clips, everything from bows to flowers, to felt shapes (like pumpkins, leaves, and gingerbread men) and I plan to start selling them online at the beginning of October.  The website is http://handmadehodgepodgebyerin.blogspot.com/ but there is not much to see on their right now (in fact, there is pretty much nothing).  Eventually I will also add homemade cards to the items being sold but I need to make a few first.  This little craft store won’t be hardly any income though and is by no means meant to be any kind of income for our family.  Just a little pocket change and really I will probably end up buying a stroller with it.  Anyway, that is all for this week.  Thanks for reading.

So yesterday, I was cleaning Aiden up after lunch when he lifted up my shirt a little way and said, “Hello baby” to my stomach.  Is this a coincidence?  Or does my toddler have a little bit of inspiration from Heaven?  I should mention that one day before I found out that I was pregnant, Aiden stopped what he was doing and came over and patted my stomach gently, almost knowingly.  I have a feeling that Aiden and his sibling are going to be the best of buddies.  What a cute, smart little boy I have.

In life we cross paths with many people of many types.  Sometimes we become friends with these people and with that comes wanting them to have a good life filled with the same kind of happiness or joy that you have.  Many people find happiness in life and are satisfied with that but I want more for them.  I want them to have the deep abiding joy that come from being eternally married to the love of their life.  The joy that comes from knowing that my family is linked together and will be together forever.  That I will see them again and be with them again in Heaven and that our time together is not just for this short span of our lives here on earth but for always.  As hard as it is for me to be away from Brandon or Aiden I can not imagine how much harder it would be if I ever lost them and didn’t know that they would be in Heaven waiting for me.  I am grateful for the temple covenants that I made.  I know that the joy, safety, strength, richness of life and peace that is found in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints can not be matched fully anywhere by anything else (religious or otherwise).  It is God’s kingdom here on earth.  It is the church spoken of in the bible returned to earth for these the latter days.  If you are looking for more in your life, look no further simply get up the courage to ask someone about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  If you are open to it, I promise that you will find what you feel has been  missing from your life and haven’t been able to fill with anything else that you have tried.

So today, Brandon went into the bathroom to get ready to go run errands and Aiden looked at me and said, “bafoom.”  I told him that yes, dad was in the bathroom.  Then he said, “potty.”  I told him that yes, dad was probably going potty.  Then Aiden said, “awesome” and resumed playing.  LOL!