We Thank Thee Oh God For a Prophet.
Brandon and I are exhausted. We have been working all week to get things packed here at the apartment and then worked at my dad’s Friday and yesterday. We have twelve more days of work here at the apartment before we turn in the keys. Twelve more days and then we can truly relax before continuing to work at my dad’s. I hope my little body holds out that long. Yesterday we loaded up all the the stuff I had boxed and stored in my room at my dad’s and took it to our storage unit. There is still some stuff in my room that we didn’t take because the boxes don’t have lids and some things weren’t even in a box, we will go down to my dad’s sometime this week to finish emptying out that room and to paint two of the walls in Aiden’s room. I also made some cute curtains for Aiden’s room. I will take pictures when we get them hung up and the room painted and decorated. We have quite a bit of stuff that I can’t depart with like scrapbooks and related paraphernalia that will likely just be stacked in the kitchen under the table until we get that area cleaned. We still have work to do on the main level before Aiden will be able to crawl around down there but for now we will close my dad’s door and the bathroom door upstairs, put a gate at the top of the stairs and Aiden will be free to roam between his room and our room. He will also have a new door to his room in 2 weeks. The old one was split and the guts were falling out. It could be shut from the outside by pushing the front of the door in and pulling, but I couldn’t close it from the inside. Thanks dad!
Earlier this week I took Aiden to the allergist because I had been speaking with the pediatrician about my many allergies and asked her when I should have Aiden tested. The pediatrician suggested between 6 & 12 months and we got in much faster then I expected (I planned to go around 9 months old.) Anyway, he was tested for indoor and outdoor environmental allergies, peanut allergy, and walnut allergy. The tests all came back negative, but the allergist explained that allergies do not generally show up until you have had some exposure to them. At this point Aiden has likely been exposed to most all environmental allergies but to be sure the allergist suggested re-testing those next fall after he has been through all of the seasons again and without a doubt been exposed to all of the allergens. She also suggested waiting to test for nut allergies until he is 2 or 3 and been exposed to those to some degree. So there you go.
A couple of other thoughts. It is said that babies are born with a certain personality and temperment. I believe to some degree this is true but I also wonder how much their temperment is formed by their experience in the womb. I have been told time and time again how happy little Aiden is and I am so grateful that he is and that partly this is just his personality. But I am curious if he came out happy because of how silly and giggly I was while he was in my belly. I figure any baby who hears 9 months of laughter inside the womb is bound to come out being happy. Just a thought though.
My other thing, is just that even though I haven’t caught a lot of conference on t.v. I did catch the part where Thomas S. Monson said that he loved us. I don’t know why but for some reason, the way he said it, and just the state I was in at the time, it really hit me that he meant it. He doesn’t even know me individually, I have never met him, but he does love me as a child of God and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Which I guess if I analyze it further, if the prophet can love me and truly mean it, then of course Heavenly Father does. How couldn’t he? Just because I am one of many does not mean that my one-ness is not important. Anyway, I am also very excited that Rome will have a temple. How exciting to be a part of this marvelous work rolling forth.
Next week I will be writing from our new living space. I have mixed feelings about moving but I think that as a whole it will be good for all parties involved (including you dad 😉 ) and that once things are all settled and in their place it will begin to feel like home. It is going to be a little bit like the twilight zone when I attend church next Sunday in the building that I went to when I was in primary but I am also looking forward to attending a ward that has youth in young women’s and young men’s. Those programs are inspired by God.
Well, I think that I said everything that I need to say. We are just waiting to hear from the hiring manager at Loomis about the success of Brandon’s drug test (he will likely call on Monday) and give Brandon his start date. Hopefully he will start working next week. Thanks for reading…Oh, and I am sorry that we only post pictures of Aiden. It is because no one takes pictures of Brandon and I, and especially me (Erin) because I am often the one behind the camera. We’ll see what we can do in the future.