Happy Mother's Day

I thought I would share my mother's day card. Elliot's creative nursery leader helped the kids make these cute cards for their Moms. I just love it. I asked Elliot if I could bring the card with me to work that night and she thought about it for a few seconds and then said "sure".

I had a really nice mother's day even though most of it was spent asleep since I worked that night and the night before. For dinner we had Mother's day breakfast. We had family dinner at our house so my Mom didn't have to cook on Mother's day. Landon is a wonderful cook and we really enjoy having the family over. I have to say Landon has really improved his cooking in the last 6 years since we have been married. Having the food channel has been very nice.

I just want to say Happy Mother's day to all my friends and family that are mothers. ( Sorry it is a week late..oh well). I also wanted to say how thankful I am to be a mother. This is the hardest but most rewarding calling I have ever done and I am so thankful that I do not have to do it alone. I just love those moments when I am cuddling with Landon and Elliot and I take a deep breath in and realize that this is happiness and this is what life is about.

Update

Sorry I haven't post for a while. Elliot doesn't like to let me do things without her and it is hard to write a post with a toddler on your lap and I don't seem to stay up too much later than Elliot these days. So here is a little update into what has been going on the past couple months.

Elliot is finally potty trained. She has been resistant when I would ask her if she wanted to go on the potty and so a couple of weeks ago I decided to stop giving her the choice and just took away her diapers for good. Our panties-only tactic seemed to work and she was peeing in the potty that day without any accidents. Our big problem came with #2. Apparently Elliot thought going poop on the potty was scary and decided to hold it in, after 5 days and no BM and many tummy aches we had to give our stubborn kid a baby laxative. Thankfully she has learned that it isn't scary to go poop on the potty and she is doing pretty good with the whole potty thing with only an occasional accident.

Landon and I are entering our 7th week of P90X workouts. We thought the longer we do it the easier it gets but we were wrong. The longer you do it the better your form gets and so you work out harder. We sweat like crazy. This is the first home video workout that I think actually works. We have been pretty happy with the results so far and guess that has kept us going.

Work has been really busy lately. I guess the recession hasn't stopped people from making babies. Cheap entertainment I guess. I have had a lot of LDS couples as patients lately and I am so thankful for it. I love seeing babies born into loving supportive families. You get pretty sick of your teenage patients (isn't it nice when a kid becomes a parent before they get their driver's license or a job), unmarried couples ( where the father of the baby sits on the couch the whole time or plays video games), or your patients who don't even know who the father of the baby is. It is just nice to know that some of the babies born into this world are actually going to be taught some morals. Don't get me wrong I don't think LDS couples are the only people that teach their kids morals, it is freshing anytime I have a patients that are loving and devoted to each other and will actually care about parenting their child.