I want him to know...

Having a baby kinda makes you look at things.  I think about what it is I want him to learn, how I want him to learn it, what sort of mom I want him to remember me as when he's an adult.  I don't want to be the mom that yelled, but said his full name when he was in trouble, with that serious mom look. My mom used to get our names mixed up and call me every name in the family until saying, what's your name again? Still makes me laugh =)

I want him to know my feelings about my faith.  The things I want him to know end up centered around what I believe as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I want him to learn about Jesus Christ. I want him to have a relationship with his Heavenly Father.  I want him to have strength and faith to do things that are hard.  I want him to love nature, appreciate tiny little flowers and funny looking bugs.  I want him to treat women like his dad treats me: with LOTS of love, hugs, and kisses. I want him to pray all the time, not just when he needs something.  I want him study the scriptures.  I want him to live the scriptures.  I want him to listen to and follow the prophet.  I want him to listen to the Spirit and follow what he feels and not just what he thinks or what his friends say. And, I want him to be a missionary all his life.

This list is not exhaustive of course, but those are key golden nuggets.  Everything that makes me happy and makes our little family work is because of what we know.  I know people who think we're crazy for getting married "young," while still in college, and having a kid before David reaching graduation.  If we didn't believe what we believe, ya maybe we would be crazy.  But because of what we know, our life is happy and awesome.  We know what life is about and we let that guide us instead of what the world says.

I love my little family.  We're in for an awesome ride together.

And just cause, a picture of Mr. Harrison

for more on my beliefs, visit the pink box link on the side of my page that says: my faith