Wonderful Weekend :)

This past weekend was so wonderful! Saturday night my family and I attended the cultural celebration for the Kansas City temple. I've never been to anything like it before... it was truly incredible! All the performances were great and the spirit was just so strong through out the whole thing. I think the coolest thing though was being about 50 feet away from the prophet!!!!! How awesome! It was neat to hear him speak in a non conference setting too. It reminds me that they can have some fun too :)

Then Sunday was the actual dedication of the temple & while we weren't able to attend in the temple, we did get to go view the dedication from the chapel at the stake center. WOW. I love how these things happen right when we need them most in our lives. I felt so worn out and just really annoyed with life in general. It's like that old analogy they use in seminary all the time where you're like a dried up sponge then you get immersed in spiritual goodness lol. It was a perfect weekend!

Yesterday and today have been tough days for me. I have a lot on my mind with Nathan gone & John has not been the easiest little one to deal with. He's decided that he is above taking naps during the day for whatever reason. So for most of the afternoon he screams because he's overly tired. It is really hard to deal with! I had a little break down last night because I just couldn't calm him down. He wouldn't eat, he wouldn't sleep. But, I felt better afterwards and am so glad that I have my mom around to blubber to. She made me feel a lot better and I'm so thankful for that. Today we went to Fort Riley to get John enrolled in deers and Tricare now that I have his birth certificate, social security card and the power of attorney to do it. We decided to make a day of it and shop at the PX. I decided I was going to buy some summer clothes. (I left all my non maternity clothes in Germany not thinking...) There may have been some tears shed in the dressing room as I tried on sizes I've never worn before. So, instead of buying them I bought work out clothes instead since mine are in Germany. Pregnancy does crazy thing to a woman's body. Things just don't fit like they used to and it's hard to deal with. I've been pretty self conscience about how I look for as long as I can remember and I really thought everything would bounce back after I gave birth. Everyone says it takes time and I know that and understand that but it still doesn't make it any easier to deal with. I think I'm going to take pictures week by week to encourage myself to keep up with my exercise regimen. Maybe once I get to a place where I'm proud of how I look I'll post the progression of pictures.