Rexburg Open House, Three Months and Thoughts

Taylor, Isaac and I had the opportunity to go to the Rexburg Temple open house on Saturday...and I must say, it is gorgeous!!! (But really, which temple isn't?? So that's not new news...) We took the YM and YW up--which I think would be such a neat and special opportunity as a youth--and they all really enjoyed going. There were SO many people at the open house, so it was a bit rushed, but wonderful nonetheless. Despite the freezing weather and wind, it was a great experience, and Isaac did so well through it and looked at all the chandeliers. It was pretty cute.
Then Sunday came, which is, drum roll....Isaac's three month mark! For some reason I feel like 3 months is a milestone...perhaps because that's how the clothes are marked. (O-3 months, 3-6 etc). It's AMAZING how fast time flies. We took our routine "sit on the couch, in the same spot, with the same teddy bear" picture, and like always, he was SO not interested. So here they are....

This is at two months....

And this is yesterday...

My little boy is growing up!!!!

I wish he was wearing a onesie so you could see his feet and legs like in the two month pictures... (I thought about it when we were taking the pictures, but changing him was definitely out of the question) Ok, and isn't this the cutest position you've ever seen? His arm up on the arm of the couch! Taylor tried to cross his ankles but that didn't last long.

Since he was so "camera shy," Taylor tried to make him smile, and we got some cute pictures from that.

This next one is my absolute favorite. I think it's foreshadowing what's to come...his fun personality seems to be showing!!! :-) Oh, I love this picture!!

We had a good Sunday yesterday. One lady bore her testimony in our ward and what she said really resonated with me, and I thought I'd share it. To preface, she has a little boy, who's probably four, and he is a handful!! And she's the first to admit it...another girl has said that you just sit behind them and it's great birth control. So, the mom said that this past week she was about to wring his neck because he keeps getting into stain spray, this was the fourth bottle apparently, and it didn't matter where she tried to hide it, he kept finding it. Regardless, it was a rough week. So she was talking to someone and they mentioned something they had heard from a general authority (don't know who it was though, sorry). And he said "You cannot raise the Lord's children Satan's way." And what's Satan's way? Force, coercion, anger, tension, yelling, etc. And let's be honest, everyone has those moments. But when I thought about that phrase...."You cannot raise the Lord's children Satan's way" ahh....it just is so...I don't know...true!!! There is a reason why Satan's plan and Satan's way was not the chosen one...and yet, we can fall to those ways so easily. This mom went on to say that these children that we have been given are entrusted to us that we may raise them so they can return to their Heavenly Father. It was just such a wonderful reminder and so beautifully put that I wanted to share it as if to journal the day and thoughts. Instantly I was thinking "Oh how could I put that on a plague?" or "Where could I hang that phrase?" :-) I love it!!