Our home is officially safe for babies! Our home evaluation and last interview are done! We should be certified in a couple of weeks and then its full force to find our baby! We felt like celebrating afterwards so we went to do one of our favorite things: thrift store shopping. It may seem odd but we LOVE to go to find second hand treasures. So after buying a super cute old crate, we went to my parent's house for my little brother Ammon's 13th birthday.
Ammon and I have a special relationship. When he was a toddler, I was able to care for him quite a lot and make him happy when others couldn't. He would sleep in my bed with me often up until I got married. I would wake up and he would be cuddled next to me. I wouldn't know when he got there, but I was never surprised to see him. I loved to cuddle him and so enjoyed our special time together. On one special night, I woke up because he was talking in his sleep (he was probably 3 and I was 18 or so at the time). He said something I didn't understand so I said "what?" with a smile because I thought it was so cute that he was muttering in his sleep. With his eyes still closed he then said "God is watching over my family". The next morning I told my mom about the experience and she teared up. She said she had felt especially stressed at the time and needed to hear a confirmation of our Heavenly Father's watch care. What a sweet, tender mercy that we received through my sweet Ammon. Now he is getting so handsome and tall and grown up but he still has the same tender spirit as that 3 year old. He is so quick to give hugs and help when needed.
I love all of my siblings so dearly. I am so grateful to have been blessed with my strong, humongous family! By the way, the title of this post has nothing to do with anything. I just heard it on a show and thought it was hilarious.
This made me cry.
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