Thoughts from a young mother.

These last four weeks have flown by and felt like eternity all at once. Our world changed when

Bug joined our family. When Casey and I were married someone (I can't remember who) told us, "You don't experience marriage until you have a kid. You don't experience parenthood until you have two kids." I don't completely agree with that, but two kids is a very different style of parenthood. Sometimes I feel as if my whole existence is to feed babies and change diapers. And to sleep in three hour spurts. (Just a fact, we've changed over 320 diapers in the last four weeks.) But then sweet tender moments happen, and I know what true joy is. Consider these two scriptures.

2 Nephi 2:23-25 "And they [Adam and Eve] would have had no children; wherefore they would have remained in a state of innocence, having no joy, for they knew no misery; doing no good, for they knew no sin. But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things. Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy."

Moses 5:11 "And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying: Were it not for our transgression we never should have had seed, and never should have known good and evil, and the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient."

I find it interesting that Eve listed having children first. The joy mankind is meant to have is eternal life with our families. I am so grateful to experience the joy my two daughters bring to my life. Here are some of those sweet moments of the last four weeks.

First home for a few hours.

Boo's post modern expressionism of "newly sisterhoodness."

(Okay she is just seeing what she can get away with.)

Daddy and his girls. Bug isn't quite a week old.

Two weeks old in both pictures.

Mom loves to kiss these little feet.

Four weeks old! Hi world! Boo loves to touch, kiss, hug, smash her "baby Aya".