New- calling, rolling, training? And baking...

I got called to serve in Young Women's this past month. I am the beehives advisor (woot woot)

I am so excited, the girls are amazing and I am just so happy about this new adventure

I love to see the girls and how excited they are about things.

It has also been very eye opening to hear first hand the trials that face the youth.

They have busy schedules and extra activities, they are already planning on

How to get scholarships for collage, they are 12 & 13, when I was that age I think 

I was trying to figure out how to get out of class.

I love these girls, and the other women I am serving with.

Other things that are going on, Little Miss rolled over for the first time today.

I thought this would never happen, because when I put her on her belly she always sleeps.

But today she did it. I put her on her belly I turned to do something and when I looked back, she was on her back!! She is getting so big. I love seeing her grow and discover new things everyday.

She LOVES her daddy, and who wouldn't? he is constantly singing to her about everything.

My favorite was when he sang to her about being made with a turkey baster!! LOL

He is always willing to change diapers and take her when she is fussy. 

I love seeing the love he has for her, and to see the recognition she has, her eyes light up when daddy comes home.

I am working on creating a new me. I have a goal to make me healthier.

I have been doing water aerobics, and trying to make better eating choices, we bought a good blender so I now make veggie packed smoothies. I also went to the gym yesterday with an amazing woman from my ward. She is a great motivator. Hopefully I can just keep with it, and meet my goals.

I will keep you updated on this adventure.

As I have been getting used to my new roll as a stay at home mom, I have been trying todo the things I would always say I would when I could just stay home. It is harder than I thought, I don't have as much time as I thought I would, but I am working on it. 

Today my goal is to make bread, I have never done this before....I will let you know how it goes

Miss Z's Blessing

Oh how we are blessed!!!

Last Sunday (Super Bowl Sunday) we were able to bless our sweet baby. 

I am just in awe at how blessed I am to have the Priesthood in my home

The Spirit was SO strong and our beautiful daughter

was blessed with so many sweet blessings from our Heavenly Father!!

We were lucky enough to have some of our friends and family come and support us. 

I love how big and bright her eyes are. She is so observant I need to really watch what I am doing.

My Mother saved the dress I was blessed in, I personally think Z looks so darling in it.

Rob and Ale even made it up from AZ.

She is the most BEAUTIFUL baby!!

I am SO BLESSED to be this little girls mommy!!

I love her so much and have loved seeing her grow (she is way to big) and start showing her beautiful personality. Her smile melts my heart and brightens my soul everyday.

I am one lucky lady!

I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Last Sunday (the 20th) was our stake conference. It was amazing!! We were so blessed to have one of our churches General Authority's  come. Elder Richard G. Scott!! oh man was it good. He was nothing like I expected him to be.

Instead of having a talk prepared he called people out of the audience, he sent microphones around so anyone could ask questions, and he was hilarious. SO GOOD!! 

Listening to an Aposile of the Lord bare testimony of Jesus Christ was UNDENIABLE!!. The Spirit was so strong and so beautiful, I don't think anyone left with dry eyes. I know I didn't. 

I know and am so greatful that the True church is on the earth, I know that Heavenly Father is real, He loves me, and listens and answers my prayers. I know the Atonment is real, Christ didn't just suffer for my sins, he suffered every heart ach, disappointment, and sorrow I have ever had, He knows me and loves me. The plan of salvation is real, it really is the plan of happiness. I am so blessed to be sealed to my best friend, and to know that my family will be together forever. 

I know that the church is true, it is undeniable, and I love it.

P.S. Elder Scott said "make sure to smile" we don't want people thinking our church meetings are funerals. He was so funny.

Comparisons

I like many others in this life compare things around me. 

I compare ads

stores

clothes 

brands

food

hairstyles

music

the work that I do at the mortgage company as well as in the salon

just about everything. 

I am finding this is concept has seeped into my new roll as a mother. 

I see my friends, family and the media around me and I just think 

"man I am failing already"

*first a fact about me 

I LOVE reality tv!!

I think it really is REAL!
Eldon makes fun of this little fact.
I love the Jonas', and Guilanna and Bill.

While watching Guilianna and Bill they showed their new little boy.
He was 3 weeks old, he was holding his head so well and smiling so much.
This made me cry!! Sitting in my little home holding my sweet baby who at that time was 3 weeks old.
My sweet girl didn't smile that much at 3 weeks. I was positive I was doing something wrong, why was my baby not smiling like theirs?
I was doing everything I could and yet my baby hated me.
I was failing as a mother, by child was destined to be unhappy forever.

I look at the world around me and I judge myself against those I see.
In my head I know this is just crazy, but then my emotions kick in and well.....

I have found that if I truely look at the way I am raising my child I am doing well, I have never been a mother before, so I don't really know what I am doing. I can only compare myself to those around me
I have had amazing examples that I can strive to be like.

Conversations

Oh how I love my husband, I love how he thinks......

M: what do you want to do for New Years this year?
E: we can't do anything we have a baby!!
M: just because we have a baby doesn't mean we can't do anything, ever...
E: yes it does!!

I can not get enough of him! I love how he makes me laugh always!!

Bring the pain

Well I am six weeks into motherhood, so far it has been more than I ever expected it to be.

I have loved every minute of it, the cuddling, feedings, the sweet smiles, and even diaper changes.

Then a couple days ago it started........

The most horrible pain!! 

I was expecting the pain of labor and delivery, and the pain of recovering from pushing a human out of my body.

No one ever prepared me for the pain of MASTITIS!!

It is like fiery swords

 being sucked out of my boob every time I feed my sweet girl.

Which is all the day, it sometimes feels.

I now have an antibiotic to get rid of it, and my hot pad is my favorite thing right now.

To all women lactating or not watch out it can get ya, and it's a .......

There are no words bad enough!!

And then there were THREE

I have been wanting to post for such a long time, SO much has happened since last March. We did nothing in the backyard like I had planned. Thankfully the Lord had other plans for the Gomez family. As most of you know our sweet family of two has now become three. Zuri Mae Gomez was born Nov. 15, 2012 6lbs 7oz 19 inches tall. She is perfect in every way, and such a fighter. It is very strange to go through a whole pregnancy, when for the last Four and a half years I  have not liked anything to do with babies, because I knew I had issues and was almost positive I would never be able to get pregnant. (there will be more on that later if anyone is interested) 

This has been the most amazing and scary year of my life. I am forever thankful for Eldon and his faith, without it things would be extremely different. Zuri is such a fighter, all I can say is the Lord watched over us and she was seriously ment to be here. She had a lot stacked against her. 

My little girl is 6 weeks old today, I can't even believe she has been with us for so long. She is such a good baby, she is a great sleeper through the night, and an amazing eater, and such a great pooper. We have already servived our first cold. I can not believe such BIG man boogers could come out of something so small.

She went to church for the first time, met Santa and went out to meet Great Grandma Bowen. We had our first Christmas together! It was awesome full of Family.
It has been such an amazing journey so far, full of miricales, blessings, hard scary things, and more joy than I could ever imagine. We are so excited for everything to come.