Recap of last week's activity: walked about 16-17 miles total

Recap of eventful walks from the weekend:

Friday: decided to try to walk to Nicholls Park from home, walked about 1.5 miles and hit a dead end so I tried another route, Natalia started to wake up, I chickened out in fear of no where to nurse her, I had no idea how to get home, used Google Maps to find a route and hurried home.

Saturday: left sickly husband home, walked to Bowman's and Ben Franklin to purchase honeydew melon and cookie cutters for Mother's Day creations, walked to Kaysville cemetery, walked around cemetery, walked past cemetery, Natalia started to wake up due to hunger, called sickly husband (who said he could pick us up if we needed him to) 10+ times, no answer, don't know how to get home, panicked in fear of having to nurse her in the cemetery, used Google Maps, the fastest way home was to go back to the cemetery, ran back toward cemetery and familiar road, ran past castle houses (mentioned in some other post), got lost again in a dead end, finally got to correct road, ran home, ended up running a about whole mile home, Natalia was fine so I stressed over nothing.

Weekend recap:
We had a pretty good weekend. Going on walks have been so refreshing and I like exploring the area. I've got lost 3 days last week on walks (2 mentioned above), but luckily I've been able to get home with the help of technology. I've been looking for parks along the way where I could nurse if needed and no luck.

Saturday was a good day. When we walked into the cemetery I felt the Spirit so strongly. I have no idea why. I have no family buried there. Right when we walked onto the property I felt the most calming, reassuring feeling, almost like feeling the biggest caring hug you can imagine. It was an overwhelming feeling. I can't explain it. I get choked up all over again just writing about it. It was very serene walking around the cemetery. I wish I could find the words to explain the experience. It was like feeling protected by numerous...I don't know, it was a loving feeling and I needed it.

When Natalia started to wake up after we had walked further east past the cemetery. I panicked and started to get frustrated at all my unanswered calls. I was very upset inside, not angry upset, but worried or helpless upset. I wanted to take care of my baby and there was no where close by where I would've been able to comfortably nurse her. On our walks I often have visions of having to nurse her on the side of the road and looking like the worst mother. Right when I knew Natalia was starting to get hungry and I started to panic I felt, almost like words, that everything was going to be fine. I kept ignoring the feeling though and let myself get angry at my predicament. When I realized Josh wasn't going to answer, I knew I could pray and I did. I felt reassured all the way home, but I kept pushing it back. I wish I hadn't. Natalia was fine. She fell back asleep and was content when we got home. I felt blessed. Josh was sound asleep. He was so sick and felt so hot. He needed that extra sleep.

Pictures from Friday and Sunday

Here is Natalia being a fashion icon to 7 weeks + 6 days old babies everywhere on Friday

Happy 8 Week Birthday. Natalia was * weeks plus 1 day old in the pictures below. (The 1 day makes a difference). It is so hard to get her to smile on camera. I took like 20 pictures on Friday and she would also stop smiling when I would take the picture.


Take 1: Laughing to the side.
Take 2: Sort of smiles, head on.
Take 3: The square root of pi is what?
Take 4: Smiles, but covers part of mouth.