Ammon is 9 months old! He hit a lot of milestones this month. He is eating solid foods now, and is sleeping a little better through the night. He is liking sleeping in his crib, but he won't take naps during the day. It's like pulling teeth to get him to do it. He decided that in a 2 week span he would learn to crawl, and grow in 2 teeth, and start learning how to walk around the furniture. He even responds to us when we talk, and sometimes it's with words. He definitely likes to scream until he gets fed, because he LOVES to eat. He begs off of everyone in the house until your food is all gone. It's so cute, and yet the screaming starts to get old really fast. But he's cute, so we'll keep him.
Michael is getting so big! He is growing out of his clothes really fast these days, and we are struggling to keep caught up with him. He loves to run around and play and he likes to play with Ammon sometimes. As long as Michael is around, Ammon will laugh and giggle and play. Once Michael is gone, then he gets all sad and weepy. Michael went and spent a few days at Grandma Gwen's house, and had a lot of fun walking the dogs, and playing with Rue and Seri, his cousins, and got to see Grandma and Grandpa Great.
We also went to see some friends from high school this month. We went up to West Jordan, where Jamie and her family live, and Travis was there with his family and Brady was there as well. I can't believe I didn't get any pictures! So, I guess we'll have to plan something for another time so I can get some! We had a lot of fun there, and I feel like I really needed that time. It was nice to connect with something from the past, and see all the great growth that has happened in our families in the last few years.
We also spent some time with Janina and her boys. Michael and Andrew were having so much fun playing at the park. There were so many funny family pictures, and a lot of love going on in this house. We just love our boys so much and are so grateful that we were given the gift of having them in our family.
Matthew and I also have the goal of going to the temple at least once a month. So, here we took a shot before going to do sealings. It was a wonderful experience. We went in with a family who had brought a lot of names to be done, and it was a really special night for us. They were very kind, they came right up to us to ask us our names and to thank us for being there, even though we had never seen them before in our lives. The sealer had great things to say, and we were definitely well educated and full of the spirit that night. There was a story the sealer told us. He worked for the church for many years in Europe, and finding properties and seeing to the details for building temples. He told us a story of a mother, the Relief Society President in a ward that he was visiting while doing business for the church in Stockholm for the temple. She told of a story of her 2 sons. Once at the time was 5, and the other 7 years old. They had sat down for family home evening one night, to discuss the importance of the temple and why it was something so important to them now. The 5 year old was sick, and so they explained to him during this FHE that the next day he would be going to the hospital, but he wouldn't be coming home. The illness was too far spread and there was nothing the Drs could do except to keep him comfortable. After having this lesson and hearing this, the 5 year old went to his room and got his bear, the one he always went to sleep with. He gave it to his 7 year old brother and said, "I want you to have this, for keeps." The 7 year old dropped the bear on the floor and hugged his brother, weeping as he did so. As the mother looked at them, she saw these 2 boys, and she saw them as full grown men. She was given a glimpse into what these boys would be like in the future. Then the 5 year old turned to his mother and asked if she believed everything she just told him, about the temple and forever families. She said she very much did, and he then asked her to promise him something, that she wouldn't cry after he was gone. She promised him and they spent the rest of their time together just loving each other and thinking of all the good times. After the little boy passed away, the mother kept her promise, she didn't cry. But, there came a day when, she just couldn't do it anymore. She broke down and cried and cried. She heard something and so she looked up, and it was her 5 year old son, as a spirit, but he wasn't 5 anymore. He was a full grown man, in his 20's. And he said to her, "Mom, you promised." She apologized to him and told him she would do better next time.
This story really touched me, and the whole experience at the temple that night really was amazing, and I will never forget it. It forever changed me.
So, that was the fun month of April for the Hemby family. We hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the spring.
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