Randomness

Here is Sebastian and me on his blessing day. I love this picture because my parents came to his blessing. My dad was even able to bring him to the stand and sit up there while they blessed. One of the happiest days of my life!

Above: Sebastian wants to do and look exactly like his daddy, I love it.
Below: I love this picture for two reasons, one its the cutest picture taken of him. Two this was a very special day because my brother Benjamin came home from Iraq on this day and met his nephew for the first time. Sebastian and my brother share a special bond as Sebastian Benjamin was named after his uncle.

Not to much going on here in the Erickson household this week. The weather has been extremely crappy even for Ohio, so Sebastian and I have been confined to our cave all week. Although Wednesday the sun was out for a while and Sebastian was able to practice riding his bike. He is getting much better and can now peddle about 10 yards all by himself. Donald has Monday and Tuesday off next week so we plan on taking Sebastian ice skating. Which I'm sure will be real interesting considering I haven't ice skated in probably 5 years and Donald never has! I'm sure it will be fun and amusing for others to watch. I'm really excited for the summer, Sunday at church President Manhart asked me if I would go to girls camp and serve as assistant cook. I'm really excited, because when I joined the church I was 21 and have never had the chance to be involved with the young women's program until now. Donald's first year of school is winding down and to say its been challenging would be an understatement. Balancing a full time job, a full course load of school his church calling and his family has stretched him pretty thin and we are all looking forward to spending time together this summer. We plan on going to the Palmyra pageant again which is always fun. We plan on looking for a house this summer and if everything works as out we will also start the paper work rolling for our plans to adopt. This is an exciting yet scary time for us as we continue down this path. Many thoughts go through my mind hope, uncertainty's, insecurity and excitement. This has been a very trying 2 1/2 years. We continue to pray for a miracle but know that it is extremely unlikely we will conceive again on our own. A few weeks ago I was given a blessing and in it it said that the wait for us to bring another child into our family will soon come to an end. I have such a testimony of Priesthood Blessings and know that with Heavenly Father anything is possible. Needless to say we are extremely excited and look forward to this blessing being fulfilled. I am just so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who has just put His arms around me and has helped me through this whole ordeal. I know that He knows me personally, that he knows the wants and desires of my heart and that everything happens in His time. I think that has been what I have learned the most form this trail, that I am not in control and that things don't happen when Valgene says so. It has taken me a very long time to come to grasp with that but I get it, its in His time not mine! We are also so grateful for our family and friends who have been there for us, your love and support means everything to us! Wow this has turned into a marathon blog session so I'm going to stop and post a few of my favorite pictures that I have our family.