17 Miracles, with my own little Miracle...

Hey there! Long time, no post.  I'm back-been out of town for the last 2 weeks and I have a lot to catch up on.  Cabin trips, 4th of July, California...but it'll all have to wait for now.  Tonight I had the opportunity to go see a wonderful, spiritual, uplifting movie- 17 Miracles.  Superb! :)  It was something I needed to see right now in my life to realize how good my life is and to realize how easy we have it in these Latter Days.  That I should not take anything for granted- and that I need to do better in raising Reed by reading the scriptures more and praying more.  The movie was about the Willie Handcart Company and the Pioneer Trek across the plains to reach Zion-man did I cry and cry and cry.  I was still crying when the credits were done rolling through and they turned the lights on.  I can't imagine living and going through the hardships those people faced and losing loved ones along the way.   My favorite part of the movie was the miracle of the little girls with the rattle snakes.  They prayed to find a way to escape the snakes and was prompted to jump over every single one.  They were brave and it was amazing to see how much faith each person had to trust in the Lord to protect them throughout their journey.  The entire movie, seeing those cute little blonde toddlers just made me think of my little Reed and imagining that I couldn't even live without him!  It just breaks my heart.  But it was amazing and a reminder to me that Heavenly Father is there and hears and answers our prayers, if we have faith in him.  I loved the quote at the end by President Gordon B. Hinkley, that we need to all remember to talk about the pioneers, tell the stories to our children and live like they lived- in FAITH!  I witnessed a true little miracle of my own tonight while sitting in that quiet theater... I felt my own baby kick inside for the first time.  That in itself is a miracle.  It's amazing that I've been waiting for this day to come and knew it would happen soon.  With Reed, I felt him kick right about 18 weeks.  I turned 18 weeks yesterday with this second baby.  So I knew it would be any day.  I love that feeling!  I can't wait to find out what this little miracle is! Boy or Girl?  We'll find out next Thursday! ONE MORE WEEK!