Louder than Words

Yet again I have devoured another book in about 5 hours. Louder than Words is such a well written book. And if you would have told me I would have enjoyed reading one of Jenny McCarthy books, I would have said no way - that obnoxious woman.

Funny thing is one day I was watching Oprah (yes, I like Oprah) and she was on. I thought to myself, man, what in the world are they interviewing this lady for. The only thing I knew about this woman was that she was a loud obnoxious lady that used to host some MTV thing and that now she is dating Jim Carrey.

But as she told Oprah her story about finding out her little boy had autism and her quest to find a cure for him, I was completely compelled by her story. I was in tears through most of the interview, with moments of laughter scattered throughout (she is a very funny lady). And as she described feelings she received from God (yes, those were her words), I don't know what came over me, but I knew I had to read her book. I felt connected to her story and I was impressed with her spirituality(which came totally unexpected).

Sure enough I went out the next day and bought her book. (I have never done this before - gone out and bought a book straight away after watching a promo.) The first page was beautiful - a dedication to her son. I was already in tears. The next page was her thank you's and guess who the last people was she thanked - the Mormons. I know, my jaw dropped too. Needless to say I was more intrigued to read on. The first third of the book I was in tears. I couldn't imagine what it would have been like to go through what she did with her little boy. I am sure the man sitting next to me was thinking - what in the world is wrong with this lady (I was waiting for Ben outside of Westfield Shopping Centre). And then she gets to the part about the Mormons. I won't ruin it for you, but I really felt the Spirit testify that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and that his priesthood authority is again on the earth. And I really felt privileged to have served a mission for Jesus Christ.

I highly recommend this book. It's a very informative book about autism and her beliefs of what causes it and what can 'cure' it. But mostly it's about a mother who loves her son and her strong belief that God has a purpose for everything; and her journey to fulfill this purpose.

Mothers' Day

I had a great Mothers' Day. Ben made me breakfast and Kai gave me lots of cuddles, giggles and smiles. We dressed Kai up in his little suit that grandma gave him. He looked so cute and everyone at church commented on it. The suit has a tie and jacket too, but Kai was not keen on either. I love the tie and jacketless look, makes me think Kai has a bit of disco fever.
Some other pictures we took . . .

Never thought my baby would be so white. ha ha ha

Young Ambassadors visit Sydney

It was great to have the YA stay with us a few nights. Boy did it bring back memories of touring with Living Legends (the good and the bad). The fireside was good, but I did have to chuckle a bit when the opening story was - none other than a BYU classic - Correction - I know your father. I know, I shouldn't have laughed (inside of course), but it brought back a flood of memories of BYU fireside, where I think each one somehow linked back to that part of the Lion King. I know, it is a good analogy and Ben had never heard it before. . . show a little bit of respect for the hallowed Lion King.

The show was great! Although I didn't see much of it. I spent more than half of it outside with little mister. But I got an idea of what the show was like from the monitors. Watching the performance, brought back a lot of good memories of dancing on stage. Man that was fun! The YA's director, Randy Booth, did most of the choreography for Light of the World (during the SLC Winter Olympics where YAs and Living Legends were asked to perform), which was fabulous! So it was good to see him again. (If anyone has the Light of the World DVD I am one of the icons to click on - talk about a great claim to fame. It's in the Special bits section. Can't remember which one, but I am the Mexican in the purple dress. There are a few close-ups of me too in the video bit.)

Anyways funny story about this guy (see below) - Graeme. Well Ben and I were addicted to watching So You Think You Can Dance Australia and this guy was one of the finalist (I know, it was on Sunday, but we have since repented). And the entire time we were watching it, I was like, I just wish they would vote this guy off(the one bleow). I thought he came across a bit full of himself.

Anyways, the time finally came when he was voted off (took long enough) and in his farewell speech he said something like, 'First I would like to thank my Heavenly Father . . . for the plan he has for me . . .etc.' Ben and I looked at each other going - what - is this dude mormon. (For those Australian LDS bloggers - I know I am really out of the loop.) Anyways at the YA show during intermission I went to the bathroom. I ran, of course, to beat everyone else because there are never enough stalls to get all of the women through before the end of intermission. And who do you think I saw on my way out . . . yep this guy - Graeme. It didn't hit me at first, I just looked at him wondering why this guy looked so familiar to me. Anyways - it clicked when everyone was congratulating him on a job well done on the show. So I joined in and said congrats - secretly repenting for all of the evil thoughts I had about him.

My Blog Nightmare!

Okay, so I know, blogging is not supposed to be complicated. Some how I have complicated it. Everything started out okay, but then went haywire somewhere along the way. I used to have the comments thingy available, but one day it disappeared. Then I had a friend look at it and she fixed it, but then all of my 'friends' disappeared. Then when I added my 'friends' back, the comments bit disappeared again. Oh woe's me. Anybody have any suggestions????

Oh Nakita, Nakita wherefore art thou Nakita!

The other day Kai and I went to 'Solids' class (so mommy could learn how to feed this little man). And as I was sitting there, this lady and her little girl came and sat down next to us. Next thing I know, Kai and this beautiful Indian baby girl, Nakita, made eye contact. After that there was no stopping them. They were smiling and giggling at each other. Kai was talking his little heart out and Nakita would have this gigantic smile on her face. It was simple magic. (Although pretty disruptive for the rest of the class.) Two little hearts connecting.

Nakita's mom says she has never seen her do that before and to tell you the truth, Kai's never been this connected to another baby. The cool thing I found out was she was born on 2 Jan and due on the 3 Jan and Kai was born on 3 Jan due on 2 Jan. Interesting, no? Maybe love at first sight? Maybe they knew each other in the pre-exsistence?

And now I am hitting myself because I didn't get Nakita's mom's number (or that I didn't have my camera). Have I somehow changed the course of destiny?????