It was a wonderful morning listening to the first session of General Conference! Jimmy and I took turns holding Zeke, and loved looking at him while we listened.
For the past few years during conference, I would wish that I could be holding my baby while I watched conference. Then, I would say to myself, “Maybe we’ll have our baby by the next conference.” Each conference, my heart would ache as I would think that another six months had passed, and we were still childless. Since conferences are six months apart, I guess I would use them as mile markers. I remember a few times where I would say to Jimmy, “Okay, I can make it two more months, but that’s all” The two months would go by, and I would say “okay I can make it another month” It was too hard for me to think about waiting another year, but if I broke it down into months at a time, and sometimes days at a time, it was a little more bareable.
As I held my precious little baby boy this afternoon, I realized that I had a baby during conference! I was so thankful, and my heart burst with joy! This all may seems a little silly, but to me it is wonderful. I am so grateful for our amazing birth mother, Samantha, and for Heavenly Father in giving us the gift of parenthood!