Being in Love

Lately I have come to a realization. During this pregnancy I've been ill, tired, cranky, and down right lazy. My poor Hubby has had to put out tons of effort to keep our house clean and try to make me comfortable and happy. It was this week that I was thinking to myself, "Ew, our house is a mess, I wonder if he's going to do anything about it." and then I thought. "Why don't I do it?" I've reflected back on the last couple of months and I've become aware that because of my selfishness, I have in turn lost a lot of vibrancy in my life and it's starting to affect my Hubby. We aren't as happy as we were a while ago and so, I decided to change something.

I cleaned the dishes.

I HATE CLEANING THE DISHES.

Early on in our dating I told Hubby that dishes are the one chore I will avoid at all cost. I despise it! Hubby was cool with that because he said that doing the dishes often gave him a break and he could do whatever he wanted while cleaning the dishes and he actually enjoyed it.

Well, I did them. Then I realized how dirty I thought the sink was, I started deep cleaning that. Before I knew it, I had deep cleaned the whole kitchen. Hubby came home and he was happy. In return I noticed I was happier too. The next day, I couldn't help it, I started to deep clean the living room. Hubby became super thankful and affectionate, and I couldn't help but feel a deeper love growing for him. I've made it a goal to not let him clean anything this week until his birthday (on Thurs). I want him to be happy so badly!

Today I was skimming over the First Presidency Message in the Ensign, and President Thomas S. Monson says, "the Savior is telling us that unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives. Those who live only for themselves eventually shrivel up and figuratively lose their lives, while those who lose themselves in service to others grow and flourish..."

I can't know what love is until I try to show that I do love. I can't grow unless I make an effort to help others grow. By serving others, I can expect to feel better about my life and where we are going and begin to feel a deeper love for my husband and those around me.

:) Isn't service great?

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Pregnancy Update: Hubby felt the baby kick for the first time!!! Baby X has been pretty good at not letting Dad feel him so, Hubby caught him in the act of a kicking fit and you should have seen the smile on his face!!!!

We are both doing well, my feet are beginning to swell a little bit and life is pretty good right now.

-TBC