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| Grandfather Jerry with Windham |
I can't remember if I wrote last week or not... I must not have if you asked about Windham. He's doing ok. At the moment he's lying in my lap crying. I think he's just tired fussy, though. I hope he'll fall asleep soon. Right now we're playing "spit out the pacifier." Prince is here on the bed, too, napping peacefully with his sock monkey. Poor Windham. Baby tears are the saddest thing in the entire universe! Ok, one of the saddest. Prince just gave me this look as if to say, "Really, Chelsea? Can't you make him stop?" Would if I could, Prince. Would if I could.
So back to Windham and to answer how he's doing, I've made a decision that I know you'll be proud of. I've decided that I'm tired of complaining. I'm tired of complaining about how much he cries, how little I've slept, how incompetent modern medicine is, and on and on. From now on when people ask how either Windham or I'm doing, I'm going to tell them all the good things about him. Like how beautiful his blue eyes are. Or what a good eater he is and how he's growing so fast. (He's almost 11 lbs now! When he was born just less than 2 months ago he was 7 lbs. 11 oz.) Or how amazingly adorable he is, or how I looove the sound he makes after he sneezes. Don't worry, we've got it on video, so if he's stopped doing it by the time you get home you'll still get to hear it. Anyway, I've decided to change my attitude and be positive. If it takes me 24 hours to get 8 hours of sleep, so what? I can do that. If his tummy hurts and he's crying, I expect that and will deal with it the best I know how. I am a planet and this little guy is my sun, and everything I do revolves around him.
Speaking of the universe and planets and such... black holes are so cool! Did you know that nobody know what happens to stuff that goes into black holes? And that time stops at the edge of a black hole? Time is related somehow to gravity. The more gravity, the faster time goes. The less gravity, the slower time passes. (Scientists have done experiments to prove this, so I'm not just making it up.) Craaaaaazy! Some scientists believe that the other side of black holes could be a "white fountain" where energy and matter are spewn out. It's fantastic to think about. The reason I bring up black holes, is because I feel like having a baby is like entering a black hole. Very scary and unkowable. And painful. Plus time does kind of stand still when you're in serious labor. And then, on the other side of it... well nothing can really describe it. But it's light and beautiful and creation. So Windham is my little white fountain, and I've decided to appreciate and celebrate that rather than focus on his acid reflux and colic. So I hope that's a decent update, in a round-about way.
By the way, about that scary Peruvian man, you did the right thing to listen to the spirit (or lack thereof) and just leave and then pray. Satan is definitely real. But so is God the Father, Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost, modern day prophets, the Priesthood, prayer, temple covenants, and the power of love.
And we love you. Keep up the great work, Hermana! You are wonderful and inspired, and an angel sent to proclaim the gospel to Uruguay.
Chelsea
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