Little Baby Girl

I have a little baby girl in my belly. She kicks me and makes me laugh. She doesn't like it if you invade her space. She is getting stronger and sometimes scares me when she kicks. Sometimes it feels like she does flips and it kinda feels like I'm going to pee my pants (haven't yet ;)).  It is weird to think that soon Tyler and I will have a baby. Its starting to feel real, but I still can't imagine how I will feel when I actually have her in my arms. 
I am thankful that Cami had Thomas before I had a baby because I think of how much I love him and it makes it easier. I get to have my very own! I can do this pregnancy thing! All the throwing up, not fitting in to clothes, muscle aches, joint aches, heartburn, and headaches... something is going to come from it all! Something so beautiful and so recently in the presence of angels is going to be in our home! 
If you have talked to me about this pregnancy at all, you would know that I was so sure it was a boy. We were going to have a boy and he was going to be a leader and a protector to his siblings. He was going to be gentleman that held the door and helped me with groceries. He was going to be a valiant missionary and fight for what is right. Well, we found out that he was a she and that seriously flipped my world. A baby girl? We are having a baby girl! 
She is going to be beautiful. She will have crooked teeth and light eyes just like her mama and daddy. She will still be a leader and a protector. She will be my little helper. She will help me with groceries and hold the door open for people. She will be a valiant missionary and fight for what is right. I have been thinking of ways that I can teach her these things. How can I teach her to be strong when so many things in this world are dark, perverted, and scary? How can I teach her to trust Tyler and I even when she doesn't like what we say? How can I teach her how much she is worth and that she is literally the daughter of a king? 
The saying "be loyal to the royal within you" has come up several times in the last few weeks as I've been thinking how I can prepare our home, marriage, and world for this baby girl. I want her to learn that everyone is sons and daughters, children of a king, even people that are mean and do bad things.  
I listened to a talk and realized that so much of her learning will come from her dad. This talk was directed to men.

"You are not ordinary men. Because of your valiance in the premortal realms, you qualified to be leaders and to possess priesthood power. There you exhibited “exceeding faith and good works,” and you are here now to do the same.⁸ Your priesthood sets you apart."

My baby girl's daddy is not ordinary. He is strong and courageous and he has fought his spiritual and temporal battles to be where he is today. She will have access to the power of God through Tyler. She is forever apart of our eternal family because Tyler and I have been sealed to each other for all of time. A bond that is not earthly and can not be broken by time or death. And because of this bond, she is sealed to us. 

"You are your daughter’s guardian in more than the legal sense. Be present in your daughter’s life. Let her know your standards, your expectations, your hopes and dreams for her success and happiness. Interview her, get to know her friends and, when the time comes, her boyfriends. Help her understand the importance of education. Help her understand that the principle of modesty is a protection. Help her choose music and media that invite the Spirit and are consistent with her divine identity. Be an active part of her life. And if in her teenage years she should not come home from a date on time, go get her. She will resist and tell you that you have ruined her social life, but she will inwardly know that you love her and that you care enough to be her guardian."

Her daddy is pretty dang awesome :)

And I am so glad I get to be his wife :)

love,

Kelli