Greatful

Don't you love this picture of our little Cramer. We get to see this sweet hair each night before bed. After church today I was reading the March Ensign. The whole magazine was about Jesus Christ. One particular article struck me today and left me truly grateful for the blessings in my life. The article was written by Elder Russel M. Nelson and was called Faith in Jesus Christ. The first part of the article was about the remarkable human body. The article says, "Think of the genesis of a human body. It begins with the union of two reproductive cells. Together these cells contain all of the new individuals hereditary information, stored in a space so small it cannot be seen by the naked eye. Twenty-three chromosomes contain thousands of genes which determine the physical characteristics of the unborn person. Approximately 22 days after these cells unite, a tiny heart begins to beat. At day 26 blood begins to circulate, cells multiply and divide. Some become eyes that see, other become ears that hear fingers that feel the wondrous things about us." This paragraph made me start to think of the miracle of health children. There are so many things that have to be just right during development.

Last week we ran into a dentist in our ward who specializes in implants. Because Cade is missing 5 of his baby teeth and the teeth he does have are pegged and pointed I began asking him questions. After a few minuets of looking at Cade's teeth he mentioned that he thought he may have a genetic disorder. The disorder is called Ectodermal Dysplasia. When he first said this it scared me a little bit. A genetic disorder is not something that you would want your children to have. He told us to go to website and see if any of the symptoms matched up with Cade. After researching about the disorder we are certain he does have some sort of the disorder. There are about 200 different types of the dysplasia. Here are some of the symptoms Cade has: He is missing teeth, He never cries with tears, his skin is dry and sometimes has bumps or eczema, his toe nails don't grow, he has little pigment in his skin, he is sensitive to heat and cold, his ear is misshaped and lastly his crazy blond curly hair. I have always thought that some of these things were really weird. He is very fair skinned but he has never been sunburned (even in the sun with no sunscreen.) We feel blessed that he has a slight case and it is not more serious. We now are just saving our money to pay for the orthodontics we may need in the future but we are grateful for our two healthy boys. They are truly miracles. You can check out the website for Ectodermal Dysplasia at www.nfed.org.