Today was a wonderful day. I should have known it would be as it began with pumpkin pancakes for breakfast. I love pumpkin everything and pumpkin types of things seem to appear more around this time of year, pumpkin shakes and now a mix for pumpkin pancakes. I added some chocolate chips and walnuts which made them extra yummy.
The afternoon was quite nice as I enjoyed a good talk with my sister on the phone. As we talked, I had this sweet little person on my shoulder who was happy to have a full belly and ready to let out a few good burps for his aunt. As we continued talking, Colin laid on my lap and appeared completely content to be looking around while moving his arms and legs. He was such a gem all afternoon and I found myself smiling over and over again as I watched him quietly taking in the world. I changed his diaper (which often brings temporary temper tantrum type behavior) and found that Colin remained quiet. For he was busy watching his bee toy and cooing at it. I held other toys in front of him and he seemed intrigued with each one. Ilsa knew something was up and even came over to join in the fun.
This evening, C and I took Colin to church for the first time. Our church has a casual evening service and we thought we would start out taking Colin to this one as it would be comfortable to go in and out if needed. There's lots of music and it's a shorter service than our morning one. Plus, I didn't want to start out going to church at the more traditional service worrying if my child was going to be the one screaming during the sermon. We walked in and Colin was warmly welcomed by our church friends. Babies bring out something special in others and we noticed this right away upon entering. Warm smiles, cute baby voices, care about us and how we were doing and shared stories of others' experiences with their own children and grandchildren. C noticed that Colin was enjoying the wonderful music coming from the talented guitar, piano, flute, bass recorder, violin, and cello players. As we sat Colin on the floor in his car seat, we found that he was moving his head up and down to the music! So cute. He liked his car seat for awhile. When he stirred a little, I picked him up and he fell asleep right away. He stayed asleep through the rest of the service. We sang the song "I will enter his gates with thanksgiving in my heart. I will enter his courts with praise. I will say this is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice for he has made me glad." A sweet person nearby stepped over during this song and said "Comments?" She knew we had thanksgiving in our hearts and a reason to rejoice. We met a sweet couple and were introduced to their five year old daughter. The mom told me to enjoy every moment and talked about how quickly her daughter had grown. She found herself enjoying each special time in her daughter's development yet was sad when each one ended because time went by so fast. I told her that I wished I could stop time as I already feel like time is flying by and it's only been six weeks. As we were talking with some others just before leaving, my heart was touched by the lady who came up and said "This is your church Colin. We are so glad you are here." My eyes fill with tears as I write this as he was welcomed so warmly by our church family, now his own church family.
We left church and made a quick stop to visit my brother-in-law, sister-in-law, her mom and our nephew. Our nephew was all smiles. I watched him in amazement as it seems like just yesterday that he was Colin's size. Now he's passing between people and saying "Excuse me please".
Our next stop was Pizza Hut. We were going late and weren't quite sure how long they would be open. It worked out well that they were open late and that there were only two other people there eating. Colin was quite happy to watch the lights while we enjoyed getting a bite to eat.
Next was home sweet home. C put Colin down to sleep after his big day. I sat down and turned on my computer. Soon I found myself thinking about the comments from the lady at church about how fast these days go by. I began to wonder what Colin will be like when he's five. My arms began to ache and I felt the need to hold my baby while he still is a baby. C went to check on Colin as he was stirring and I found myself saying "Will you bring him to me? I'd be happy to hold him." We rocked awhile and Colin went back to sleep. I watched him sleep, cuddled with him, listened to each breath and took time to admire his little hands and his tiny toes.
Simply wonderful. That is what this day has been.
The afternoon was quite nice as I enjoyed a good talk with my sister on the phone. As we talked, I had this sweet little person on my shoulder who was happy to have a full belly and ready to let out a few good burps for his aunt. As we continued talking, Colin laid on my lap and appeared completely content to be looking around while moving his arms and legs. He was such a gem all afternoon and I found myself smiling over and over again as I watched him quietly taking in the world. I changed his diaper (which often brings temporary temper tantrum type behavior) and found that Colin remained quiet. For he was busy watching his bee toy and cooing at it. I held other toys in front of him and he seemed intrigued with each one. Ilsa knew something was up and even came over to join in the fun.
This evening, C and I took Colin to church for the first time. Our church has a casual evening service and we thought we would start out taking Colin to this one as it would be comfortable to go in and out if needed. There's lots of music and it's a shorter service than our morning one. Plus, I didn't want to start out going to church at the more traditional service worrying if my child was going to be the one screaming during the sermon. We walked in and Colin was warmly welcomed by our church friends. Babies bring out something special in others and we noticed this right away upon entering. Warm smiles, cute baby voices, care about us and how we were doing and shared stories of others' experiences with their own children and grandchildren. C noticed that Colin was enjoying the wonderful music coming from the talented guitar, piano, flute, bass recorder, violin, and cello players. As we sat Colin on the floor in his car seat, we found that he was moving his head up and down to the music! So cute. He liked his car seat for awhile. When he stirred a little, I picked him up and he fell asleep right away. He stayed asleep through the rest of the service. We sang the song "I will enter his gates with thanksgiving in my heart. I will enter his courts with praise. I will say this is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice for he has made me glad." A sweet person nearby stepped over during this song and said "Comments?" She knew we had thanksgiving in our hearts and a reason to rejoice. We met a sweet couple and were introduced to their five year old daughter. The mom told me to enjoy every moment and talked about how quickly her daughter had grown. She found herself enjoying each special time in her daughter's development yet was sad when each one ended because time went by so fast. I told her that I wished I could stop time as I already feel like time is flying by and it's only been six weeks. As we were talking with some others just before leaving, my heart was touched by the lady who came up and said "This is your church Colin. We are so glad you are here." My eyes fill with tears as I write this as he was welcomed so warmly by our church family, now his own church family.
We left church and made a quick stop to visit my brother-in-law, sister-in-law, her mom and our nephew. Our nephew was all smiles. I watched him in amazement as it seems like just yesterday that he was Colin's size. Now he's passing between people and saying "Excuse me please".
Our next stop was Pizza Hut. We were going late and weren't quite sure how long they would be open. It worked out well that they were open late and that there were only two other people there eating. Colin was quite happy to watch the lights while we enjoyed getting a bite to eat.
Next was home sweet home. C put Colin down to sleep after his big day. I sat down and turned on my computer. Soon I found myself thinking about the comments from the lady at church about how fast these days go by. I began to wonder what Colin will be like when he's five. My arms began to ache and I felt the need to hold my baby while he still is a baby. C went to check on Colin as he was stirring and I found myself saying "Will you bring him to me? I'd be happy to hold him." We rocked awhile and Colin went back to sleep. I watched him sleep, cuddled with him, listened to each breath and took time to admire his little hands and his tiny toes.
Simply wonderful. That is what this day has been.
Yay, you, for savoring such days. Thank you for sharing them, too!
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