today, january 23rd, 2011, my 2 year, 4 month, 10 day old son sat through an entire church service. WOOT WOOT! we have been working up to this point. stacy gave me the good idea to let him stay for a few minutes extra each sunday. but today, he did it all! from beginning to end.
he's no problem at all with the music. he loves to sing and dance. even if it's not the praise music (usually it's itsy bitsy or even the theme from little einsteins). today, among other songs, we sang, "here i am to worship". which is one of my favorite songs. i told him so while i was holding him. when it came on, he leaned over and said, "it's a great one, mommy!" such a sweet boy.
we sang. we ate a donut. and a banana. and frosted cheerios. and drank orange juice. he went down for children's time. and then we played with the iphone while the preacher gave his sermon. he only needed to be reminded twice to whisper. he really was the perfect child.
and while i was worried at first about playing games with my phone during church, i think God is okay with it. i mean, we're there. and we have to start somewhere. and we played innocent games like "more grillin" and "cupcakes" and we even found a new free matching game.
and somehow (probably a small miracle), i was even able to listen (somewhat) to the message. i'm the world's best multitasker. but you have to be when you're a mom. seriously. i can urinate, hold a conversation with pratt, put on mascara AND tie my tennis shoes ALL AT THE SAME TIME. swear.
anyway, it was a good day. meant to get a picture of us together, but we've now all got our sunday afternoon clothes on. so...maybe next sunday :)
have great weeks!
About Me
- hannah
- i'm a girl who likes to write. not a girl that's necessarily good at writing. it's cathartic, i think. and boy do i need that from time to time. i married a wonderful man named clint in may of 2007. he is everything i am not. he is calm. he makes plans. he is organized. his truck is always clean. his clothes are hung by types of shirt/color/size/etc. i'm full of nervous energy. i'm spur of the moment. i can't ever find what i'm looking for. we live in my car...pretty much. i'm lucky if my clothes are within ten feet of my closet. God gave us a precious angel of a baby in september of 2008. his name is pratt allen. he is 2.5 years old.we have another little one on the way. his name is max wesley. and he is due may 19th. somehow i'll be the mother of two boys. craaaaa.zy. i spend my days cleaning house. picking worms and caterpillars out of the flower beds. cooking meals. shopping at target. washing clothes. playing on the floor. reading books. doing puzzles. traveling to sonic. and the library. and blogging. i hope you enjoy our blog. feel free to leave a comment. hopefully it's a nice one. i tend to wear my heart on my sleeve.
2 comments:
Yay Pratt!!! I'm really happy to hear this, because I know it's something you've been working toward for a while now. The music is really all that keeps Carter happy. I kind of wish that the band would just insert a really catchy song halfway through the sermon. That's when Carter really starts to lose interest---the halfway point. But, I mean, who can expect these little bitties to listen to a sermon, right?
Good job, Pratt. We have children in our church, who are much older than you, that have a difficult time being good until the children's sermon and that is in the first ten minutes. You are such a good boy.
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