We decided to brave church this morning, and honestly, I’m so glad we did. Since summer has begun, the group was fairly small, but it felt good. Like home. We showed up a tad early, to try and get our crew settled in somewhere before everything started, yet I admit I was completely useless to Brady this morning. I stood in the foyer and chatted and showed off our beautiful little Waverly. She was SO sweet in her little lemon romper, with her beautiful soft hair and her skinny little legs and content little self. She was happy to be passed around and loved on by as many people as would have her. But eventually, it was time to go locate the rest of my family and actually participate in church.
It was a pretty lovely morning. The church called Brady, Wavy, and I up to the front and welcomed Wavy, prayed over her, and encouraged us as her parents. We feel so supported and loved by our church, even though our attendance is far from perfect, and sometimes, our bench is the loudest bench in the building! It was really touching. Wavy was gifted a rose as a “welcome” present, which is now displayed on our island. Her first flower!
(I feel like the roses from church are almost always red. I can’t help but feel a liiittle bit extra special being given a pink one!)
She spent the rest of the service completely cashed out on my chest. Just flopped. It was SO cozy and cute!
As you can imagine, it took a while to actually exit the church. We could’ve stayed and visited all afternoon! Well, Wavy and I could’ve. Brady too, maybe. The other kids, however, were running circles (literally) and we needed to get them out. Brady took it upon himself to get everyone out and settled, and then ever so gently brought me the car seat, and slipped Wavy into it. Never a rush, but it was obviously time to go. Especially considering my parents were coming for lunch! Oy! At least they had offered to bring it, right?? We did eventually get home, and we had a super yummy lunch all together. Wavy was wide awake and next to us the whole time. She is just SO content!!
But eventually, nap time was upon us, and my parents headed home. The little boys are down, Dekker and Laela are playing Lego, and Wavy is snuggling with Brady while I blog. Tonight, we will receive yet another supper from the church (How great is that?!) and hopefully get to bed at a good time! Waverly had a decent night last night, but Brady is back at work this next week so he needs real rest! Wish him luck!