This last Sunday we got up and got ready for church and everything was going great. I fed H-J and she is now eating solids 3 times a day so she was full of yummy oatmeal and was laughing and playing and having a great time. We get to church and Bev signs Micah in and Brian signs H-J into the nursery and they hand us the pager and away we go to service. About 10 min into the sermon the pager goes off. I immediately jump up to go see what is going on. I get through the church doors and before I even get to the second set of doors I hear H-J screaming….as a mom you know your babies cry and you know what type of cry and usually know what they need. This was a cry that I have never heard before, I get through the doors and the head nursery lady was walking with H-J trying to calm her down and she was not having it. The very sweet nursery lady was explaining that they tried everything to calm her down and she just was not calming down. I scooped her up in my arms and she started to do the big breath after a hard sob, she snuggled into me and just held on for dear life after a moment she smiles and let out a giggle and seemed to be ok. Turns out she needed her mommy and no one else; I must say I had a little bit of a proud moment as this was the first time that she truly wanted mommy and no one else.
God has blessed us with a very special little girl and I look forward to many more moments of being mom and her needing me as she gets older.
It also made me think about my mom and how important she is in my life. Almost every day on my way home I call my mom to see how her day is going and to talk. This is a special time for me as it is the end of the day and I am usually on my way home to Hannah-Joy. The day I had H-J I remember waiting for my Mom to get to the hospital and the moment she arrived there was a sense of peace and I knew that everything was going to be ok. So even at 28 years old I have moments where I need my mommy and no one else with do.
Mom I know I don’t say this enough but I love you and thank you for always taking care of me. I know that if I ever truly need you that you would do everything in your power to get to me because I am your daughter and we all need our moms.
H-J and Mommy
My Mommy and I
