We finally made it to church again this morning. We revisited the one from several weeks ago. It was even better this week, even though Lauren wasn't there this time. Actually, it's really been an interesting day so far, so I'd better go back to the beginning first.
I was jolted awake at 6:30 by a hungry boy. Despite my obvious reluctance to get up and feed him that early (much earlier than normal), I was awake for the day after that. It gave me plenty of time to get ready slowly, taking time for a leisurely breakfast and check my e-mail. Matt and I got to church just in time, and quickly found and greeted the few people we met and remembered from the last visit. It's great realizing how many of them remembered us too, especially since it had been something like a month since we had visited.
The service was really good. There was a guest speaker who was easy to listen to and had a good message, and their baby dedication was today. This is definitely a church with plenty of young families! The best part, though, is that Patrick was absolutely wonderful. To prevent the inevitable teething pain fussiness, he got a dose of Tylenol just before we left. Fortunately it worked as usual, killing the pain and allowing him to doze off in his daddy's arms. He slept there for most of the service, waking up just before it ended. He started to whine a little after waking up, but he was easily distracted and extremely social afterwards, smiling at everyone who greeted us. Neither Matt nor I had to leave with him at any point today. As we watched all the other parents walking their kids back and forth to the nursery, we were particularly proud of our little guy.
Between Patrick's great behavior and the friendly people there, it was a good experience. It's sad it's as long a drive as it is, but we think it's worth it on Sunday mornings when traffic is light. Matt and I are already planning to go back for a third visit, probably trying a class next time if we can get ourselves out of bed early enough. It's by far the best church we've visited yet since we moved to this side of Houston.
I was jolted awake at 6:30 by a hungry boy. Despite my obvious reluctance to get up and feed him that early (much earlier than normal), I was awake for the day after that. It gave me plenty of time to get ready slowly, taking time for a leisurely breakfast and check my e-mail. Matt and I got to church just in time, and quickly found and greeted the few people we met and remembered from the last visit. It's great realizing how many of them remembered us too, especially since it had been something like a month since we had visited.
The service was really good. There was a guest speaker who was easy to listen to and had a good message, and their baby dedication was today. This is definitely a church with plenty of young families! The best part, though, is that Patrick was absolutely wonderful. To prevent the inevitable teething pain fussiness, he got a dose of Tylenol just before we left. Fortunately it worked as usual, killing the pain and allowing him to doze off in his daddy's arms. He slept there for most of the service, waking up just before it ended. He started to whine a little after waking up, but he was easily distracted and extremely social afterwards, smiling at everyone who greeted us. Neither Matt nor I had to leave with him at any point today. As we watched all the other parents walking their kids back and forth to the nursery, we were particularly proud of our little guy.
Between Patrick's great behavior and the friendly people there, it was a good experience. It's sad it's as long a drive as it is, but we think it's worth it on Sunday mornings when traffic is light. Matt and I are already planning to go back for a third visit, probably trying a class next time if we can get ourselves out of bed early enough. It's by far the best church we've visited yet since we moved to this side of Houston.
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2 Comments:
Yea! so glad you like our church, it was a very good service; definitely a lot of young families. It was really nice to hold and play with baby Patrick today and to see you guys again. We'll be in San Antonio next week visiting Tim's mom.....
I'm glad y'all got to go back and visit Cinco again and that you had another good experience. I will let you know the next time I will be in town down there...it probably won't be until this summer, though.
I hope you have a great week. Beautiful new pictures of Patrick, by the way :)
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