elias..

It’s a cold one here. 

I’m exhausted this morning. Elias had an odd night last evening, in that he didn’t seem to enjoy sleeping. So his mother and I (mostly his mother since she has the boobs in the family) didn’t get much sleep. But one of the three times he woke up, he wasn’t hungry, so I took him out in the living room and held him until he went back to sleep. 

Elias had a big day yesterday. At church he sat with Jessica and me. And he was so good. He’s a very sound sleeper, so he slept through praise and worship performance. He woke up in the middle of the last song and didn’t make a peep the entire service. He just watched Pete. 

Our midwife Emma came to church yesterday. It was awesome seeing/sitting with her. We didn’t know this until yesterday, but she went to high school with Pete, so she was telling us some old stories about him high school. 

She held Elias during the service and then we went and had lunch at J Alexander’s. And that’s where Elias got to meet Amy Grant. Amy and I are friends from my time at CCM. She came over and oohed and ahhed over Elias for a few minutes. It was sweet. Jessica had never met Amy, so it was nice for them to meet as well.

I fall in love more and more with Elias every single day. It always seems like I could never love him anymore than I do in any given moment, but then he grins at me or farts on me or falls asleep in my arms and I feel this rush of love build up inside of my soul. It’s hard to explain. But those of you who have kids know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s like a shot of adrenaline hitting your bloodstream. Even in the middle of the night when all you want your kid to do is fall asleep, you sometimes feel that love buildup. Suddenly you realize that “this”–being up @ 4 a.m. with your precious child–is a moment that you are able to cherish, one that can fill you up in ways you never expected, heal you, bring you a type of peace that’s beyond your understanding in that given moment. 

I thank God every single day for giving me each moment with Elias. 

On Saturday night, my friends Lee and Traci came over for dinner. For some reason, Elias thought Lee was hysterical. So we caught video of him laughing out loud at Lee. There’s some boring space in the middle of this video, and I didn’t have time to edit it last night. So forgive me. 

But here it is… Elias LOLing… 🙂