Growing into a parent

I feel as if I've been officially welcomed into parenthood.  (especially since it's taken me 3 days to write this post!) Yesterday Stephen got home and I was so happy to have him back! He went up to Lincoln, Nebraska to do a two guys and the word event at campmeeting, I know he had a blast... it's the ministry he loves to do most!  But I cannot explain how good it is to have him back.  While he was gone we had some pretty nasty storms come through.  Since the Moore tornadoes a couple weeks ago I am reminded of the potential diaster and loss which made these so much more scary! Thursday night they hit Broken Arrow just a couple miles from us and damaged homes.  I've never been one to be scared of tornadoes or hide in the tub but when they said "south broken arrow", "funnel on the ground", and "91st street" the protective parent side of me came out my sis and I ran to the bathroom with Greyson to take shelter.  The storms were supposed to continue Friday night and be pretty bad but in Tulsa we just had rain and thunderstorms.  Saturday night I really felt like a parent.  Greyson and I went to spend time with some friends but about 7:00 he was getting fussy and I knew I had to get him to bed so that was the end of our Saturday night!

Today Greyson is 4 months old and I cannot believe how time flys.  Now that I have a baby, I think my life has kicked into super speed but I absolutely love it.  I love my husband and baby, my job, and the great family and friends we have in Tulsa.  I know we won't always live here which makes me really sad, but in the meantime I'm really enjoying it.  Greyson is so sweet and smiles so much, it just makes me day to see him so happy.  Unfortunately I think teething is upon us.  This morning Greyson was fussy and he's been putting everything in his mouth lately.  I was trying to put him down for a nap and he just would not stop crying so I tried a teething tablet and he immediately stopped crying.  Say a prayer for us!

Before I had Greyson a colleague told me that being a parent would give me a lot of "credit" with families I work with and I have found it to be true.  Last week I met with a new family and the mom was telling me about her daughter's birth history, labor and delivery.  Mom (a small petite young girl - about my age it think) wasn't progressing so they kept increasing the medication which was not working and the baby went into distress.  A few hours later she was born but now has mild cerebral palsy affecting her left side.  I couldn't believe it but I actually started tearing up when she told me this and I just got so emotional thinking about Greyson and what could have been.  It made me realize that maybe it was a blessing that he was breech and we had to do a c-section... there may have been so many complications of a vaginal delivery since I'm pretty small too.  So I'm thinking I may just go with the c-section next time around too but I won't have to worry about that for awhile.

Well I'm going to do a little cooking before Grey wakes up which should be pretty soon I think!