(Two apologies: 1. sorry, this got long, 2. any grammatical errors that occur.)
Well today at church came another one of those should I or should I not episodes. A little background first...Our church nursery is broken up into sections, the sleepers (0-6 mos.), the creepers (6-12 mos), the walkers (1-2), and so on. Generally they say keep your child in the creepers room until they can walk. So some children are in there longer than 12 months of age. Well Eli is 15 month and still in the creepers. I believe he is the oldest child in there now. As you know in prior blog entries, Eli has been walking a little bit more here and there, but usually not on his own volition. Usually we are urging him to "Eli, walk to....(momma, pappa, couch, fill in the blank)".
Okay so here comes my SISIN, should I put Eli in the Walkers room today, or should I not, still too early? I should. After the service I picked up Eli whereupon they said he just stood there, was fussy, and needed to be held. So it might be too early or is it just a new environment with new people? I decided that I would just pray about it over the coming week and seek guidance.
Well I may have already gotten my answer. Thank you Lord! This evening Eli suddenly started walking all around! He figured out how to stand up all by himself. So he'd walk around the kitchen island, fall, stand up, walk past the dinner table, fall, stand up, walk around the coffee table, etc. This was about a 10 minute process (of which I video taped about 6). I think perhaps he was inspired by seeing all the toddlers waddling around. He definitely takes time to think things through and process. Hence being 15 months and just starting to become more adept at walking. I will try to edit down the video and post it next time.
All in all I thought what a blessing it is to be a stay at home. I do miss teaching, but moments like tonight only happen once. All the "firsts" that I haven't missed because I've been home with him. All the "firsts" I've videotaped because he was with me and not somewhere else at the time. How lucky I am, how lucky I am to be Elijah's mother, and how lucky I am to have a husband that supports us!
