On Sunday, we had the joy
of having Jackson baptized at our church in Norfolk, Trinity Presbyterian
Church. We are so blessed to call him our son and continually pray for
God's guidance as we learn how to parent him. We pray that he will become
a strong man of God and we are so grateful for all of you who have prayed for
him (and us!) and continue to do so.
Carter is reading the
charge to us as parents that we acknowledge that Jackson is in need of a
saviour and we will raise him in the grace and knowledge of the saviour we
know, and the charge to the church to support Jackson as he grows. Check
out pastor Jack's face...he loves kids :)
Getting baptized
Our family (Jackson
12 weeks and still the king of spit-up!)
The grandparents made
it for the baptism (Pop pop and grandmom McKay, granddad and grandmother Beth
Byrne). We also got a late Christmas present from great grandpa and great nana
McKay, a children's Bible with special notes from both of them (Nana's is in Japanese,
how special!)
Jackson LOVES Itsy
Bitsy Spider and has started to mimic hand motions for that song!
On
another note, I go back to work part-time tomorrow and have very mixed emotions
about it. I am incredibly excited to go back to work because I really do love
my job. Working 20 hours should be a perfect amount of time to allow me
to stay current, excited and not get worn down with a full 40 hours of patient
care which would leave me yearning for Friday some weeks. I'll be doing
normal treatments, sports performance evals (runners, swimmers) and dry
needling, making each and every day very different, which is what I enjoy about
being a PT. I'll have two 10 hour days which end at 7pm, a time that was
exhausting when I first started, became more exhausting when I was pregnant and
I think will just leave me missing Jackson now. As he starts to have a
more regular bed time at 7/8pm, I might not get a chance to see him until our
middle of the night feeding and sometimes it's hard to be excited about a baby
at 2am :)
We have
a babysitter from church/ODU coming to the house to stay with Jackson, which is
an answer to prayer. She is amazing and I know she will take great care of our
precious little boy. We had her over for dinner the other week and I proceeded
to give her a full tour of every nook and cranny in the house, told her ALL
about Jackson and went through the Babysitter Binder I prepared. As crazy as it
all seems, giving her all the information has allowed me to have a great sense
of peace about leaving him tomorrow. Recently, people have been telling
me that I am so relaxed, easygoing, etc both in my roles as "Heather"
and "Mom", which many of you (myself included) may say is crazy! I am
queen of to-do lists, maximizing time, cleaning and organizing. However, since
getting married to Jonathan we have begun to rub off on each other in a very
good way, allowing me to slow down, rest and enjoy more of life. I think
this phase of life with Jackson is a way to allow me to surrender some control,
relax a little and enjoy where God has me, as part-time healer and
part-time-stay-at-home-mom (I don't think there is such thing as a 'part-time
mom' just a 'part-time-stay-at-home-mom'.) It is my wish that by working and
parenting I will be able to do both with energy and joy. I hope I can
fully concentrate on work tomorrow knowing that Jackson is in good hands with
Liz and that I am no less of a mother for wanting to work a little during the
week.
Some precious cuddle
time with Jackson in his new sling
Changing time with
daddy
He loves being naked
on his changing table (hopefully this stops at an appropriate point in his
life!) Sometimes I bring him upstairs just to play and see him smile even if
his diaper is clean. We adore his smile
Getting in 'tummy time' however we can while he
is still smiling
What a sweet time for Jackson and his family.
ReplyDeleteLove always, PopPop