Blessed

We are certainly a blessed family! I've always known that, but it is becoming more and more evident as I look at my calendar... here is the story...

When we found out we were expecting, I immediately knew who I wanted to keep our baby while Scott and I were at work; my Grandma! She watched my sister and I as we grew up, and I'd always said that if I ever had a child, I hoped she could watch him/her. We were very happy to find out that she was willing, and were very relieved that we wouldn't need to search for childcare. That's a really stressful thing for most first time parents, but we were fortunate to have someone we trusted to watch our baby.

When the time came for me to go back to school, I was all set to take Kaleb to Grandmas for the day. Before I left for work, though, my mom showed up at my front door. Grandma had hurt her back, and didn't think she could watch Kaleb that day. Knowing I had no choice but to go back to work, my mom took the day off and stayed with Kaleb.

It took about 2 weeks for Grandma's back to heal. Kaleb spent those two weeks being passed around between friends and family. It was stressful trying to find someone for each day, remembering where to pick him up at the end of a long school day (it changed daily!), and wondering when things could go back to normal. It was stressful for Grandma too... not only did her back hurt, but she wanted to watch Kaleb!

After a few weeks of rest and treatment, Grandma's back began to feel better. For two weeks, Kaleb spent his days with Grandma. I think he was spoiled after the first hour, but he was happy. After 2 weeks, Grandma's back started to hurt again. Together we made the decision that we should find someone else to watch Kaleb everyday. We were scared that picking up a growing baby would further injure her or prevent her from getting better.

So back to the drawing board and back to passing around the baby. Over the past month or so, Kaleb has stayed at home with Scott on his days off, myself on Holidays, Momma, Daddy, Rebekah, Brenda Price, Amie Thompson, Claudia Austin, Ann Layton & Elizabeth Oates... plus Friday he'll be with Leslie Boone.

I'm looking at my calendar, and I have every day but 1 covered in January, and quite a few days in February covered! So I'm sending out a big THANK YOU to everyone who has looked after my baby when Scott and I have to be at work. It means more than you'll ever know that we have so many people that we trust that are willing and able to help us.

So for now, we play pass the Kaleb and I watch the calendar to see where to go to pick him up when I leave work. We're praying that a spot at the daycare opens up, as we are on the waiting list.

Feeling very blessed, and very ready for some stability for our little guy...
Sarah