Sunday we celebrated Memaw’s birthday with her. She wanted all her boys (my husband) and their families to go to church with her. We go to church on a regular basis, just not with her. This made me anxious for a few days before hand, and it shouldn’t have. This is the church that we went to before we were married, in the year after we got married and even for a while after Ethan was born. But the anxiety set in pretty early. My sister in law still goes to church there on a regular basis and is very involved with the nursery and other parts of the church, so I gave her a call. I asked who was going to be working in the nursery and was so glad when I found out it was her. Since we don’t get to see her very often I gave her a quick update on things that are going on with Ethan. She then proceeded to tell me it was just his age and that he’ll grow out of it. She’s the expert you see because she has 3 kids.
Sunday came and we all got dressed up (our church is much more laid back) and made our way to Memaw’s church. As I dropped Ethan off in the nursery I gave him to my older niece and he wasn’t so happy about that he wanted me to hold him, so I did while I talked to my SIL and let her know about his snacks and drink and everything. I know the snacks they give and didn’t want him having any of them because while we are struggling with eating right now I wanted him to have what I had prepared for him. I was finally able to get him distracted enough to sneak out. As I did I heard him go running to the door and slam himself into in protest of my leaving. I sat through church the whole time waiting for his number to flash that I needed to go back and help with him. I was surprised when it didn’t.
When I went to go pick him up, he was sitting on the floor playing with the wheels of a car totally oblivious to the other kids his age playing all around him. I asked my sister in law if he had played or interacted with any of the other kids and she said no. I asked if he had said anything and she said no. This makes me so sad. But according to her, it’s just a phase.
