Church 2.0

By BK -
So we tried taking Isaiah to church again today. This time we went to Northpoint with Rachel's parents and brother. We swear every time we try to go to church this little guy does something to throw a little bit of a monkey wrench into things. This morning was no exception. Essentially right after Rachel gave him a bath he decided it was a good time to poop up his back. Running thin on time I had the bright idea of rinsing him off in the kitchen sink with the sprayer, rather than setting up an entire new bath for him. So here I am holding a naked baby over the kitchen sink while Rachel sprays the poop off of him and cleans him up. He, of course, hates the sprayer and decides to add a little spray of his own and pees all over me. (Luckily I wasn't dressed for church yet) We did manage to get him dressed and clean ourselves up and get on our way to church. That was the first half of today.

The second half was while we were at church. Northpoint, if you don't know, is a contemporary church pastored by Andy Stanley and has a fairly loud pop/rock like worship band. Isaiah was fine sitting in the seat waiting for church to start and the first song of worship was fine for him (slow and quiet) then for the transition to the second song there was a big loud bass note, hit of the kick drum and a big flash of lights. Isaiah reacted like he was just electrocuted. He was sitting on Rachel's lap and his arms went straight out to his sides and he flinched backwards into mommy. He then took about 20-30 seconds to realize he really didn't like this and decided to 'sing' along with his trademark wail. Needless to say we spent the rest of service taking turns with him our in the hallway, with Rachel and her Mom taking on the brunt of it. I think it was too loud for him and he's probably been a bit overstimulated and is cranky from all his travelling this week. (Rachel and Isaiah went up to Lima, OH with Grandpa Hanthorn to see his Great Grandma and Grandpa and a bunch of Rachel's extended family. Rachel promises to write her first post soon recapping the events!) He's been cranky pretty much the rest of the day and hopefully he'll sleep well tonight.

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Walter said…
"So here I am holding a naked baby over the kitchen sink while Rachel sprays the poop off of him and cleans him up. He, of course, hates the sprayer and decides to add a little spray of his own and pees all over me."

Hahaha, this definitely made me laugh. What a great Kolis idea! I love it.
January 10, 2009 at 5:49 PM
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