18 Months old means Nursery at Church...right??

So it's not the best picture, but here's Ryan on the right, sitting at the table for snacks during nursery today at Church. (You can see another little boy across the table who's just a few months older than Ryan with blonde hair and a black eye! That's Braxton - who we're hoping will be a buddy of Ryan's soon, maybe they can get through the trauma of Nursery together! They look a lot alike!)

So how did it go? Hmmmm.... where do we start?

Up until this point, Ryan would run for the nursery room door and practically beg to go in and play with the kids and toys. Now that he can officially join in on the fun it's a different story! What's up with THAT?

Well, there are a couple of problems with Nursery for Ryan right now. (Not with nursery itself, in fact, the leaders are incredible - and take great care of the kids! I don't know how they do it!)

Here's what's wrong...

• Nursery is right after Sacrament meeting, where Ryan has been "sitting/enduring" for an hour. OK, sitting is not really the right word, but you get the idea.
  
• Nursery starts shortly after 11:00 am - RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS NAP TIME!

So, by the time he's suffered through the first meeting, missed his nap, he's extremely tired, and now he has to go into a room with other kids who are pretty much in the same boat, it's doomed for failure!

I was talking with some other mom's who have been through the same thing, and they said that they often wondered why they even came to church for two years after they had their own babies! It was such a struggle! (And here we were hoping that Ryan would just sail right into nursery and be done with it!)

I think though, that we underestimated the anxiety it would cause because Ryan has been REALLY clingy since we've been home - more than usual. Maybe it will all be better after a good night's sleep! (We can always hope!)

Of course, this was only his first week, and he did have *some* fun playing (all the while watching to make sure Dad was still in the room, while Mom played the piano in Primary.) We'll see what happens next week. YEP - we're gonna do it all over again in a week! Woo Hoo! (Unless Baby #2 makes his/her appearance before then!)

*sigh* Since Ric was in there most of the time, I'm sure he'll have his own thoughts to add to this little saga.

I do hear (though I think it may be a nasty rumor) that all parents go through this and actually survive! Ahahahhahahaha :)