Thankful Thursday

Over the last week or so we've settled into as much of a routine as we can considering we have a 3 week old and a 20 month old. We haven't really had a normal bedtime established with Wesley yet as he's just kind of went to the cosleeper in our room when we went to bed at night. Tonight though for the first time I was able to sneak away for a few minutes and rock him to sleep for the night (well for his first round of sleep) in our room. 
I'm thankful for that. I'm thankful for the few quiet moments alone with him in our darkening room as he drifted off. With an active toddler running around the house I haven't gotten very many quiet calm moments with him and I saw the opportunity for it and took advantage of it. I'm thankful that I was able to safely rock my baby to sleep  and not worry about him being in danger or worry about his comfort  unlike so many parents in the world. He had a full tummy as he happily was in my arms, I thankfully (thankfully isn't nearly a strong enough word) don't have to feel the anguish of knowing that my child is falling asleep with true hunger in their gut. 
Tonight as I put him to sleep in that frozen moment in time, it didn't matter that our house is sometimes often chaotic, that there are clothes to be washed, that there are uncertainties in the world, that evil exists or that one day he'll be all grown up and I'll no longer rock him to sleep - none of that existed at that moment because in that moment all that was happening in my world was my rocking him to sleep. I'm so thankful that I'm so blessed to be able to have that moment with my child, as I know not all parents are given that opportunity. 

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