My Baby's Heart

Tavian and I have a lot of games that we love to play together.  One of them goes a little something like this:

"Momma, I fell" (and he throws himself willingly onto the ground, laying flat on his back)

"Oh no, you fell?  Are you ok?  Let me check!"

As I kneel over him, I do a series of checks to make sure he is ok.  I open his eyes, one at a time and take a good look.  I look into his ears..and I "smell" them too because I know it tickles him!  Then I stick my finger under his arm to make sure he doesn't have a fever.  I tap my finger on his belly and tell him it sounds good.

And lastly, and most importantly to me, I listen to his heart.  As I put my ear to his chest I say, "ba boom ba boom ba boom".  And although we are just playing a silly game, every time as I make the sounds of his heart, I truly listen to the beautiful sounds of his beating heart.  His beautiful heart.  And I am reminded of the first time I heard that heart beating.  He was so little...this new life within me, and yet his same, beautiful heartbeat filled the doctors room.  Cole and I were holding our breath in anticipation, filled with excitement and anxiousness as we waited for those sounds of hope...sounds of life!

Praise God for my baby boy and for his beating heart.

Praise God for a silly game that brings music to my ears, and reminds me to thank God for the miracle of life!