Our first post Fontan outing!

We were able to take Ella to church on Sunday! What a wonderful day! She was so cute in little pigtails and a big yellow flower in her hair. I was a nervous wreck, but wanted to go so we pushed through the anxiety and Jon was a great support to me. As we pulled into our parking spot Ella happily shouted "Church! Are we going to Church really?" Or something along those lines. She was SO excited! We walked in just as it was starting, which was fine since we planned to sit on the side... but the side we used to set on was full sooo we had to walk all the way across the church... in front hahaha during said awkward walk the worship leader/friend of ours went ahead a said "hi, it's good to see you guys!" from the stage. It felt good to be home, even if our arrival was a little more, shall we say, announced then we expected. :) I was curious how Ella would do sitting still and quiet since it had been nearly 11 months since we had been to church last. During the singing she danced some and beat the chair senseless, but did okay. A few songs in my sweet little girl started doing the "I have to go potty hold", not exactly very good manners to hold yourself, *note to self work on Ella's lady like behavior*, luckily daddy took her and she kept her panties dry.  Once the pastor got up on stage Ella noticed the microphones and asked Jon if she could have one... he explained that she couldn't have one right now, to which she said "can I just have one?" Really she had a valid question since the extra microphones weren't being used, hard to explain why she couldn't sing a song with said unused microphone. I just have to say the i-phone is a brilliant invention. Ella kept asking if she could paint, within a few minutes a new app was downloaded and she was happily "painting". I was able to listen to the sermon and she set stillish for a while. She then decided to set in the chair next to me where she showed off her flexibility by putting her feet straight up in the air over her head. Yes, in a dress. *refer to previous note to self* hahaha Throw in a few random claps and the "forgot to whisper" words and well, there you have it. Ella's first trip back to church! You know what? It was wonderful! No, she didn't sit perfectly still and quiet, but she didn't do too bad for a 2 (almost 3) year old, besides I don't think anyone would expect that of her anyway. It was wonderful because we got to see our friends, we got to take Ella somewhere besides to a doctor, we got to sit together and hear God's word surrounded by fellow believers, we didn't let anxiety keep us from going, we fought to trust God despite the fear. I can't think of a better first outing then to church to worship the King of Kings, the God who continues to give us more then we deserve. It was good to be back home!