The Back Row At Church

I have to admit that since Kade was born we have been church slackers. We didn't want to take him to the nursery because we didn't know anyone in the nursery; also I felt guilty about dropping him off in a nursery on the weekend when he goes to a babysitter everyday during the week. We were not really sure if it was "ok" to take your baby into the service, so we have both been really nervous about going to church. Tim and I both agree that it is important for Kade to grow up going to church and that we go as a family. So 7 months later we woke up this morning and tackled our fears.
It was a good morning. Kade woke up happy and we all played for a little while. Then we had breakfast and started getting ready for church. We got to church just on time to a new building that the church just built and we had not been into yet. On the way there we decided we would sit in the back and so we would have easy access to get out if Kade started to get restless. We got there and to our surprise found several families with babies and little kids sitting on the back rows. Never before had we noticed the back row people. We joined the end of a row and Kade was sleeping peacefully. Kade slept through the band playing and woke up at the last song. Tim and I both held our breath not sure what Kade's next move would be. He woke up smiling and Tim took him out of his seat to hold him. He sat so calmly with Tim and listened as the pastor walked out and started speaking.
Then he decided he had a enough of this sitting still and so I gave him a toy. That held his attention for about 2 seconds. He enjoyed smiling at the little girls behind us for awhile. Kade was being very quiet; he played with my necklace and then the toy again. Tim was on the edge of his seat, he gets so nervous and embarressed. I kept whispering it's okay! At the very end of the service Kade wanted down and started to cry a little. That's when Tim noticed that right behind us at the back of the service room there was a "Cry Room." It is a glass room with chairs and you can see into the service and hear. We were so excited; what a great idea! The old building did not have this room. Tim and Kade joined some other restless babies in the "Cry Room" for the rest of the service.
So that was Kade's trip to church; I feel bad that it took 7 months for his parents to get the nerve up to take him. We plan to keep going back, it was not as bad as we had thought. The great thing was that we were just like all those other parents on the back row.