Comments on: Nursery

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:56:24 +0000

Wow, thank you so much, Sara! It means a great deal to know you enjoy my blog and pictures–thank you for telling me!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:55:04 +0000

Thank you, Melissa! After your comment, I ordered the manual and am very excited to use it for a formal FHE with Bubbers! :)

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:09:48 +0000

Heidi – I’m so glad I found your blog! I have been reading backwards in the last few days, and when I finished this post, I had to walk away from my desk for a few moments. Though I don’t have any babies to experience this myself, I want it so much, and I am so glad for you that you are able to take the time to recogize and appreciate the milestones. I am also happy for you that you will soon have another little one to hold and cherish.

You are an amazing photographer and I love the “stories” style of your blog.

Sara Hammond

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:30:40 +0000

Heidi, what a touching post. I loved all those pictures of him in his Sunday outfit and w/ the scriptures. He looks so serious and grown up! What a handsome little man you have. :) And thank you for sharing such tender feelings with us. I hope it continues to get easier for you! :) Just think of it as an important part of his progression. I always feel a little tug at my heart when each of my kids starts the journey from baby to big kid, but I’m also excited to watch them learn and grow with their first nursery and primary teachers.

And, being a nursery teacher myself, I can’t help but make a “plug” for the new nursery manual, “Behold Your Little Ones”. If you don’t have a copy already, I HIGHLY recommend getting one – it’s fantastic. It is specifically geared toward very young kids – nursery age kids – whereas the old manual, while still good, was really geared toward Sunbeam-age kids (the same manual used to be used for Nursery and Sunbeams). Anyway, we’ve already used it a couple of times at home for FHE lessons…if you haven’t already, you could find out what your nursery’s lesson schedule is, and then use your copy of the manual to reinforce the lessons by doing them again in FHE or something. The manual is full of great ideas, tips on teaching, beautiful pictures, etc. I just can’t say enough good about it. It’s really fun to teach out of. :)

Oops…SORRY this got so long! ;)

By: ERIKA

ERIKA — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:59:39 +0000

Oh, Heidi–he is just gorgeous! What a CUTE little boy! Those eyelashes! It all happens too fast, doesn’t it? Emery is only a few short months from the same thing…and we’ll be watching our last child start the journey. I’ll probably cry, too!

By: JS

JS — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:19:04 +0000

Luke has 6 months to go!!! Yippppee!!! But maybe I’ll feel different when he actually has to go, and I too will end up in the bathroom! I love the second picture of maps and how his lips are! Way cute!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:34:48 +0000

Oh, Suzanne! I don’t know how mothers survive kids going off to school… What a thoughtful gift from Shakira’s teacher! I’ve never heard of that before, but it’s so sweet and just what the mothers need, I’m sure! Even though I used to work at a school, I’m just now realizing how much faith and trust parents have when they sent their children to us every day.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:32:48 +0000

Thank you, Kara! That is too funny about the kids crying, but not the adults. I definitely cried way more than Bubbers did! He was upset for about half a second and then he went back to playing with his Playdoh and didn’t even watch us leave. (sniff, sniff!)

But he did have a lot of fun and I did enjoy Relief Society. And the next week was a lot easier for me, so I’m making progress. :)

By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:30:26 +0000

Thanks, Jheshe! :)

I wish our nursery room doors had a window (though I’m hoping to get peep holes installed). That would help a lot to be able to watch him! :) Seeing how much he loves it and knowing it’s good for him was the only way I could get myself to do it. It was so hard knowing my son was in the same building as me, but neither I nor my husband were taking care of him. And I couldn’t really watch him and see what he was doing (without disrupting his peaceful transition).

I like your term “growing pains”. Very true!!

By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:22:40 +0000

Oh, Alycia! I’m glad you got to cuddle him during sharing time! And I agree–I can’t begin to imagine how long I’ll cry when he goes on his mission…

Thank you for complimenting my pictures! There was a little natural light, but it’s mainly three lamps I moved into my studio and put as close as possible to him. :) I was hoping it would be enough to shoot without my flash and it was! (Though some of the pictures were a bit dark if he turned away from the lights, so I tried to encourage him to face them). :)