When we arrived home, we put our tired boy to bed on the chair in our room so we could monitor him and ensure he was breathing the rest of the night. As he lay there I watched him breathe in and out and I was so grateful he was ok. Strangely enough, I couldn't help but think about the chair he was sleeping in and how thankful I was for that chair holding my baby. Our big green chair was one we bought when we moved into our first home at the beginning of our marriage about 13 years ago. I remember we bought it at Naturewood and they were having a special where we could choose any custom fabric for the chair. We chose a soft, green velvet mostly because the color matched our new bedding and room decor. At the time, little did we know what a big role that chair would play in our everyday lives. Just a few years after purchasing our green chair, we had our first baby and miss Haylie and I spent nearly all of her first three months of life, morning and middle of the night in that chair, nursing, sleeping and playing. I took her newborn announcement photos on that chair and I took James' on the ottoman. When James came along, we too spent hours on that chair nursing and resting. Much of the early bonding with my two little babies took place in that chair. Both of our kids have slept in that chair throughout their lives whether it was together on sleepover nights with us or separate, after nightmares, feeling sick or a particularly rough night. I have done countless morning devotions in that chair and our kids love to sit there and read or rest while I'm getting ready in the mornings. I am thankful for the comfort and safety that chair provides and I'm thankful to continue to watch my babies grow and breathe before my eyes. We have redecorated our room a couple times since getting that chair and I'm sure we will redecorate a few more times but so far any new decor has centered around matching that chair and I can't see getting rid of it anytime soon.
