Baby Dedication

On Sunday, we dedicated Micah.


It was a beautiful ceremony challenging us as parents to focus on the kind of man you want your son to be when he walks out your door in 18 years. Focusing on the end puts all those daily raising challenges in perspective, because in a flash it won't matter how many of hours of sleep you lost, because now they are gone. I want to make sure I take all the teachable moments I can and develop both my children into godly adults. Dedicating your baby isn't about salvation, that will come later, but asking you as their parent, their grandparents, family and friends to commit to raising your child up in God's teachings and ways.

Lo dancing around on stage before the service.

Our children's pastor gave a brief message and then they played a video and put up all the babies pictures to bring us up on stage. As your baby's picture came up, you were to make your way to the stage, where you were greeted with a white rose. Their were 60 babies being dedicated. Our church is booming with kids!


I am so thankful for our amazing church and the amazing kid environments they have; it is a nice accent to what we as parents should be doing with our kids. As the pastor said they have 40 hours a year with our kids and we have over 3000+ teachable hours at home with our kids. I pray I make the most of those moments and am challenging myself to be intentional with the time I have.

After the dedication vows and prayer we headed off to a cookie and lemonade reception. I was so thankful that all the grandparents were there {little bummed I didn't take a picture of that} to take part in Micah's dedication.

The best I got of the grandparents.

My personal challenge is to:

¹ Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. ² Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God. Eph. 5:1-2

I watch how Lo imitates everything I do and one day so will Micah. My prayer for myself is to imitate the only ONE worth imitating. In order to raise a godly adult I must first act like one.

A Mother's Day Baby Dedication

This weekend was amazing! It was my very first real Mother's Day...I have sort of celebrated under the radar for a couple of years now, b/c I considered myself a mother to my fur babies Tuck and Toby, this year I could come out into the open and be a REAL Mother!
It is such an amazing feeling being a mom, there is nothing like it, and you can't begin to understand such love less and until you become a mother! I believe being a parent gives us a glimpse into the kind of love God feels and shows us every day! You would do absolutely anything for you child(ren) even when they don't deserve it! This Mother's Day really had me realizing how much I have taken my own mother and (father--but it isn't father's day) for granted! They both have done more for me than I ever deserved. They continue to love me unconditionally even when there were probably moments in my life I didn't deserve that either. So thank you Mom (and Dad!) I love you both very much!

This Mother's Day was made very special because Chad and I dedicated our daughter to the Lord Saturday night at church. It is such an important gesture to show you are committed to raising your child up in the Lord and allowing family, friends and fellow church members to come alongside you and help you follow through with your commitment. I know this doesn't guarantee her salvation but it is a step in the right direction. It is our prayer that she will grow up and accept Jesus into her heart and follow hard after HIM! It is also our prayer that we as parents set the ultimate example for her, she is a gift from God not to be taken lightly. She was chosen by God for us to raise and to one day return her to Him! I love my baby girl and I thank God every hour practically that He chose her for me!

Here are some pictures of her baby dedication! She was so good! No crying...I was a little worried she would scream up there, but I gave that worry over to God, because this was about HIM and not US! Prayer answered.

However before we left I was taking a few pictures with my sweet princess in her darling little dress, when all of a sudden I hear and explosion in her diaper! I rush to the changing table to quickly change her before it gets all over her beautiful dress, BUT instead (thankfully???!!!) it was all over me! Not a drop on her outfit! Can you believe it?!?! Of course it was quite the task to get her changed and continue to keep her dress clean, but we managed it! Got to love it!


Notice the different outfit I am in! :)


The Baby Dedication at New Spring Church aka Messiah Baptist



HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOMMIES OUT THERE! (especially those of you celebrating your first one...there are so many of us!)