Dedicated Baby

Yesterday, Sunday June 5, 2011 we dedicated Sadie to the Lord at our church. We have all been looking forward to that day for a while (I was also looking forward to her wearing her first smocked dress). I'd love to say the entire day was perfect but this picture says it all.

The day started out crazy. Sadie is always SOOO sweet and happy in the mornings. After she eats I put her in her swing and she laughs and talks and has a great time while I get ready. Well yesterday she screamed and cried and acted like a crazy person. I knew right away it was the devil. Here we are about to dedicate our child to God. We will promise to raise her in a Godly home and pray for her to come to a relationship with Jesus. You better believe the devil doesn't like that one bit.

Once we got to church I let her sleep as long as she would in efforts to put her in a better mood. She woke up, I fed her, and she screamed and cried some more. Again, unlike her. I was a nervous wreck thinking she was going to cry the entire time.

Luckily she didn't. She did really good during the dedication and the rest of the service. She wasn't her normal happy self but she wasn't crying and screaming so we were thankful.

After the dedication we went back to my parent's house. I wanted to get some good pictures and then enjoy a nice lunch. Sadie wasn't really in the picture taking mood can't you tell? The lighting inside was bad and the sun was blazing hot outside so I was frustrated to say the least.

Here my parents are, sweating to death, while Sadie is blinded by the sun.

Ahhh...sweet family of three. Smiling, happy parents and a fussy baby.

At first I was disappointed because I didn't have any sweet pictures to post to remember her dedication day. I soon realized that the pictures I have are realistic. Sadie is a great baby and usually really happy but she is not happy ALL the time. She has good days and bad days like everyone else. This is life and I wouldn't change a thing. Regardless of the pictures or the dress or whatever nothing can take away from what we did yesterday. We stood before our church, our family, and before the Lord vowing to raise her to serve the Him and to love Him with all her heart.

On another note, our church has fresh flowers at the altar every Sunday. Yesterday Josh and I bought them in honor of Sadie.

They were so beautiful just like our little baby. We are honored and blessed to be her parents. It is true what they say, we love her more every day. She happens to be the cutest baby in the world. :)

I should tell you that she was so happy and fun the rest of the day. Go figure.