Baby Dedication

This past Sunday we gathered with our friends and family to dedicate Caleb to the Lord. Traditionally most churches set aside a Sunday to bring all babies up and do a dedication in front of the whole church. Our church prefers to "do" baby dedications within smaller groups so that we can invite people in our life that are helping to raise our children for God. Within our small group we have three young children and decided we would like to have a dedication together.

We held the dedication at our house and had originally planned to be outside for the afternoon. We had all somehow forgotten how hot Texas is at the end of May though! So we decided that morning to spend most of our time in the house and only go outside for the actual dedication. Greg Poore, one of the pastors at our church, came and spoke about our roles as parents. He was very inspiring and good natured as the other two kids (who are toddlers) decided they really didn't want to be held! It was entertaining to watch them run around and Caleb really wished he could get down and play with them too!

We loved having our family and friends together to celebrate the fact that Caleb belongs to the Lord and hear them agree to help him follow whatever the Lord has planned for him. We are so blessed to have so many wonderful people in our lives.