We had always wanted to dedicate or baptize the kids when they were babies, but we never really got around to it. We changed churches, had three babies, I was sick so long when I was pregnant, all those kind of things that it never happened even though it really should have. So even though most people do it when their babies are about three months, we got all three kids dedicated today (including Hannah, though I don't have a good picture of her since she chose to be held).
The church we attend does both infant baptisms and dedications, which is unusual. We got to choose which one we wanted to do and we chose dedication. We hope that our kids will choose to be baptized as believers when they are old enough to make that choice.
I am not sure the kids really understood much about what went on, though Joshua was able to answer the question of who is his Lord and Savior. We were relieved he got it right. We had practiced. We knew he knew it, but sometimes he goes for comedy and says things like "Jesus Frog" or whatever. Luckily he decided to play it straight for the actual service.
We were glad that GG and Papa, Grandma and Grandpa, Matt and Abby, and the Fouts (Benjamin's naptime is around noon so they couldn't stay for pictures afterwards) were able to make it to share the special day with us.
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