finally....

For all of the 18 months of her life we've been trying to do her baby dedication at church, and today it FINALLY happened! For one reason or another every time they had them (they do them 4 times a year), we couldn't do it. We'd sign up and then something would happen or come up to make it inconvenient and we'd cancel. So I finally decided a few weeks ago that we're going to do it, no matter what, before she's no longer in the "baby" category (she really isn't now, either, but some people would still call her a baby).

Before church she was running around in the hallway with her cousins, who had come to see the dedication, and was just crazy with excitement. I was so scared that she wouldn't stay still while we were up in front of the church with hundreds of eyes on us, wanting to get down, fussing, and causing a scene. Well, she couldn't have been better. She was quiet and stayed in our arms (in the middle of the prayer she wanted Mommy to hold her, and not Daddy, and reached for me, so I took her, but other than that she was just as sweet as she could be. We took her to the nursery after that and she did just great. I was so relieved!

Afterwards we had lots of fun having lunch at our house with family, along with her dear friend, Kaden, and his mom (my dear friend, Allecia, who surprised me by coming to the dedication!). They all played outside for the longest time, having fun in the leaves and on the swingset. It was a beautiful, fall day.

I have pictures, but they're not downloaded onto the computer yet. I'll put them on tomorrow.