Dedicated to God

One of the things that I've been looking forward to with Charlotte is being able to dedicate her at church.  We attend a Baptist church and so we dedicate our children and ourselves to raising her in a Godly home and promise to teach her about God and direct her path towards Him.  To us this is so important because we want Charlotte to grow to have an abundant love for her Savior like we do.  We want our family to be bound not only because we are family but because we are all followers of Christ.  Today was the day when Jason and I dedicated Charlotte to the Lord and we are so blessed to have our families join us for church and then for a luncheon at our home afterwards. 

This was right before the church service while we waited.  Charlotte is in her beautiful dedication dress that my Mom made just for Charlotte.  It is exquisite and deserves its own post so it will be coming soon!

These were some of the things at our house.  We got a beautiful floral arrangement for the dining room and these adorable julep cups of flowers for the tables around the house.  They made the house smell so good!  And I loved the way the cake turned out!  It had a beautiful cross and her initials.  AND it tasted fantastic!

Here are some members of our family enjoying lunch!  Charlotte came home and took a quick nap so that she would be happy and not fussy so for a while we were all just fellowshipping.  I was worried that Charlotte might not nap good once everyone got to the house and that she would be fussy because she didn't get a good nap.  But she slept right on through everything like it was a normal day at home!  I'm not going to worry about playing Christmas music or watching something on TV anymore since she slept through everything today!  :)

This is me with my grandfather, Papa, and my Mom with her parents.

I love this picture of Jason and Charlotte!  She woke up happy as a clam!

We are so blessed to have ALL of our grandparents live nearby!  Here we are with Charlotte's great-grandparents.  We were missing one of my grandfather's, Pops, because he was sick at home.  While we missed him we appreciated that he stayed away so as not to get Charlotte sick!  You know us new Mom's, we're a stickler for staying away from germs!

With our parents.  Charlotte didn't mind the pictures so much once she found her toes!

Family picture!

Thank you so much to all of our family for coming out and celebrating with us on this special day.  It meant so much to us to have so much love and support.  We are so blessed to have such caring families and friends!