Oh Happy Day

Yesterday our church had a special time during worship service for all of the babies born in 2008 called a "Baby Blessing." It is a time for the parents, grandparents and our entire church family to make a commitment to our babies and to each other to raise these children in a loving, Christian environment and fully immersed in the Word of the Lord.

We were up at the front along with 15 other families during the early service. There were a total of 28 babies born in our church last year - can you say BABY BOOM?!?! It does make us happy that L will grow up with so many other little one's around him, learning about God's love and making friendships that will hopefully last a lifetime.

Since there were so many of us up there, my parents were not in position to get any pictures of us. Luckily, one of the people in charge was taking pictures, and we've been told we'll all get copies. I sure hope so. Not just for L's baby book, but for his big brother's too. See, we were smack dab in the middle of the pulpit area. Right behind the minister's podium. The hubby and I joke often that we think J might have the makings of being a preacher. (Not the public speaking aspect, but the LOVE of all things related to God, Jesus and the Bible. We read his children's Bible to him every night because that's what he wants us to read. And he really remembers and seems to understand the stories he is hearing.) Well, J was behaving and stood there quite still and quiet...in the beginning. Then he realized the podium was right in front of us and went up to it and put his hands on either side, as if he might start preaching! It was funny, but we quickly pulled him back in front of us. Although it would have been cute if he'd busted out signing, "Zacchaeus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he..." (currently, one of his fav Bible songs). I think he would have stayed up there longer if we would have let him!

Maybe we'll luck out, and he'll be standing at the podium in one of the pictures. I'll post if/when I get them. We did take some snapshots of the boys and our family once we got home. Thanks again Grammy & Papa for coming to share this special day with us. Nana & Papa D - you were missed by all of us and we were all so sad you couldn't be here. We hope Nana gets to feeling better SOON! This next picture should brighten her day.

Looks like L might be our little daredevil, don't ya think? Of course, in the picture below, he looks very mellow...like he's pondering the meaning of life. Or maybe just watching a bug.

The boys with Grammy (Ghee) & Papa. I promise L DID have shoes on at church. He does wear them occasionally now. :)

J was soooooo proud of his baby brother. He loves his baby so much. He accidently bonked L's head with his own last night, and even though it frightened L and woke him up, I think J cried even harder because he was so afraid he had hurt the baby. Our little tender heart. :)