Dedicated to the Lord

Sunday we had lil' peanut dedicated in church.  I was nervous having C dedicated when he was 3 months old.  "Oh man, what if he cries through the whole thing?  What if he didn't nurse long enough earlier and he decides he's hungry?  What if he has a huge diaper blowout?"  Ha!  That was nothing.  This time I was scared of what might happen on stage with our mostly sweet, yet occasional crazy-fit throwing toddler!  Not to mention what might come out of my 6 year old's mouth!!  Pastor Kevin said something along the lines of "It's always fun to dedicate a two year old." ;)

 

P.S. Don't mind my tennis shoes.  Dumb ankle brace.

 

Lil' peanut did really awesome.  He smiled and waved and basically charmed his way into everyone's hearts. :)  C did the same, with his silly antics and attempts at stealing the attention.  Oh, that boy.  He does indeed like to be the center of attention.  

 

I think lil' peanut is asking "nack go?" in this next picture.  We gave him a piece of candy right before we went up there and he happily sucked on it for a good three minutes.  After it was gone he started signing for eat and saying "nack, nack, nack" over and over again.  Then he started trying to get into hubby's pocket where he knew the rest of the candy was stashed.

I kind of love how the hubs is physically connected to/restraining C in every. single. picture. Haha! When he was walking C back to class after it was over he said "I was a little disappointed with some of the choices you made up there buddy." C's response? "I know. I'm sorry Daddy. But, everybody was laughing when I did that stuff."

In an attempt to distract him from the candy I pulled his name tag off his shirt and gave it to him.  Then he named each part of my face while trying to stick it on me.  "Nose, eye, neck, eyebrow."  He stuck it on Pastor Kevin's face real good and then ripped it right off.  You had to have been there, but it was pretty funny.  The whole congregation got a good laugh out of that.

Praying over our little guy.

When he held him up, lil' peanut started clapping his hands along with everyone else and then shouted hooray.  I told you he was charming. ;)

It was a special day for our family.  I will ask "my" pastor (back in KS they started pastoring our church when I was about 8 years old and they are like family to me.  He married me, dedicated C, did Wesley's funeral...) to dedicate him as well.  It's an important thing for me...to give this precious gift back to the Lord.  And I want our families and my pastor's family to be able to be a part of that too.