Miles was dedicated this past Sunday. I explained dedication in my post about Brooke's dedication, but if you're too pressed for time to click the link, basically dedicating a child is just our way of saying that we're committing to do our best to raise Miles to follow Christ, along with the help of our church and family. It's such an awesomely scary/exciting task and I've become so much more aware of the gravity of the job as Brooke's gotten older and better able to question things and test what we say. I get choked up even writing this. I'm so thankful that we have a God who is so gracious and wise and allows us to rely on Him, especially for the tougher times.
The verse that we read for Miles was Mark 12:30, "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." That's our prayer not only for our children, but for us as we raise them.
Miles woke up pretty congested (we've been passing a cold back and forth for the past month or so), so we kept him out of the nursery. He did a great job hanging out during the service. I had to get up with him toward the end, but only because he was wanting to chat with the pastor about some of his theology. He's a pretty bright kid.
My parents drove all the way up here on Saturday night, watched our kids while we went to a Christmas party, then left right after lunch. We're obviously blessed to have them.
Miles and Aunt Jamie.
With Grandma Audie.
Uncle Mike and Aunt Jane.
Grammie Deb and Grandpa.
The Alley family - too late for the Christmas card, unfortunately.
Outtake, complete with Matt in his maternity pose.
Maybe Brooke's getting the hang of smiling for pictures?
The whole gang. Thank you all so much for sharing the day with us/Miles!
We were planning to take him to a job interview after lunch since he was dressed for it, but he was a little too tired so we headed home, instead.
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