Anthony's Dedication

It's been an interesting couple of weeks for us. There was a horrible storm in Southern Illinois and we were stuck without power for about 4 days. Dan was out of town when the storm came through, so the boys and I headed North where the power was still...powerful. We spent Mother's Day with family and were able to visit some friends during our visit. We finally got to see Baby Kenzie...who's almost not a baby anymore! We made a visit to MID-CO and I even got to call out a fill to one of my favorite former customers.

Today we participated in a baby dedication at church for Anthony. It was originally scheduled for Mother's Day and since Dan was going to be out of town we weren't going to participate; but then church was cancelled on Mother's Day due to the widespread power outage. We found out on Friday that they were having the dedication today, so we decided to go ahead with it. It was sad that our friends and family couldn't be there on such short notice, but we were excited to share our commitment to godly parenting with our new church family.

By the way, as you'll see in some of the photos, Anthony recently decided that he does love using a pacifier!!


Vince and Anthony were having one last drink of milk before bedtime and were just being so sweet.
Vince just hates to say goodbye to Anthony at AJ's bedtime. He wanted one last cuddle with him.


When Vince first woke up in the morning, he begged to have his sandals on. This was the first time he was willing to wear them ... up till this day, he cried when you even suggested putting them on! As soon as they were on, he made himself comfy on the chaise!


And then he made himself comfy on Anthony during morning cartoon time. Notice how Anthony plays with Vince's hair...


Anthony's dedication day at Grand Avenue Christian Church. Our pastor, Brooks Wilson, is on the right and there was one other family on the other side of us.


"Cheese!"

Praying for the task ahead...