Luke's Baby Dedication

Our family gathered together to celebrate Luke's Baby Dedication at Wilshire on Sunday, May 26th. A good friend of ours (who happens to be a pretty great photographer) just sent us pictures that capture our experience perfectly! I have been holding off on publishing this post until I had our pictures. :)

I have always loved how our pastor, George Mason, does Baby Dedications and always seem to struggle holding back tears every time a baby gets walked up and down the aisles at Wilshire. I think what really gets me is that before handing a baby back to his/her parents, George tells the parents, "This child does not belong to you. He/She is a gift from God..." Wow! What a statement. Jeremy and I have been given a pretty big responsibility in raising a child in within the walls of the church AND in this crazy world. Our biggest challenge is now praying and hoping that Luke will choose to follow Jesus. I hope that we are able to model for Luke what it looks like to be a Christian and provide for him opportunities to get to know Jesus on a more personal level throughout his life. I know we will have great support at Wilshire and have loved helping Luke start his Christian walk with the help of a lot of wonderful people at our church.

Our pastor, George Mason, getting ready to take Luke for a walk up and down the aisles of the church.

Introducing Luke to his church family.

Asking the church to help raise our little man.

Praying for Luke to come to know Jesus.

Our sweet family who joined us.

What awesome role models and supporters we have in this journey of being parents!

Proud parents with baby Luke.

Look at that sweet face!

Luke was tired of taking pictures, but appreciated his Grandpa and Nana for being there!

No more smiles from this guy! Thank you, Grandad and Jammie for coming!

After Luke's Dedication we had our family over for lunch and were excited to be joined by my Uncle Ron and Aunt Linda. They really wanted to come to the Dedication, but Linda had only been home a few days after being in the hospital and decided that it might be best if they just came by the house afterwards. We are so glad they came!

I wish I had a picture of Ron and Linda with Luke, but love this picture of Luke and Ron.

Hanging out with Natasha and Diana.

Worn out from a fun morning with family!

We loved celebrating Luke's Dedication with our family and missed those who couldn't be with us. Now that Luke has been dedicated, we are continuing to introduce him to our Father and Creator and pray that he comes to love Him as much as we do!