Parent-Child Dedication

I know you've just been on pins and needles clicking "refresh" every five minutes on your browser trying to get the latest scoop on the Sinyard household. Well, your wait is over:

On Sunday we were supposed to do a 5K, but decided to bow out because of the threat of rain. We didn't want to risk dragging Audrey through it in bad weather. Just as David was getting ready to go to church, (it was too late for me to join him. Beauty takes time, especially now that it means getting two females ready) I hollered for him to come to the nursery where I'd just taken Audrey's temperature and it read 100.4. She'd felt a little warm, but that was .1 degree short of calling the doctor. David hates the thermometer I had used because he thinks it's way too fast to be accurate and it's given us false readings before. So, the poor baby had to go for round #2 with another thermometer. This time it (slowly) read 98.9. I chunked the other one in the trash and we decided to check her again when she got up from her nap. David's window for church had passed, so we focused on getting the house and ourselves ready to host people later that evening. It's a good thing we skipped the 5K and David stayed home to help because I'd completely underestimated the amount of time it takes to "whip up" 5+ lbs of chicken salad.

When Audrey woke up, her temperature was normal, thank God! We left the house at 3:00 to make it in time for our 3:30 picture appointment. (They do a complimentary professional photo before the service for each family.) After we posed for that, we found a quiet room and laid her down for a short nap. We woke her up at 4:15 and went to the service that started at 4:30. She did great, despite being awoken from her nap. The service was so sweet and just the perfect length of time for a room full of babies and toddlers. They had someone sing, the Pastor spoke, the Director of Preschool spoke, and then each family was introduced and signed their own Parent-Child Covenant. It read:

On this, your dedication day, we promise to be faithful parents and to introduce you to the love and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ by His grace at work in us. We also promise to pray consistently for your physical, emotional, and spiritual well being. We will do our best to model Deuteronomy 6:6-9 which says: "These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates." Most of all, we will love you with an everlasting love because you truly are a gift from God. This is our covenant to you our child.

What an awesome responsibility, huh? I cried like a Mom. I think some hormones never recoup post-pregnancy.

We left the church and came back to the house with my parents, my grandmother, and David's parents. His grandparents came to the service but understandably wanted to head back to Alabama before it got dark, especially since it was raining. We had dinner - chicken salad sandwiches, fruit, chips and dip, and potato salad. (A nice compromise between ordering pizza and cooking a sit-down meal for everyone) and dessert (cookies by my mom, Chocolate Delight by David's mom. Both were delicious!) and then played pass the baby until the baby had been passed enough and went to sleep. It was a wonderful day and we were thankful Audrey handled all of the excitement so well.

I'm going to get pictures posted soon, I promise! She looked so beautiful in her little dress. I've also taken her 3 month perspective shots and will get those up soon, too. Just wanted to let everyone know it went well! Hope you had a great weekend, too!