Baby Dedication

Today was an extremely special day for us.  We had Sawyer dedicated at our church, North Point Community Church.  It was unlike any dedication I have ever witnessed.  They had us set up in round tables by family.  The program was about an hour long and consisted of our local pastor speaking to the parents and their children, a couple of songs, a slide show of pictures of the babies being dedicated and a few moments for conversation at the table.  Prior to the ceremony, we were encouraged to come up with 5 values and 2 habits to put in place for us and Sawyer, as well as, write him a letter. Then, we had to share what we came up with at the table.  Jared and I truly feel that we are stewards of Sawyer for just a very short time so we really wanted to put a lot of thought into our values and habits.  Giving Sawyer back to God realizing that we are trusting him with our precious child is an indescribable emotion.  We both feel blessed with the opportunity to be trusted as parents to such an amazing little boy and hope that family friends will continually hold us accountable for leading Sawyer in a Godly environment.  Therefore, I am going to share the values and habits we came up with.  I'm sure we will make a lot of mistakes along the way but being reminded of these will hopefully help us keep focused on the most important goal for Sawyer's life, which is to lead him into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.

Values

1.  Love Jesus and place him first in your life

2.  Be truthful and do what is right even when it is hard

3.  Obey your parents and elders

4.  Have and show compassion towards others

5.  Be giving and selfless

 

Habits

1.  Pray nightly

2.  Say “yes ma’am” and “yes sir”

Like I said, Sawyer's dedication will be a day we will always be proud of.  I loved having all of my family attend, enjoying the cloud 9 cupcakes provided during the ceremony, having brunch at J. Christopher's and yes, even the Trace Adkins song "You're Gonna Miss This" that had all of us balling like crazy!!! (and those of you that know me well, know I do NOT listen to country music)  Here are just a couple of many picture we took of the day: