lil' miss takes a turn.

last sunday we dedicated our sweet baby girl at church. 

i love the 'symbolism' of dedicating your child to the lord that our church encourages, however it is a big production, isn't it? don't get me wrong. i didn't think twice about doing it. of course we were going to... and of course we labored over her outfit & matching bow & matching tights & matching shoes. of course.

when i talk about prodcution, this is what i mean: 

your child will have a blow out two minutes before you go on. you will then start sweating as you try to change her {him} & your hair will eventually look like a fro. of course you brought a back up outfit, but it's not near as cute - so even if a little reminensce of the blow out are left, if it doesn't show, doesn't smell & can be 'wiped over' then you won't change them. you won't. you will argue with your husband. about changing the blow out, how to hold the child, moving their bow & paying attention. {i don't speak from experience, of course.} next, your child will be all smiles as you wait to enter. you'll think it's going great. until you get to the pastor. you can feel her {or him} tense up and as soon as you line up in a row, sure enough - here come the tears. and the wailing. oh- the wailing. all while the pastor begins to pray over your children. you can't help but laugh. {and breathe a sigh of relief as you exit the sanctuary.} 

regardless. our little muffin looked super cute. and it was a blessing to dedicate her {formally} to our sweet lord. 

of course, none of those things listed above happened to us, i'm just telling you how other families do it. {yeah, right!}

"Teach Charlotte Your way, O Lord; {that} she will walk in Your truth; unite her heart to fear Your name. {that} she will praise You, O Lord my God, with all her heart, and {that} she will glorify Your name forevermore." --Psalm 86:11-12 

{edited to become my prayer for her.}