Tennyson's Baby Dedication

I know a lot of the people that read this blog were probably in our church on Sunday :-) but for those of you that weren't here are some pictures from Tennyson's baby dedication. It was such an emotional moment for us, to finally see our baby that we had so longed for being dedicated. I had also prepared a slideshow for the congregation to watch, and my hope was that it would express Tennyson's spirit and personality. Even though he's only 8 months old he is already such a funny, energetic, happy little guy!

But of course he had to prove it for himself Sunday morning. When he was still in the womb Tom would read the Bible to him, and for some reason he would really kick and move when he read Psalm 8. So what did he do when the pastor read Psalm 8 on Sunday? Right on cue he started kicking and the whole congregation laughed ! What a sweet memory of that day!



And in case you are wondering who was there (not all pictured - because there were too many of us): My parents, my older sister,Dawn, her husband, Mark, and her 4 children, Nathan, Jared, Caleb, and Bethany, my older brother, Kyrce, my younger sisters, Lynley and Courtney, my younger brother, Cameron and his wife - Sara. And we were still missing Lynley's husband, Kyrce's wife and son, and my youngest brother, Jordan, who had just gotten married the day before!!! Unfortunately, none of Tom's family was able to make it, and they were sadly missed.

It's hard to see, but Tennyson is sticking his tongue out as they pray over him. (See previous comment about his personality.)

We were so blessed to have Mark Sensabaugh walk Tennyson around the sanctuary. Mark was our premarital counselor and he also spoke at our wedding. So we had to have him involved in this special, long-awaited day!

At the dedication Mark spoke about the significance of Tennyson's unique name, saying that "he was God's masterpiece, His poem, His music. Your heavenly Father has purpose for you and bless you with knowing your purpose and God has seen it in His heart. The deeds God has purposed for you, you are uniquely designed to do better than any other." AMEN!!! What an incredible blessing our little boy is to us, and to think, there are so many more happy memories yet to be made.