Baby Dedication

Ellie's baby dedication was this past Sunday, November 27th. We were excited to have her dedicated and looking forward to that special time at church. The name Eleanor means 'light' and her middle name, Kate, means 'pure'. We wanted to pick a verse out for her that would reflect the meaning of her name. We finally settled on Matthew 5:16 "Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.". Our desire for Ellie's life is just that. That she would grow to love the Lord and to serve Him, and in doing that others would see Him through her life. That she would reach others by her faith and actions!

We were surprised by my mother on the day before Ellie's dedication. She called and asked if it would be ok for her to come down! Um...YES!! So, she came down and joined us for the special day. It was great to have her here for a visit. We made a trip to the park and had a lot of fun just hanging out at the house. The kids were sad to see her leave, but we were all so thankful for the short visit and that she could be a part of Ellie's dedication.

In other news, Ellie was sick recently. We believe she had Roseola. She had a high fever for several days, then broke out in a rash. She was miserable during this time and just laid around. It ended up being about a two week time frame from the time she started coming down with it until she was back to her normal self. However, it seemed to then be overnight that she began crawling, could sit up on her own, could go from sitting to crawling and vice versa and also began cutting teeth!! She literally grew up overnight it seemed! We're so thankful though that she's back to her happy smiley self!

Here's a few pictures from Ellie's baby dedication weekend!

And, yes...Graham did try to escape! ;) He was very quiet, but a little on the active side while on stage!