On Ma*rch 14, Lil*y was dedicated at our church, H*ouse of M*ercy. At our church, this celebration includes D*ave and me washing her feet as a symbol of our service in love for her. It was a very emotional day for us - another milestone that we could not envision a few months ago. It was emotional for us when we did this for Z too because it is a culmination of our beliefs that G*od lends us these children - they are no our possessions but a gift from G*od - a gift that we are "borrowing" and a gift that we have been entrusted with to raise them in the best way we can. This ceremony was intense for us as we realized that there was a time not so long ago when we did not dare think this far ahead - when we couldn't think this far ahead because the road was too unknown, too scary, when we were just trying to get to the next curve in the road or even just the next mile marker and could not think of what came next.
The intensity of the moments during the dedication was interrupted a bit by a lovely almost 3 year old who had only stood on stage once before and who did not see her dear cousin, A*ugust, in the second row until after we were on stage - in the haste of the day and the preoccupation of the ceremony, we had failed to explain to her that her cousin would be there beckoning her to respond to her adorable "Hi Z*0e!"
All of Li*ly's grandmas and grandpas were there - Grandma and Grandpa S*undseth were kind enough to be our photographers for the evening so unfortunately, we didn't turn the lens around on them. This is Da*ve's mom, and then from left to right, D*ave's step mom, dad, and our dear friend B*elinda who takes care of L*ily one day a week. (I don't know who that guy is behind them, but he sure thinks Li*ly is cute too!)
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