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Baby Dedication!
Sometimes the vast separation of my kids' activities make me laugh out loud :)



Sunday was the day that we dedicated Gracie Joy at our church.  We go to a very large church and I have known our pastor since I was in high school and he was in Bible college.  It's always fun to share this special day with him, and especially since we were featured in the adoption video a few months ago. I know there were alot of people watching who were excited to see her.  It was amazing to be up there with this precious child, who was only a picture last time the church saw us on the big screen.   We also got to share the day with my brother and his wife!  They adopted a baby boy just a couple of weeks after we got home from China!!



My brother and his wife and baby Ever.


The two of them loved seeing themselves on the big screen behind us. They are both looking at themselves here :) Gracie kept turning my head with her hand to look at it :)

I have to admit, I was scared to death.  There was no way to know if Gracie would start screaming at our pastor or try to jump off the stage.  She's not exactlly the quiet, calm type!  That is actually why the boys aren't with us up there.  I know she would have wanted to be passed around the whole time.  It's also why I'm the one holding her even though she's a good bit heavier :)  Thankfully, she did great!