dedicated to our Lord Jesus Christ

We dedicated John Michael at church this past Sunday. It was a special time for us to publicly declare our need for God's help through His Spirit, His Word, His Church and not least of which the family He has provided us with, to raise our child to love, serve and enjoy the God that has so radically changed our lives. My family made an extra effort to be with us which made the weekend all the more special. My parents drove in from Racine and stayed with us over the weekend and my sister, Tara, and her husband flew in from Atlanta to be with us. Johnny's family and the Kotynskis were there as well as Grandfather & TuTu, Nana & Frank, and the Morfins. Thanks to everyone who shared in dedicating our little guy!

Here are some pictures:

Believe it or not most of this is family!! It was also nice to have our friends in church and in the youth group come up to pray with us.



Dave & Johnny with John Michael... Beth is not crying but she is peeking!!




Pre-Dedication!





These are some picture of our guy after everyone who came over for lunch left. I had to get some pictures of him in this adorable outfit my mom bought for him in Italy. She bought one for Adeline too. There's plans that all of the Worthington grandchildren will wear it for their respective dedications/baptisms. I know Tara is up for it but we'll have to wait and see who Jason marries!!











And after everyone went home I got the bright idea to take a family picture! (note how tired i look... hehe) So, I set the timer and propped up the camera - only to discover that the camera got knocked to the side!



So, the sad part is that even though I was up to trying again.... Addy wasn't.




And so we've captured life with two kids and settled for this one as our comemorative family picture of the day!




We love you little guy. We're trusting God for your life and for your salvation. We hope that one day you read this and look back on your life at home as where you learned about what a great and mighty and loving and merciful God we have!