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!

rolling over!

ready



set



roll!



John Michael rolled over on November 1 - just over three months. Adeline was about the same age but I think he's stronger. He hadn't had any tummy time in about two weeks so I was pretty surprised!

did I do that?




my little man :)



check out this belly.



John Michael is weighing in at a little less than 17 pounds. Probably 16 1/2 (according to my scale at home). The funny thing is he doesn't look nearly as chunky as Addy did because he's so long!

Here are some cute pictures of John Michael & Addy watching Elmo. Yes, Addy looks zoned.













Coming soon: John Michael's dedication

PS Boys DEFINITELY fart way more than girls - from BIRTH!!

fall festivities

For the second year in a row we took Adeline to a pumpkin patch/petting zoo around Halloween time. Her passion for animals has not ceased! It was only the promise of a "park" that kept her from breaking down when we finally left the petting zoo. Here she is enjoying the animals!














Getting her to smile was a chore though. Good thing she's cute whether she smiles or not!!

The many faces of our porcupine:






Meanwhile John Michael was snoozing away! Little did he know we were about to wake him up for some cute brother sister pictures:

Little did we know he chose not to cooperate and sleep through them!!

Like any little man though he woke right up when it was time to sit on the John Deer tractor. Of course we had to take some pictures to show Uncle Trav & Auntie Meems!

She's driving already!?





That looks like fun! When is it my turn?

what have I gotten myself into??

Just call me John Deere. Or John Michael... whatever.






My mom and dad were actually able to join us! The distance between here and Racine isn't a short trek but its much shorter than across the Atlantic!









Check out this kids flower power. (I couldn't narrow it down he just looks so cute in all of them!)








The power runs out (See him falling over?)




weighing in at a hefty 32 pounds.







Family Pictures... once again John Michael conked on us. The boy just can't keep up!








And finally, Adeline politely requesting that we be "all done".





Coming soon... pictures of John Michael ROLLING OVER! Woo-hoo! Today was the first day I saw him do it... and probably the first time I've put him on his belly in two weeks (woops...)! So, we celebrated by bringing him to the movies. He loved it :)

Bye for now!