Baby Dedication

I am way behind on blog posts for Miles, so I'm going to try to catch up this week. A certain little dude is now mobile and keeps us busy!

Miles had baby dedication at church on March 1, 2014. We don't do baptism this little because we believe that baptism is a public showing of a personal decision that Miles will need to make on his own when he gets a little older. Baby dedication is really more for us as parents to dedicate ourselves to raising Miles to follow Jesus.

For the dedication, Ben and I had to come up with 5 values that we would commit to instilling in Miles, as well as 2 habits that we will make part of our lives consistently.

Values:
1. Financial responsibility
2. Open and honest communication with others
3. Kindness
4. Patience (because Ben and I aren't the best with this one!)
5. Generosity with time and resources

Habits:
1. Praying everyday with Miles and us praying together as a couple
2. Dedicating alone time without kids every so often

We went to the service at church and came back to our house for lunch afterward. Thanks to everyone who came and spent this special day with us!