Elinor's Dedication

Elinor was dedicated at our Church last sunday, Father's Day. It was really a dedication more for us as her parents. We know that a baby dedication does not s

ave her and that it is her own relationship with Jesus Christ that matters. So we were asked three questions on this special day by Pastor John. They went something like this:  "Will you recommit to your own relationship with Jesus Christ?" "Will you recommit to the vows you made to your 

spouse when you got married?" "And will you commit to raising Elinor up, teaching her Gods Word and Gods love for her?" We answered "we will" to all three questions. It is a huge responsibility to raise a child and it is not about what kind of gratification we can get 

as parents but it is about training our daughter (and future children) to love God and serve Him. The main challenge will be that Joe and actually live what we believe. So that Elinor will see that our words are not in vain.

Proverbs 22:6

"Train up a child in the way he should go,

             Even when he is old he will not depart from it. "

Here are some fun pictures of the last week

Swimming and Pigtails

We took Elinor Swimming on Friday. She really loves her bath and she loved the river in Yosemite, so we were sure she would love the pool. I am not sure if it was  because she skipped her morning nap, but she really hated it! We only took her in for about 5 minutes:) 

I also have to post a couple of these pics because I think they are the cutest things I have ever seen. I decided to try putting pigtails in Elinor's hair and it sort of worked (they are a bit off)

Yosemite

We went to Yosemite National Park for a week. I was a little bit nervous  about taking a 4 month old tent camping. I know now that I had nothing to be worried about. Elinor LOVED the outdoors and she still slept good

She was wonderful the whole trip and I was shocked about how well she did on the 7 hour car drive up to Yosemite. She made it about half way back before she let us know that she had had enough! 

Before

After

Family

Last week Joe's sister, Annie came out to visit with her two kids,  Johnny and Pearl. Pearl is only 4 months older than Elinor and I am so excited to see them grow up together. We had a lot of fun and I am grateful for the comfortable relationship I have with my sister-in-law. here are some pictures of our time.

Sad Day

Elinor had a set of shots yesterday and she was not having 

a good day afterwards. She is such a sweet little girl and she bears her discomfort amazingly well. But you can see in this picture her sad little eyes and it makes me want to kiss all her pain away.

Two Firsts

Elinor has started eating rice cereal and she loves it.  She had no idea how to eat it at first and it would just spill down her chin. Once she figured it out she could not stop smiling. (It still spills down her chin quite a bit). This girl likes to eat! 

She also had her first professional pictures taken today. She was not in the best mood for the sitting but I think we got a few of her smiling. We thought she looked so cute in her little outfit that we took some pictures beforehand with each of us

Funny picture