Dedication Day!

The David Family on Jack's Dedication Day at Buckhead Church!

Christian and I went on the hunt for a new church in late 2007 and found Buckhead Church shortly after. It's a non-denominational Christian church that's a little modern and very different from anything we've ever know. So, it took us a few weeks to really "get it," but with the amazing music and weekly message, we quickly knew this would be our new church home.

In the past 2 1/2 years, we've participated in a beginners bible study called Starting Point, volunteered with kids in Sunday school (Christian still does), participated in the holiday volunteer drives and met so many great friends. We honestly look forward getting out of bed on Sunday's to attend service. So I guess you could say we've become Christians and its made such a positive impact on our lives!

Jack attends the Sunday School, called Wamba Land and he has a great time there. So it was a natural step for us to Dedicate him to the church. Growing up Catholic, baptism was a huge part of our lives. And although the Dedication wasn't an official baptism, it was our way of promising God we would raise Jack in a good Christian home.

So we participated in a Dedication Ceremony for Jack on Saturday, May 15. We were so blessed that some of our dear friends could join us. I have to admit I was a little sad not to have any grandparents there, but our friends are awesome and it meant a lot that they were there. It was a really nice ceremony where we discussed the Christian values and traditions we would use to raise Jack. Buddy was so good that day and we're just so proud of our little man. Here are a few pictures from the day...

Jack got a fancy new outfit (size 18 mos) complete with leather sandals (size 5). He looked so handsome!

No caption here, I just never take a good photo with Jack so I thought I'd throw it in.

The service was really nice and the church provided us with a children's bible for Jack and yummy cupcakes.

Jack with our friend Sarah. This was taken right after he punched her in the face and broke her necklace. That's our boy.

Jack's favorite sitter (and my good friend) Kimber with her boyfriend Josh. They just had their own little baby girl....an adorable puppy named Martini.

Most of my Urban Tribe (minus Kate) - Rianna and her daughter Elena, Olivia who's having a baby any day now, me, Jack and Sarah. Between us girls we have 3 kiddos and 2 on the way. Don't drink the water at our parties!

Jack and Elena were such troopers during the service. But we did let Jack on the table after he got a little restless.

Man, all this Dedication stuff is hard work! I'm so stressed out.

Here are a few videos from the service...

This is a video montage that has all the babies pictures. It was so cute. Jack is a few seconds into the video.

Here's a little portion of the service. I love how intently Jack is watching the singer on stage.