Visiting Grandpa

We got brave and decided to try a longer car trip. We went to Lancaster to visit Jim's Grandpa. Autumn actually did really well. She slept most of the car ride and most of dinner, too. But she did wake up at the restaurant and decided that she wanted to eat, too - she fits right in with the rest of the family!

Autumn's 3 Month Birthday!

We like any excuse to celebrate and eat cake so we had a 3 Month Birthday party for Autumn today. We got to eat cake and she got a few presents - my favorite are the pink bunny slippers I got her - so cute! Grammy and Grampy got her a Rainforest mobile that plays music for 18 minutes - what a blessing! Cranking the old one every 90 seconds got old really fast! What a lucky girl!

I can hardly believe she's been here for 3 months already. She's getting bigger and learning new things everyday. When we first brought her home, I wanted her to stay little but I love that as she's growing she's becoming more fun - we're seeing her personality develop right before our eyes. She's such a precious gift!

Autumn's Dedication

Jim and I had Autumn Dedicated today. Infant Dedication is a ceremony where Jim and I make a commitment before the Lord to submit Autumn to God's will and to raise her according to His Word. It's based on scripture found in 1 Samuel 1:11, 26-28. Once Autumn is old enough to make the decision to accept Jesus as her Lord and Saviour she will be baptized as a believer.

As luck would have it, she got hungry right before we got to the part of the service where the dedication was. I tried to get the bottle in her as soon as I could but she wasn't satisfied with the few sips she got so I had to take her up with the bottle in her mouth! Pastor Jim said it was the first time he walked around the church and introduced a baby to the congregation with a bottle in the mouth. But that's Autumn - I think she's going to be her own person!

Afterwards we went to Jim's parents' house and had a little celebration - complete with the Winnie The Pooh cake that was left over from my baby shower! My Mom wanted it out of the freezer and it seemed like a perfect time to eat it! Mmmm!

Abbi's Baptism

Abbigayle was baptized at the Catholic Church on Lehigh University's campus. Abbi was so good - even when getting the water dumped on her head! I'm so glad that we could be there for the celebration!

Christmas - Part 2

We are so glad the weather cooperated and everybody was healthy so we could finally all get together! With Jess and I having babies so close together, it was hard to make the long trip to visit each other. After 3 months, we finally get to meet Abbigayle! It was so nice to see Jess and Scott again, too! We enjoyed giving our gifts - a lot of baby-related presents this year! At one point we put Abbi and Autumn in the chair together and grabbed hands - very cute!

Christmas - Part 1

We enjoyed some time celebrating with at Jim's parents, Nana and Pop, and Grandpa. Lori and Steve celebrated thier first Christmas together as a married couple.