Makenzie's Christening

(Please be forewarned, the pics in this post are from the Church  photographer's website.  Sorry for the stamp but these are the only pics we have until we purchase the CD)

On Sunday, October 24, my Husband & I dedicated our daughter, Makenzie to God in the presence of our family & friends.

My Husband's uncle, who also officiated our Marriage Ceremony, performed the Dedication.

The Dedication Ceremony was perfect & very meaningful.  His uncle talked about how proud he was of us and how great of parents he knows we will continue to be.  It really did mean a lot to us to have him perform the Ceremony.  Who better to do it than family?

After his sermon, He called the 3 of us (My Husband, Makenzie & myself) to the altar. 

We vowed to raise Makenzie the way God would have us and be good examples for her life and walk with Christ.

Then he called our Parents & Grandparents to the altar.  They vowed to support us & our choices as Makenzie's Parents.

After that, he called the rest of our friends & family up to the altar.  They also vowed to support us and to provide constant examples of Godly living.

Once the vows were complete, we said a group prayer covering Makenzie and us as her parents and then we all took communion together..

After the prayer, we were presented with Makenzie's Certificate and we proceed to take pictures.  (Daddy & Makenzie were tired at this point. lol)

Let me back up for a second...

Near the end of the sermon, before the ceremony, Makenzie had fallen asleep after a bottle.  I'm sure any Mother knows not to wake a sleeping baby.  Well I had no choice this time.  Once we were called up to begin the ceremony, our sweet little angel turned slightly grumpy.  Although she was pretty silent throughout the ceremony except for the occasional whine, when it was picture time, she let us know she had had enough.   You can see us trying to keep he calm during the ceremony in some of the pictures.  Here a a few more pictures from the service.

 
After the Ceremony, we all headed to our favorite family restaruant, O'Charley's for brunch.

All in all the entire day was better than I could have imagined and I can not wait to share it with Makenzie when she gets older.

The Mrs.