Hitting the Motherload

This past weekend, we celebrated my first Mother's Day.

What an honor it was!

We also had Emersyn's dedication at church on the same day.

Doubly honored.

This weekend was special but boy was it crazy.

We kicked it off with this....

Behind that lovely bandage are six stitches.

Cup exploding incident. Yeah, don't ask. ;)

After one frantic call to my hubby, a bloodstained kitchen, and one crazy trip to the ER, 

I was on the mend!

Happy Mothers Day to me!

We spent Saturday celebrating my Mothers Day at the Mall of America!

After a great morning walk in the sunshine, it was fun to shop & go out to eat.

I love that my hubby captured this sweet moment...

Sunday it was Mothers Day and Emme's big dedication day.

We woke up and had no idea our day would get so interesting.

Before I go into details, take a look at my pretty baby in her dedication dress.

I mean chambray and pink... can you really go wrong?

Well apparently... you can.

Because this was the only picture I got of E in that dress before I threw it in the trash.

This girl had a MASSIVE blowout on our way to the church.

I'm talking all over her dad, the carseat, in her finger crevices, ashamed to carry your baby in naked to church blowout.

As Ethan scrubbed his shirt in the church bathroom and doused the car seat with water,

I tried to sponge baby-wipe bathe our child in an attempt to save any part of her outfit.

Well, I got the jean jacket out of the deal.

And thank the sweet Lord above, otherwise my child would have gone 

on stage in a grubby white tee shirt and much too big pink leggings.

See below.

Well hey, she still looks cute.

A story to tell her forever I guess!

We came home,

celebrated with family,

ate some cake,

and rejoiced over dedicating our daughter to the Lord.

I pray that Emersyn does big things for Jesus.

Scratch that.

I pray that she does BIG bold brave things for Jesus.

I pray that He uses her to bring light to this world- which I know He already does.

And most of all,

I pray that she always knows His great and immeasurable love for her

and the unending grace that only He can give.

Happy dedication weekend, little love.

Mama couldn't have spent her Mothers Day weekend a better way.

Xoxo