Dedication Day

It was a wonderful day, if not just a tad overwhelming. I am feeling pretty zonked right now but it can't erase the excitement and joy both Ken and I had over watching this special event for our daughter. The morning was pretty good, Ariel was only up once in the night, but we also went to bed late, so when she was up to eat at 7am it was right on cue. She ate on and off all morning, I guess she had butterflies in her tummy about the big day.

We left for church at 930am, to give us time to get settled and for Ken to set up the video camera. We were pretty much the main attraction, well, Ariel was at least. She slept through it all though, maybe one day she will be awake for everyone. Anyhoo, her Auntie Kara did a fantastic job dancing to the song 'He lives in you' and it had me in tears. I was pretty emotional already so it just pushed me over the edge a bit. We got our rose from the church and then went up to dedicate Ariel to the Lord. Very cool. When the friends and family were called up to stand with us, we couldn't believe how surrounded we were, just really makes us feel blessed.

Then we were off to the after party at Dad and Rita's. They really made it very nice for our little girl, and it meant alot to us. Dad even had pictures he had taken of Ariel printed out on the table with all the food. Which brings me to the food, man was it gooooood! I think the smartest thing we did was to get it ordered so no one had to prepare anything! We got fruit and veggie trays, sandwiches, wraps, croissants and a spinach dip bread bowl. Needless to say, we have alot of leftovers in our fridge. Hee.

We cut the cake with Ariel, since she isn't allowed to play with knives. Lots of visiting with friends and family, eatting and basically having a good time. Ariel mostly slept again, only getting a bit fussy once when it was time for her lunch. She also got some lovely gifts from people, and needs to work on her thank you cards, I may need to help her with that this week, as the list is growing DAILY!

When it was over and we loaded the car and finally returned home, all 3 of us too a nap and spent the remaining part of the day just relaxing as a family. Tomorrow, Ariel is offically a week old, wow. This time last week I was waiting for my c-section. Crazy. Glad thats over, heh.