Ida's Baptism

My sweet niece Ida decided to let God into her heart, what an amazing thing for someone so small to do such a big thing in her life. Praises! I pray for her that He lives in her heart and that she grows and learns to walk with Him all the days of her life.

Such an important decision should always be celebrated with family - and so we hit the road to Missouri with our cousins to share and be a part of her day!



Our Ida ready for the day to begin (and for the pictures to stop, just like her Momma, she doesn't like to hold a smile for long).



KK was so excited to spend the weekend with her cousin!



Please don't take this shot for granted... it took 15 shots to get one in which all the kiddos were looking in the general direction of the camera. How special to have KK, Gracie & Ida all together. They haven't all been together in months!

Ida with her mom, Oma and Opa (her godparents)! I was waiting for lightning to strike the church, but we all made it out alive, huh Pops? Teasing!





While Oma & Opa had to leave town right after the baptism, our family was able to spend the rest of the weekend with our Aunt and cousin/niece. It was a fun weekend, we had a lot of laughs and good times! Some good memories: Ida has a little puppy named Lily. Well Lilly must have thought AJ was just her size, and showed her joy by jumping on him and licking his ears. You could hear him yelling every few minutes while playing "No Lily No" and then running away from her. It was so cute. There was also AJ stripping down to his diaper for the neighbors. If you can't sit back with a (baby) bottle in your underwear at night, there is something wrong I guess. There was also the disapearing peach pie I brought up... My sister swears we all ate it, but I do remember leftovers that never saw the light of the fridge thanks to her late night cravings hehe. Like I said, it was fun and I hope we do it again soon.



The girls posing together - they played so well together!