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Yay! The nice weather is back! For a couple of days there, it was COLD! Well, cold for NoVA in the middle of June. I mean, c'mon, 70's?????? Seriously, what was up with that. BRING ON THE 90's! Woot! I can't go in the pool if it isn't ridiculously hot--water's too cold. Same thing with Jeremiah; When the water was only in the low 70's, he was NOT a happy camper. But after a couple days of highs in the 90's and lows in 70's, that water will be nice and warm, but still refreshing. Ahhhhh.... just thinking about it is relaxing. So we'll try to hit the pool tomorrow!

Today, we're going to the mall. Jeremy's outta town in Tenn for a couple of days, so it's just me and the lil' bullfrog. Mommy needs some clothes...

Funny story:

Sunday was Father's Day (Jeremy's first!) and we were getting Jeremiah dedicated that afternoon. The day started off well--I got up "early" (for me at least) with Jeremiah, fed him, and then we went upstairs to make Daddy some waffles, 'cause Daddy LOVES waffles. By the time they were done, it was nap time for Jeremiah, so Jeremy put him down and we enjoyed our breakfast while Jeremy opened his gifts (Jeremiah's a pretty good shopper already... got him some cigars and pipe tobacco for his "Indeed" days with other new "Daddys" [how he was able to order tobacco is beyond me... ;-)], some Steeler's slippers, a REALLY CUTE photo of himself in his Steeler's jersey [thanks to Uncle Laurence and Auntie Katharine!] and so on and so forth...)

After all that, we started getting ready for church. Now, two weeks ago, I went shopping, and I had purchased an outfit that I was saving for a "special occasion". Well, this was just such an occasion, so I went to go pull it outta the bag and set it out to make sure everything was good to go. There I am, in our room, gettin' ready and I can't find the bag.... It wasn't there. Then I tried to find the box I remember setting it in (more clothes that I had ordered online...), couldn't find that either. It was no where in the room!

Well, before I completely freaked out, somewhere in my mind, a conversation began to replay... Last week, Jeremy had asked me, while I was in the bathroom with Jeremiah, I think, if the box on the floor in our bedroom was trash. I said, "Yeah, there's ONE box that has a bunch of junk in it behind the door..." And I remember thinkin' at that time, "I hope he doesn't confuse my clothes for trash.... Nah, he wouldn't." Well, guess what: He did.

That's when I freaked.

I can laugh about it now; I know he didn't intentionally throw out my new clothes (that I never even tried on...) But oh my gosh, was I upset! Partly because I then had to find another nice outfit to wear (which is not easy when most of my nice clothes don't fit) and partly because it was a total waste of money... I now get to go out and re-buy it all (I loved how Jeremy kept telling me, "It's only money!" Awww... he was desperate to calm me down... he would never say that under normal circumstances.)

Anyways, it ended up being okay, I found another outfit to wear, and all was good (I was sooo hot, though... not in the, "Wow, you're hot!" way but in the, "It's so freakin' hot in here," way.) We made it to the dedication, he cuddled with Lon on stage (it was so cute!), we said our vows (see below), and called it a day.

Oh yeah, the clothes thing wasn't the only hiccup that day. We also didn't have a camera that worked. I grabbed my camera on the way out of the house, and when we got there, we found out it was dead. How it was completely dead, I dunno, but it was dead. And we don't have a backup battery. Grrr... That's okay though, because we had our video camera in the car. Our friend Aron was awesome enough to go fetch it for us---only to find out that that battery was also dead. SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HECK?! Luckily, one of the gals from the church took some photos, and said she would send 'em to us. So hopefully, we have some kind of record of it.

Drama drama drama.

So as I was saying, we're going to the mall. I was gonna walk, but it's 93 degrees outside... Great for pool weather, not so much for walking a mile or so. (It's a nice walk, but I don't have any nice summer clothes that fit... Not gonna do it in jeans.) I'll walk the mall once we get there, get the exercise that way.

And that's that. Now, I just gotta wait for Jeremiah to wake up and we're good to go (and go we shall!) Ta ta!

Child Dedication Vows

1. Will you do your best to raise this child to honor, revere, and love Jesus Christ?

2. Will you do your best to maintain a home where Jesus Christ is honored and obeyed, where the Word of God is the authority and Jesus Christ is the head?

3. Will you commit this child to God in prayer on a regular basis, trusting God to override your mistakes and make up for your shortcomings?

4. Will you actively rely on the Holy Spirit to raise this child and to incline his or her heart to the Lord?

5. Will you do your best to release this child to the will of God, whatever that might be, without bitterness or resistance?

6. Will you do your best to be living models of what sold-out, committed followers of Jesus Christ should be, so that this child has godly examples to follow?