Water Babies

We had a baptism service at our church and I have to say it was one of the best I’ve been a part of. What I loved was that they encouraged everyone to gather around the tank and gave the opportunity for people to share a word or Scripture with the person being baptized. This gave the baptism service a wonderful community feel. Instead of the congregation watching from a distance, we were all a part of affirming the witness of those getting baptized and partnering with them in their future walk. Super cool!

After the service, we ran by the grocery store to pick up some milk and ice cream for a snack. I noticed one of those cheap Barbies for $1. I handed it to Leah and her eyes got wide with wonder. She hugged it right there in the plastic package, so of course we got it for her. Her first Barbie! When we got in the car, Isaiah asked to see it and I handed it to him. Leah about lost herself… she knew that Barbie was hers and she wasn’t sharing! The whole way home we worked on saying Barbie which accomplished by saying a combination of baby and bye-bye. Something like, “Bay-bye”. I’m so happy; my daughter likes Barbies!

Isaiah, on the other hand likes monkeys. We got him the Disney version of Tarzan and he’s been watching it every day for the past couple weeks. Apparently the life Tarzan leads being raised by gorillas looks pretty exciting, because Isaiah has started to tell me, “Mommy, I want monkeys to have me!”

We have some friends that just moved to our area, so we went into Pittsburgh with them on Saturday. Here are pictures of my babies playing by the fountain in Station Square: