Cooper's Dedication

On top of Cooper being sick we also had his dedication scheduled at church. The pastor in the church that I grew up in (also the pastor that married Jason and I) took another job and is leaving First Baptist. We wanted Cooper to be dedicated by David Washburn because our church in Frederick doesn't do "dedications". Also, we have a strong connection to that pastor since he did our wedding ceremony. So, since he was leaving, we had to hurry up and schedule a weekend before the middle of November when he was scheduled to leave. Little did we know we would have a sick baby. 

The week before Cooper has been to the doctor 2 times because he has had a high fever for about a week. They told us that it was a virus and to wait it out. Friday we were so thankful that he started getting better and his fever was down and everything would be fine for his dedication. We though things were looking up....WRONG!!!! As soon as we got out of the car at my parents house Cooper got SO sick, spiked a fever again, and became dehydrated because he couldn't keep anything down. We thought we were going to end up in the emergency room. By Saturday evening Cooper was looking better and appeared as though he would be able to make it through the church service. 

Luckily he did make it through the service without a peep. He did such a good job and he was SOOOO tired!!!! Notice we had to keep the pacifier in his mouth to keep him happy and keep him from melting down during the service. Cooper also looked super cute in his sports jacket, if I do say so myself:)

 Cooper, with Reverend Washburn

Family pictures right after church

Closing in on nap time....hurry with the pictures Mom!!!

Love this sweet face.

 My boys!

Look at that smile!

Checking out his new cool stuff. He got a blanket with his bible verse stitched on it and Jason and I got him a Children's Bible and had the pastor write a note in it. We also decided to buy a copy of "Oh The Places You'll Go" and have it signed and written in by people commemorating important milestones in his life, dedication, baptism, teachers at school, etc. and we plan to give it to him when he graduates.