Dedicated

Over the past month and a half, Maelee has enjoyed visits from and to some of her most dedicated fans: Nana-Lin & Pop-Pop, and her great Too-dad & "Great Nart/Nana Nart" (aka Mary Catherine). She loves them all, and boy, do they just adore her!

Becky's parents (NL & PP) came down over Labor Day weekend, well, just cause they couldn't stand going too long without seeing their little granddaugther! And thankfully, the 5 hr car ride is doable for a weekend visit. We loved every moment and Maelee always enjoys eating out with the family!

Of course, here's a slideshow of more pics from that weekend:



The last weekend of September, everyone came up to witness Maelee's dedication at our beloved Apostles Church. It was a great weekend (with even a surprise graduation party thrown in there for me!!!). Everyone got in some good quality Maelee-time...

We are so thankful that God led us to Apostles and we were delighted to bring our sweet girl in front of our church family to commit and dedicate ourselves to raising her in a God-honoring way. Here's the verse that our pastor, JR, spoke over her that Steve had chosen:

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Rom 8:38-39

It is our deepest desire and prayer that God would draw her to Himself and she would know Him and love Him, and her dedication was such a special commissioning for us to do our part in guiding her to Christ.

Very proud, happy family afterwards!

Here's a slideshow of more pictures from the visit and her dedication:

And here's a video of the dedication:

http://vimeo.com/15748721

Password: Maelee7

And, oh yes- the dress!!! She was a doll. Could her 5 month photo shoot be shot in anything else???

And a slideshow of the "photo shoot," of course...

Finally, Maelee and Becky enjoyed a long weekend with NL & PP while Steve was on the church men's retreat during the 2nd weekend in October, and we enjoyed a quick afternoon visit from TD & NN. While her Nana-Lin was recovering from a nasty hit in the face by a 6th grader-gone-wild-chair-thrower (yes, she was hit in the face by a chair- but she is a trouper!), she was still all smiles for her girls, stitches and all!

We also loved our quick visit with Becky's dear friend Cindy and her sweet little girl and our precious god-daugter, Alli, and Cindy's mom, Deb. It was a fast and furious but FUN weekend!

Maelee sure loves her grandparents and great-grandparents and couldn't resist being all smiles for her Too-daddy...

And a final slideshow of pictures from her last trip to VA:

We feel so blessed by how dedicated they all are to our "little love!"

The Mason household has been crazy these past few weeks, particularly as we will be moving (again!!!), and have had many, many activities filling up our nights and weekends. More to come soon, including M-O-R-E pictures of the happenings during Maelee's 6th month, but for now...

Bye-Bye!