Today was Marianna's baby dedication at our church! We were excited that all of her grandparents were able to be there. My dad read her life verse at the service and presented Marianna with her great grandmother's (Marianna Burger) bible. We chose to give her the same life verse that we gave the boys which was also Derek's life verse that his parents gave him. Now we have adopted it as our family verse!
Proverbs 3: 5-6
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight."
Below is the paragraph that was read at the service as well as the pictures from the day:
"The
day we found out that we were expecting baby #3 we were surprised, excited, and
terrified all at the same time! We
couldn’t believe that our family was going to expand once again!
At
our 20-week ultrasound, I just knew we were going to find out that it was
another boy. To my surprise and
great delight, the ultrasound tech confirmed that this baby was indeed a
girl! We immediately knew what her
name would be since it had been our “girl option” for both of our other
pregnancies.
After
a super quick delivery, our Marianna Kate arrived on June 3rd
weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces and
measuring 20.5 inches in length!
She
is lovingly named after two of her great grandmothers, Marianna Burger and Bonnie
Kate Scarbrough. Today she
is wearing a gown given by her maternal grandmother, Melinda Snyder, that both
of her big brothers also wore in their dedication services in this very
room.
We
praise Jesus for our precious little girl and are so thankful that we can trust
in Him for the plans of our life.
We pray that God will use us to lead Marianna to him, and that she will
one day trust in the Lord with all of her heart."
