Lily is at that fun age where her teeth are falling out of her head.  SO gross.  She has now lost 6 and it doesn't seem that any of them have been by a conventional method.  Jason told me to write it down so I don't forget this.  He's right, so here goes. 

She lost her first tooth eating a muffin.  She ate the tooth.  We wrote a note to the tooth fairy explaining the situation.  Later she had another dangler.  Jason actually pulled that one.  Relatively normal.  That was #2.  Tooth #3 we can't remember what happened to.  Guess that's why he wants me to write this stuff down.  Tooth #4 we decided to let her pull herself.  She tied a string to it and went to the other room.  She came back a few minutes later and had the tooth in her hand.  Tooth # 5 she decided to punch out of her head. It was successful.  I told her it wouldn't work, she smiled at me with the missing tooth and informed me it already did work.  That brings us to tooth #6.  She was jumping on the trampoline with Phoebe and her friend from school, Kayla.  Phoebe jumped on her head and out shot #6!  I didn't even know that one was loose.  The last 3 have been lost in about one week. 

She's pretty pumped because she can brush her teeth in half the time now!  Funny kid!

Well, after Jason and I decided to become members at Dayton Avenue Baptist Church, we realized we needed baptized.  I was baptized as an infant by sprinkling and Jason had been baptized by sprinkling as a believer.  Either way neither one of us had been baptized by immersion.  Something we both wanted to do.

This past Sunday, we got to stand in front of our families and new friends at DABC and publicly profess our faith.  We decided to have our testimonies printed in the bulletin.  I'm glad we did it that way.  I always forget something when I speak in front of large groups. 

Here are our testimonies:

Jason’s Testimony

Things have always just fallen into place for me.  I am blessed with two loving parents who were and continue to be very involved in my life.  I wasn’t a bad kid, but I did have my fair share of trouble.  I was blessed with a great wife, a good job and life was just cruising by.  Jesus Christ was not on my radar.  Actually, I was fairly resistant to anything to do with church. 

Thanks to the love and courage of my brother-in-law, DeWayne Sowell, I asked Christ into my life April 17, 2004.  We talked, prayed, laughed, and cried that day.  I had no idea how much I was in need of something more.

Since that day, I became a member of Cedarville United Presbyterian Church.  While there, I served as trustee, helped with the youth group, and participated on several mission trips. 

This past summer we started visiting other churches, hoping to fuel our fire.  That is an awful process, fortunately, God brought my family here.  In the past several months, Dayton Avenue Baptist Church has totally embraced my family and rekindled my flame for Christ.  I look forward to raising  my family in this church and am honored to be immersed with my wife today.

Beki’s  testimony

I was raised in a Presbyterian church by parents who love each other and love the Lord-- What a blessing!  Being raised in church also means you kind of just assume you are saved.  I was in that group. 

That is until I was 11 and found myself at church camp with a counselor.  It was at that time I sat down and we talked and I realized that I was a sinner and without accepting Christ into my heart, I was destined for hell.  Right then I prayed with that counselor to have Jesus come into my heart and wash away my sin. 

All was well.  Later in life I really started to stray.  I was so preoccupied with being accepted and being “cool” that I really didn’t have time for much else. 

It wasn’t until I was pregnant with our first child that I realized there was a lot more to God than I had previously considered.  Something about the miracle of a baby really makes you think.  I decided to rededicate my life to Christ.  I began attending church and Bible Study regularly.  I also began a relationship with Christ which is the only place I have found to go to be completely accepted even with all my inadequacies. 

God has a funny way of working.  For two years He was telling us to go to a new church.  We were resistant.  It is hard to leave your childhood church.  We finally heard Him telling us to “GO.”  So we began looking for a church.  We visited several and when we got to this church, He told us this was it.  I’m not really sure why or what He has in store for us, but I’m so excited to find out! 

I’m so happy to be baptized by immersion with my husband today.  This is something I have been struggling with for several years.  I really feel this is something God wants me to experience.  I’m glad to be a part of this family.  I’ve never felt so accepted and welcomed before.

Here are the pictures:

What a special day.  I will never forget doing this with my husband in front of my new church family.  Thank you to all that stood up on our behalf.  So moving! 

And finally, a picture of all the princesses Meemo made the Christmas dresses for:

Well, today was the day.  Lily donated her hair to Locks of Love.  She decided she was ready to do it.  So after nap, we went to Cutting Edge of Cedarville - Brittany (Highly Recommended) and had it cut off.  This is a 11-12 inch donation.  She had this done last in April of 2008.  She sat perfectly still and got really bouncy after it was cut!  She's so excited to help some other little girl.  I like it short, but I won't lie.... I was a bit sad and possibly teary last night when I realized she was really going to do it. 

So grown up and pretty!