She's 10! And Baptized!

One decade!  It went by so fast.  Over the weekend my daughter turned 10.  I just can't believe it.  She celebrated with three of her best friends who slept over.  They had so much fun together decorating cupcakes, painting nails, playing dolls and swimming in a large blow up pool my husband bought for the occasion.  

This girl is a mixture of both sassy and sweet.  She's very sensitive and emotional, and that makes for a lot of exhausting moments.  However, she's a total mama's girl and loves spending every moment with me.  She's caring and loving.  

I can't believe she's 10 years old and going into the 5th grade.  I do feel blessed to have her in my life, despite those emotional challenges.  

The night of her birthday was also super special because both her and her brother got baptized.  This is something they had been wanting to do for a long time and I wanted to make sure they completely understood what this meant and why they were doing it.  Growing up Catholic, I was brought up believing that babies should get baptized.  Then in my adult years, I learned about "believers baptism."  This is an outward expression of our inward faith.  Having already given our lives to Christ we are showing others what we committed too.  It symbolizes our belief, just like a wedding band symbolizes the commitment we made to our spouse.  

I'm so, so proud of them!  After my daughter finished she said, "I want to do that again!"  

 "So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ" -- Galatians 3:26-27