Sunday morning...

Today we took Annabelle to church for the first time...

Getting ready before church.

She was pretty adorable in her church dress.

I wish I could say that it was a wonderful experience, but it wasn't the best morning. We decided to try leaving her in the nursery since they have pagers to buzz you during the service if you need to come get your baby. I know this sounds ridiculous, but it was so hard to hand her to strangers and walk away - even for just an hour. All during the service, I kept wishing the pager would go off so that I could slip out and go back to get her! When we went back to get her after church ended, I was mildly scolded by the nursery worker. Apparently, they have a rule that parents aren't allowed to go back behind the check-in counter to get their babies. All I was thinking was that she is my baby, and I wanted to hold her and change her before we left. Being publicly corrected always embarrasses me so much - so we left with me on the verge of tears. Oh well - I will know for next time...

This picture pretty much sums up how we all felt when we got home!

**Grandparents - I promise we didn't put her like this on purpose (and we just left her in the position long enough to laugh and take a picture), it was just how she was situated when Jesse carried her in from the car.