“Once you were all darkness. Now, in the Lord, you are all light.”
So we were at a 4th of July party on the day before Anthony’s baptism and I was complaining good-naturedly to a friend at the buffet table. “What was I thinking, scheduling a baptism for the day after the 4th? I’m going crazy with all this planning!”
Elizabeth is one of the Religious Education teachers at our parish—a beautiful, joyful, faithful gal. She laughed in response to my tongue-in-cheek grumbling and said, “Get him wet! That’s all that matters.”
“Everything else,” she smiled, “Is extra.”
Elizabeth was right, of course, and we have the beautiful baby Christian to prove it.
Anthony is a new creation! (And I’m one tired mom.)
Here he is at that definitive moment, being held by his godmother Ruth Ann.
I love how the startled little hand went up.
“Hey,” he’s thinking. “Where’d all that sin go?”
The gown Anthony’s wearing was hand-sewn by his godmother, by the way.
I want to be her when I grow up.
Remember me and my friend Cathie? If you step in a little closer you can hear what we are saying:
Here’s a close-up of the stars of the show, Anthony and Ellie.
Ellie, on the other hand, is just saying, “Aargh.”
(It’s a grumpy little girl thing. I know it well.)
See how Angela’s little foot is poised and ready in this photo? It’s almost as if she’s about to…oh, I don’t know…run out to the van and step on a cake or something.
What can you do? Angela does nothing in half measures, and that includes stepping over and/or on any boxed goods in her way.
She’s awfully cute, though, and for that reason we choose to keep her.
(Grandma Cathy is glad to hear it.)
Because really, it all goes back to what Elizabeth said. “Get him wet. Get him baptized.”
We are proud to profess it in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
AMDG,
What gorgeous pictures! I feel happy. 🙂
Oh, so beautiful – you are all very blessed – cake-feet and all. 🙂
What a lovely day. And what a blessing to have such gorgeous pictures to remember it by…Little Anthony is getting cuter each and every day.
Beautiful pictures from a beautiful day! Anthony is beautiful…and you look great (wish I looked that good after having a baby!)…Congrats! God Bless!
so gorgeous! I feel like I shared the day with you.
And I grew up in one of those crazy, stepping on cake in the big van type families, and in the end, it's all worth it.
thanks for sharing!
What a beautiful day!! Everyone looks so beautiful! (love the girls' matching dresses!) I do that too, Your Angela will get to wear it 3 years in a row! My 4th girl will get to do the same!
The cake thing….what else could you do, but laugh about it? I hope you didn't cry!!
God bless your sweet little babe!!
God bless you!
What a beautiful pictoral account of the event! 🙂 Love it! (Sorry about the cake, but I am not surprised at how it happened. LOL)
Beautiful, beautiful pictures!! You are all so blessed. Congratulations, dear Margaret!
Beautiful! You crack me up with those picture captions ! Love that cake LOL! Congratulations!
Thank you so much for sharing all these lovely pictures. I'm sniffling now. I always cry at baptisms.
Beautiful day! Yes, get that baby wet. The pomp and parties are unnecessary (fun, but unnecessary). I am continually amazed at the numbers of babies who receive this blessed Sacrament so late because "we had to get Uncle Bob and Aunt Jane here, or we have to schedule the caterer." Bah! Just Baptize the baby.
When I was born, babies were Baptized so early the mothers didn't even go to the church. That's what the Godparents did. They took the baby to the church and they had him Baptized. No pomp, no party, just a blessed Sacrament. I think we should get back to that.
Margaret, I LOVE your blog! I laughed at the cake-incident description… you are so funny.
LOVE all the photos too!
Lucy gets wet next Sunday. Can't wait!
I love this post. Thank you!
Bravo!!
So beautiful in every way! Congratulations to you all!
Those are great, great pictures!
When I was Angela's age I used to swipe icing off the sides of the cake. So I ruined a fair amount of cakes in my day. 🙂
Congratulations to your lovely family and many blessings to Anthony.
Tell me, do you ever take a bad picture?
Why am I a little weepy reading this? Because its been 7 months since I baptized my last baby? Because I so love that sweet smell of the oil on their little head I don't wash them for days after? Because I always feel a little memory of my own baptism day? Because I am so grateful to know that there are other moms who value their child's baptism as I do? Bless you and all your littles!
Love this post. Great pictures, as always. My oldest (and only boy) was baptized on July 5th also (11 years ago)!!
Love all the pictures! You take such great pictures 🙂
Congrats once again on the baptism!
Congratulations to Anthony and his whole blessed family! Such a beautiful collection of photos – they were worth waiting for.
What a happy day! Anthony is so beautiful. And I love his "commentary". His gown is gorgeous – he has a very talented godmother! And his mother is looking quite slim so soon after his birth!
Congrats1 The angels and dancing and we're joining in on a chorus! God is so very, very good
Look at that beautiful, beautiful family! And those boys are getting so tall and handsome! The girls look lovely all matching! Anthony is so very precious! God Bless your family!
Karen E. said it very well! "I feel happy!"
Congrats and blessings to your newest little child of God!
Congratulations on that sweet, clean little soul you've helped bring into the world! (The cake was just one of those extras, anyway, huh?)
Margaret … you have a lot of blessings in your life. I just loved the pictures.
Congratulations and may God Bless little Anthony!