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My brother in law and his wife are the godparents of Cordelia and they flew in from CA for the weekend. We all crashed at my in-law's new house in rural VA. Sleep was a little iffy for both Cordelia and Faith, but the baby has the advantage of sleeping whenever she wants during the day.
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The church for the baptism was about an hour from my in-law's house (it's the church where my husband and I got married and where Faith was baptized), so we had to get up pretty early to make it on time. The star of the show wasn't pleased.
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| This is unacceptable Mommy |
Cordelia's little booties were my favorite part of her outfit, but I guess she didn't like them.
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Side note: check out her meaty little thighs! I love them so much.
The actual baptism was interesting, mostly because Cordelia is a quiet and agreeable baby...unless you're giving her a bath. Then she gets Hulk-level angry and screams like a banshee (like the imagery from that mixed metaphor? I sure do) until the bath is done. Then she glares at me for at least 30 minutes about the indignity of having water dumped on her head. As soon as I handed her to the pastor, her face scrunched up and she started screaming and didn't stop until the whole thing was over. Priceless memories.
She got worn out from screaming in front of a packed church of people and passed out just in time for family photos.
My husband's side of the family:
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My side:
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| Faith decided to redeem herself |
Did you go out for NYE or stay in? I went to a neighbor's party at 5:30pm, but left at 6:45pm to get home for toddler bedtime. I couldn't even drink because the baby was due to eat. Pretty wild and crazy stuff.
My church only has baptisms like twice a year or something and we missed the first one because Lena was one week old and we didn't have time. So now we wait.
ReplyDeleteWe WERE going to go out for dinner on NYE but we ended up having an enjoyable time at home. We made pad thai, crab rangoons and watched tv with the baby. I did make sure I put on a sparkly shirt at least.
Wow. Where to start...
ReplyDelete1. Flew in from CA? Damn, it's like you people actually believe in all that mumbo jumbo.
2. Nice apron. Hope you were barefoot also.
3. Cordelia screaming at the pastor? Sounds like she knows what's up. I approve.
4. Your family (both sides) needs some color. Too many white people in one place is bad for the gene pool. I'm surprised your kids don't have 6 fingers.
At least Cordelia didn't pee on the pastor, right?
ReplyDeleteWe don't even have kids and we were lame on NYE. We drank a lot of wine at our place, made dinner...and fell asleep at 10:30. Wild and crazy, right here.
I also love Cordelia's booties. Her thighs are already bigger than Harrison's and I'm jealous.
ReplyDeleteThere really aren't enough pictures of hot Uncle Nick in this post. FIX IT NOW!
ReplyDeleteIf it makes you feel better, Charlotte ripped the microphone off of the pastor when she was baptized. There are pictures of me gasping into my hands and then cracking up as I watched the whole thing.
So far it seems 100% of your commenters were lame on NYE. I'm proud to be the one to change that. I'm lame a lot but that holiday deserves respect.
ReplyDeleteWe called Harrison's thighs the world's greatest stress balls and couldn't stop squeezing them over Christmas. Babies are so weird, if someone did that to me I would punch them.
Clearly my readers are awesome like me and love to be lame :P
DeleteWhat a terrible Mother! You didn't give her the talk about not flashing her undies when wearing a dress - especially when she's heading to church to be baptised.
ReplyDeleteShe's like a Girl Gone Wild already.
DeleteNew here...your girls are lovely :) I was semi-lame on NYE. I did nothing for myself, but I let my kids have friends over and allowed them to stay up past midnight. Right before the clock struck 12, we walked outside to watch the New Year's fireworks off the wharf across the bay where we live. It was cold, but the kids LOVED it. Traveling with a toddler and a newborn...done that a lot. You get a giant prize of some kind. It's grueling and thankless.
ReplyDeleteIf you stayed up to midnight for festive purposes, you are already less lame than me :)
DeleteFaith in the picture with Jeff's family is hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving your metaphors. I'm imagining the hulk with a very girly high pitched scream.
Wow, you're braver than most. And by most, I mean me. There's no religious ceremony that's enough to get me traveling anywhere with my crew at the moment. Your family pictures were lovely though. Love Cordelia's booties :)
ReplyDeleteI was in bed and asleep a half hour after you :) I seriously don't see the reason for staying up that late. But I'm a party pooper so that's my excuse!
ReplyDeleteThere aren't many things cuter than baby chunky-monkey legs - those booties take it over the edge. My Godson spit his soother in the holy water. I was holding him. The Pastor and I gave each other a "what do we do now" look, and he looked more freaked than me, so I dug into the water for the soother, plugged it backed in to stop the screaming, and we continued on.
ReplyDeleteI fell asleep by 11 too. New Years parties are overrated. At least, in my experience they are.
ReplyDeleteI love chubby baby legs too and that apron is SEXY!
We were wild and crazy, too--after everyone took their Tamiflu and antibiotics and Benadryl and the kids went to bed, we watched the first disc of Fellowship of the Ring (because both discs would have kept us up too late) and were in bed by 10 ourselves.
ReplyDeleteThose booties are awesome.
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