Here's a shot of Emily pre-baptism. She's getting so big already!
Here is Emily with mommy and daddy. Emily is the 12th person in my family to be baptized in this gown. It is gorgeous and it made the day so much more meaningful and beautiful to know that Emily was wearing the same gown I wore (as well as my dad, his sisters, my siblings and cousins).
Here's our little screamer in the midst of the act of being baptized.
Here you have Uncle Tom (godfather), mommy, Emily, daddy, Aunt Karyn (godmother) and Father Mike Esswein, who performed the baptism.
I love that my sister caught this moment between my grandma, Virginia, me (Carrie Virginia) and Emily Virginia. Simply beautiful.
By now you must be wondering where in the world Ryan was during the baptism since he hasn't been in any photos thus far. :) Well...I won't leave you hanging. He spent most of his time either a) trying to splash in the baptismal font...
or b) opening and closing doors (a favorite pasttime).
That's just the way it works with an almost 3-year old. :) If you ask him about the baptism, he'll tell you that he got to blow out her candle after the ceremony was over, and that we had cake. (Two critical facts from his point of view.)
What a wonderful weekend! More to come soon on non-baptism events over the past few weeks!