We overcame a few minor obstacles this morning and had a great private baptism for Stella. She didn't cry until the deacon got some water in her eyes, and then she stopped just as soon as I wiped them dry. She looked so cute in her little dress, too. Nicholas did well considering we had to go to the later mass, the mass ran quite long, and then he had to stay longer for the baptism. I did manage to get him a donut after mass to hold him over until lunch. He was still as rambunctious as ever. You can see he didn't make any of our pictures. I don't really know where he was. He loved the Baptismal Font, though. He was hanging over the marble sides dragging his arms in the holy water!!! Did that about 5 or 6 times...that I saw.
After the deacon made the sign of the cross on her head, he poured some of the Chrism on her head and then rubbed it in. Shawn and I are just about frozen because we can't believe how much he poured on her head. It was a LOT! A whole lot. Poor thing. She smells great, but her hair is so greasy : ) (If you don't know, Chrism is a heavily scented olive oil used to anoint people. Most people LOVE the smell of it. We do.)
3 comments:
Katie,
I am a friend of Shawn's from the Academy and I also flew with his cousin Matt in McGuire. I hope you don't mind, but I got your blog from JJ Killins (Ron was also a friend). Congratulations on the baptism! You have a very beautiful family and it was awesome to get to see pictures of what Shawn has been doing all these years. If you guys are interested, our blog is http://chicolovesmariah.blogspot.com/ Please tell Shawn he is a wuss for me and I am sorry to introduce myself in this lame way!
Chico
Congratulations Stella! Welcome to the family!
Very classy as usual Kate!
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