Teeny's Baptism
Posted by Kim Colgrove on Monday, July 18, 2011
Under: Family
Sunday, July 17th, was a wonderful day for our little family, Teeny was welcomed into our church family. We were finally able to get the entire family together for a weekend (aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc) and enjoy a fantastic chuch service and a little lunch at our house after.
I love our church. My husband and I were raised in different denominations of the church and it wasn't until I was pregnant with our first daughter that we really set out to find a church home. We took a few exploration classes and decided ours was the one for us. This is our second baptism with them, and I can say it is just beautiful. It was nice to spend a service outside of the "wiggle" room. Tiny is a very active participant in service, she loves to sing (even though she doesn't know the words and every hymm and song turns into "Twinkle Twinkle) and she asks questions about people and things she hears and says. I'm thinking we have a couple more years in the glass room in the back of the church.
Funny side note: A few weeks ago we were walking up to the alter through the main aisle of church to recieve communion. Before hand we had talked with Tiny about how this wasn't a time for talking, mommy was going to hold her, she needed to be quiet, etc. all things to prepare her for our 5 minutes in the main church. So while I'm holding her and walking up she is repeating all our our instructions in her not-so-indoor-voice and many around us are giving knowing glances and kind smiles. Then she looks at the stained glass over my shoulder in the window, it is a beautiful glass of Jesus in a blue robe with a red sash blowing in the wind, and we hear (LOUD) "Mommy, Daddy, look it's Superman!" Stifling my laughter I whisper "No, Baby that's Jesus." She yells, "OH! That's JEEEE-sus." Gotta love two year olds.
It was great to have both sets of family together for the weekend (we even got a little house hunting and a birthday dinner for my father set into the weekend), but I won't lie it is kind of nice to have just our quiet little house again. When everyone left, both girls immediately fell asleep and my husband and I just looked at each other and collapsed onto the couch. I got all the food put away, but the cleaning will wait until tomorrow. :)
I was going to post a picture of Teeny in her pretty little white dress, but my poor second child, I didn't take one picture. Thankfully my dad always has his camera in hand, and I'm sure I will have a few hundred once he edits them.
I love our church. My husband and I were raised in different denominations of the church and it wasn't until I was pregnant with our first daughter that we really set out to find a church home. We took a few exploration classes and decided ours was the one for us. This is our second baptism with them, and I can say it is just beautiful. It was nice to spend a service outside of the "wiggle" room. Tiny is a very active participant in service, she loves to sing (even though she doesn't know the words and every hymm and song turns into "Twinkle Twinkle) and she asks questions about people and things she hears and says. I'm thinking we have a couple more years in the glass room in the back of the church.
Funny side note: A few weeks ago we were walking up to the alter through the main aisle of church to recieve communion. Before hand we had talked with Tiny about how this wasn't a time for talking, mommy was going to hold her, she needed to be quiet, etc. all things to prepare her for our 5 minutes in the main church. So while I'm holding her and walking up she is repeating all our our instructions in her not-so-indoor-voice and many around us are giving knowing glances and kind smiles. Then she looks at the stained glass over my shoulder in the window, it is a beautiful glass of Jesus in a blue robe with a red sash blowing in the wind, and we hear (LOUD) "Mommy, Daddy, look it's Superman!" Stifling my laughter I whisper "No, Baby that's Jesus." She yells, "OH! That's JEEEE-sus." Gotta love two year olds.
It was great to have both sets of family together for the weekend (we even got a little house hunting and a birthday dinner for my father set into the weekend), but I won't lie it is kind of nice to have just our quiet little house again. When everyone left, both girls immediately fell asleep and my husband and I just looked at each other and collapsed onto the couch. I got all the food put away, but the cleaning will wait until tomorrow. :)
I was going to post a picture of Teeny in her pretty little white dress, but my poor second child, I didn't take one picture. Thankfully my dad always has his camera in hand, and I'm sure I will have a few hundred once he edits them.
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