Baptism and More

First of all, we want to congratulate Walter and Kim on the birth of their daughter, Scarlett Rose. We are so happy for you guys and wish we were there to hold the little peanut. You are in our thoughts and prayers as you recover from the labor (Kim) and begin this new adventure.




We are doing well here. Mom and Dad will probably get on the road tomorrow as they are anxious to see their new granddaughter. In fact, they were originally going to leave on Saturday, but ever since Scarlett was born, mom keeps moving the departure time up. First it was Saturday, then it became noon on Friday, and now it's early Friday morning. I keep wondering if she's going to change it again and just get on the road tonight! We will be sad to see them go.




Jonah and Caleb are both doing just wonderfully. Jonah gets better with his little brother each passing day. Today he helped Luke burp him, and he was with me as I changed a couple of Caleb's diapers. He'll kiss the baby now, which is so cute. So he really seems to be adjusting well. Caleb is the sweetest baby. He still sleeps all the time, and during the day he has to be awakened after 3 hours for a feeding. At night he usually gets up once around 2 or 3 in the morning, and then he sleeps until 6 or 7. It's hard to believe! We have sure been blessed.



Some pictures and videos for you... enjoy!

Enjoying cuddly moments with Caleb

Caleb isn't the only one who likes the Moses basket

Here's more proof that these two always fall asleep when they cuddle together

I don't know how many of you have seen a Moby wrap, but I received one as a gift when I was pregnant with Jonah. I've been practicing with it around the house so that when I need to leave with both kids, I'll be able to put Caleb in it and Jonah in the stroller!

Here's Jonah after eating a black bottomed cupcake

Proud Dad and happy son

A couple close-ups of Caleb

And now for some pictures of the Baptism... Caleb's Godparents are Dan and Andrea, so mom was proxy for Andrea. Here we were listening to Fr. Colum's homily, which was beautiful!



Anointing the baby



The big moment









Fr. Colum was so proud.

After the ceremony, Fr. Colum wanted to consecrate the baby to the Blessed Mother, so he led us in prayers by the statue.

Jonah enjoying his time with Grandma and Grandpa. He is going to miss them, that is for sure!

And some videos...