A Blessed Day

This morning at church, we finally had our son Lucas christened. It was a LOT later than I had hoped, as he is over a year old now. But the past year has been so crazy busy for us. And, I really wanted for Lucas' godparents to be able to be here with celebrate with us, so this turned out to be the best time.

I was a little concerned about how the service would go. With his first birthday, it seemed as though Lucas had developed a little bit of separation anxiety. Our pastor loves to walk around the church with the newly baptised child and talk about the importance of the childrens's programs we offer. And, I was afraid Lucas would get upset if he walked away from us. But, he did not at all. It may have helped that he had met Pastor John previously, so he wasn't necessarily a "stranger". My other fear was that my children would disrupt the service. The motto of our church is "where children are seen and heard". But, this doesn't mean that a baby babbling, or a toddler yelling through an entire service does not annoy some people. We really wanted Tyler to be a part of the service too, so we opted to keep him in church with us. He did okay for the first part of the service, but after the baptism was over, he got a little antsy. So, we opted to take him to the nursery. We kept Lucas with us, but he too was quite jabbery during the Praise Team's performance. Pastor John came over to talk to him and whisper to us that "we mean it when we say where children are seen and heard". But, since we were sitting in the very front of the church, and they had had a little problem with Pastor John's sound system in the earlier part of the service, we opted to take him to the nursery, as well.

The service was so nice though, and we are so happy that the Taffoni's were able to share the day with us. Thanks Lucy, Matt, Larkin and Matthew for making the long trip!! Oh, and no, the dresses were not planned. Lucy and I were not the only one sending coordinating dress. Two members of our praise band, as well as my mother, were also dressed similarly, and the Pastor joked that he must have missed the "memos" that were sent out. :)

Thanks to my sister we have some pictures from the actual baptism...

and these were taken outside after church. I forgot to mention that Lucas was also battling a little virus today. Not only had he been up on and off since 4:30 am, but he also had an elevated temperature. This accounts for him not looking like his usual, cheerful self, and the absence of an entire group shot. He simply was NOT having it!!