Baby Bright Eyes And A Baptism And A Bat

We had SUCH a nice day!

Our sweet little 

BABY BRIGHT EYES got BAPTIZED

I am gonna apologize right up front for 

the quality of these pictures-I don't

know WHAT happened-

but, they are worse than usual...

and-yes-that IS possible!

I did NOT get very good pictures of her in the

Christening Gown

so I will post some of those when I get the ones

my daughter took.

The service started with this-

After her Godparents answered some questions

she was baptized.

Here she is on the altar at the baptismal fountain

with Mom & BigBoyE.

Yes- that is my daughter's REAL hair color and the 

curls are all natural.

Although the sun is hitting it here and making it GLOW!

People always ask. her about her hair.

.Here is a true fact~

When she was about 3 years old someone asked her

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT RED HAIR?

She responded:

I was running through HELL and my hair caught fire!

We have no idea, to this day, where she heard

that or why she said it....

That's our Mimi -

or Naughty Mouth as we used to call her.

.

After the service the pastor sat down on the altar

and told the "little people"

that were sitting on the floor

watching the whole process

all about BAPTISM.

Isn't that sweet?

Afterwards~ we went back to my daughter's house

for a seriously

DELICIOUS BRUNCH.

There was quiche and fruit and 

strawberry spinach salad

and a waffle bar and cake.

Someone who shall remain nameless CJK

MIGHT  have stuck a finger in the frosting...

See the evidence for yourself...

The finger might be licked clean but AH-HA

CAUGHT!!!

The whole house was decorated beautifully

for our little girl's special day.

If you are smart you can 

FIGURE OUT what 

Baby Bright Eye's REAL NAME is!

There were sweet little tulle bows here and there.

She was awake for the service 

and for a while afterwards.

I love the way her little tongue is always

peeking out of her mouth.

Mama put her down in her swing and

she slept the afternoon away.

AND

Lest you think I was the OLD BAT in the heading

I want you to know that someone else was

THE BAT today.

WHO but MY SON would show up wearing

BAT WINGS?

I guess he misread the invitation.

Hey, dopey- It was a BAPTISM

NOT a

BAT-TISM!

WHO Wears White Other Than A Bride? How About a BABY?

Well, my friends~

We have something special going on this weekend.

Yes We Do!

Can you guess where I am going?

I am taking this with me!

Our Baby Bright Eyes is getting christened.

Yes she is!

Her name has been added 

to the bottom of the gown,

along with those that were baptised before her.

My oldest son & his baby sister 

were baptised together

in 1976!

Their names  and birth date were the first ones embroidered 

on the bottom of the gown.

I made the gown and the matching coat 

when I was pregnant.  

I wanted an heirloom that 

could be handed down from

generation to generation.

Here is the top of the  coat.

Here is a bit of the detailing on the sleeves

The lace is Irish lace from my 

grandmother's sewing basket.

Here is the bottom of one side of the coat.

This is the best I could do to get the whole thing

laid out.

Down one side took me 72 hours to embroider.

The coat is lined and the dress has an attached slip.

Everything is French seamed.

This is the bottom of the dress pulled back to 

show the slip.

There are now 16 names embroidered on the bottom

of this gown that was made with a 

Vintage Vogue pattern.

It is about 3 feet long from top to bottom.

So....tomorrow....

our sweet little Bright Eyes will be 

CHRISTENED in the same gown her Mama wore 37 years ago.

WHAT?  OH! MY!

How did I get to be this old?

Oh- and what does one wear 

UNDER a CHRISTENING GOWN?

Why a cute little Onesie, of course!

Here is CharlesInCharge who took his turn 2 years ago.

I can't wait to see our little 

BRIGHT EYES

all dressed for her christening.

I wonder if she will sleep through it?

So- I will be home late Sunday night.

Leave the light on for me, will ya?

Have a wonderful weekend!

Pictures on Monday!

A SWEET CHEEKS QUICK QUOTE-Concerning Baptism

If you read my blog daily you know

that we kept the girls for the weekend.

MyHero was on call so that meant

two cars for church and a different

church than we usually attend.

Our grandgirls are being raised Catholic

by their wonderful parents.

The church we attended on Sunday

was a non-denominational church.

On the way over, 

SweetCheeks expounded on 

LOVING GOD

and that if you love God and 

have him in your heart 

you will go to Heaven.

PLUS 

YOU HAVE TO BE BAPTIZED.

When we got to church we discovered that

it was Baptismal Sunday.

If you were a believer and wanted to be

baptized you could be baptized there

in a tub set up on one side of the altar.

SweetCheeks had only ever seen

babies BAPTIZED in the Catholic Church.

The head is wet with Holy Water there.

She remembers seeing her cousin,

CharlesInCharge baptized.

SweetCheeks was quite impressed with the fact

that a GROWN PERSON would get in tub of water

like that in front of a church.

On the way home, the girls were discussing it.

SweetCheeks:: Nana, I never saw a real

BATHtism.

Lulu corrected her:  It's a BAPTism, SweetCheeks,

NOT a BATHtism.

SweetCheeks:  Lulu!  It's a BATHtism,

Didn't you see the tub?

Lulu just rolled her eyes.

As for me?

Well, personally, I think it makes perfect sense.

I'll be here tomorrow with the 

PICK YOUR FAVORITE results.

Baptism Sins And Smiles

Our friends, 
Rocco and Amy Canadeo 
had their two children.
Natalia and Giovani,

baptized in church last Sunday.
Yes-I know- I know-
I usually use CODE NAMES but Amy said it was okay.
Now I hope Rocco doesn't hunt me down and hurt me.

Isn't this a beautiful family?

Natalia is wearing a beautiful 

dress her Mom found for her.

It has little crystals sewn all over it.

Sweet Cheeks acknowledged that it

was a 

BEEYOUTAFULL DRESS.

However, not to be outdone she

showed Natalia her necklace.

Here she is showing if off.

That's pretty, said Natalia.

SweetCheeks smiled with pleasure.

Thank You! My Mom's friend

bought it for me in Paris (true)

and it is REAL DIAMONDS.

(so her friend told her).

Now that was NOT a sin because

she did not know she was lying.

See the church is still standing 

behind her...(and behind me-whew)

Don't ya love that "windblown" look?

This is not our church but it is beautiful and we

were honored to have been invited to 

attend this special family event.

So-wondering what the sin was?

Well, I think it is illegal in the 

state of Wisconsin for first cousins

to kiss in church-

At least that is what I heard!

Ask if HE cares!

Some sweet little girl pictures.

What's worse than being cousin kissed?
Being in the center of a 
Cousin's Sandwich!

Doesn't BigBoyE look like he is in pain?
I will be back with some 

more staging pictures tomorrow-

Lord willing and the church still standing!

Baptizing The Baby

I know I have showed this

Christening Gown

 to you before.

I made it when I was pregnant

with my first daughter and now 

our newest baby grandson

CJK

has been baptized in it.

He is number 14 to have

been christened in it.

The lace is Irish and is from

my grandmother's sewing supplies.

The stitching is all satin stitch

and I had 72 hours going down

one side of the overcoat.

We were not able to be

here for the Christening

but we did get some pictures.

This was on FaceBook 

so I can show it here.

I usually do not post pictures

of this grandson and I never

post pictures of my

daughter-in-love

because of her job with

the federal government.

Look how cute this boyo is

Look how proud his Daddy is!

Are those the cutest cheeks you ever saw?

The baby cheeks not the

big boy cheeks!

The gown is all hand embroidered and 

each child that has been baptized in it

has their name and birthdate 

stitched along the tucking at

the bottom of the gown.

Here is the sweet little onesie that

slips under it.

I am so blessed to have 

grandbabies to fill this gown!

And say....

While I am thinking about it-

I think they need to feed this baby,

don't you?

Couldn't you just kiss that little face off?

Have a blessed Sunday!