So, in the four months since then, we've been incredibly busy. The week he was born, Jared's brother and family came for Thanksgiving, which we had at our house. Fortunately, we had lots of hands to help host since Charlie was less than a week old. The next week, one of my best friends, Michelle, came up for a visit. It was her first visit since we moved up here and she and I got to share some sweet girl time together. She and I have a long history together, including having lived and worked together, but we really made some very wonderful memories during this trip. I am so grateful she was able to come. My mother and father followed suit the next week and we were spoiled with my mother's cooking, lots of Christmas shopping and a really yummy dinner out with them while Jared's parents babysat. We then took a very short breather and flew to San Diego for Charlie's first Christmas! I can't believe we were able to take him on a trip when he was less than a month old! Jack wasn't even out of the hospital by then! Since Christmas, Charlie has been on 3 more trips to San Diego and too many car trips to Portland to count at this point. He's becoming a very seasoned traveler!
Charlie's Baptism
We decided to do Charlie's baptism in San Diego at the church we were married in and Jack was baptised in. We have been going to this church for a long, long time and leaving our church and finding a new "home" has been one of the hardest parts about moving. The priest, Father Matt, is very special to us. He married us, was one of the first people to visit Jack in the hospital to pray over him, he baptised Jack and we decided to give Charlie his name as a middle name. Fortunately, he was able to baptize Charlie as well. Here are some pictures of Charlie's big day!
This is my best childhood friend, Brigid, me, and Charlie. Brigid has become an amazing seamstress recently and given the amount of time we spent baptizing our dolls and pets as children, it was only fitting that she made Charlie's gown. It is so beautiful and she put so much care into the detail (right down to crosses in the lace edging!):
Our best friends, Jenn and Robby, came in from Texas for the baptism. Jennifer has been my best friend for years and I miss her so much! It meant so much to me that they came out for the big day and were Charlie's Godparents. Sadly, they weren't able to bring their two little girls with them (one of them my namesake and Goddaughter!) but I did get to meet her little baby bump, Addison (scheduled to make her arrival on or about June 7th!).
After the baptism, we celebrated the newest Christian with a brunch hosted by my parents. The weather was beautiful and so many people came to celebrate.
Daphne, with her husband Nick, was one of the leaders of our Engaged Encounter weekend. She and Nick were such an inspiration to us that weekend. I'm so glad we've kept in touch.
Finally, Jack was such a good boy and good big brother during the baptism. It's hard to believe it was only a year and a half since we were celebrating his baptism!
I am so grateful for the gift of my two little boys!
1 comment:
I am looking forward to seeing what you do with the gown! It was great to see you all again and finally meet baby Charlie!
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