This post is way late but the good pics were on the good camera that Jordan is responsible for downloading and sharing with me. I suppose I could learn, but I really like having picture downloading outsourced. So….
Elliott was baptized on Sat, June 8 (between 2.5 & 3 months old) at the 5 p.m. mass at St. Clement’s Church in Lincoln Park by Fr. Ken. We are blessed to welcome him into the Catholic church. He was a doll the entire mass – he even smiled when Fr. Ken dunked holy water on him!
Yes, I'm a complete cutie - I've gotta admit it
When Natalie was baptized, we did practically a 1-hr photo shoot and could barely get a pic of her smiling. By contrast, the pic above was practically the only solo pic where Elliott wasn’t smiling! He is an easy smiler…. smile at him, bop him on the nose, make a goofy noise. All great fodder for a great smile! (Once again, did I use the word fodder correctly?)
You are just cracking me up!
Although we greatly missed Godmother / Aunt Leah, who recently got a FT job working in Alaska, we are thankful that Godfather / Uncle Alex and Aunt Jira had just moved into town and were able to come. (And both sets of grandparents!)
Really, you chose this pic? I'm not even looking at the camera!
(Note from Mom: I chose this picture because it is almost the only one where Natalie doesn’t have a finger up her nose. Yes, what great church etiquette.)
Hey, where's my sis?
At first, I considered this quote from Elliott for the above pic: “Yay! A pic of just me and my mom and dad. This hasn’t happened since the hospital!” However, that totally isn’t Elliott… he absolutely adores his sister and will stop whatever he is doing to look at her. Including eating. (For those of you who knew Natalie when she was just months old, nothing was worth taking a break from drinking milk, so I’m not accustomed to sharing attention during that time!)
We had very nice weather and were also able to squeeze in a trip to the zoo beforehand. I just love the pure joy emanating from Natalie in this pic…
Yipee! The panda!
Loving my Green Bay gear!
Natalie got a ton of comments on her Green Bay t-shirt and skirt – which “matched” Grandma’s shirt too. Who says Bears fans aren’t nice? I guess they are to an adorable 2-year old. We didn’t have any GB gear for Elliott, so we’ll clearly be shopping at the Packer Pro Shop this fall – or raiding cousin Trevor’s old clothes!