My baby is baptized!

What an awesome day! And I feel a sense of relief in knowing that he is baptized now. My mom came out on Thursday (marking her 3rd extended stay with us since Jaymes was born - don't know what I would have done without her!) to help me get things ready for the reception we had at our house after the baptism. Jaymes was baptized on Sunday afternoon in a private ceremony, and Father S. did a great job of making it really special.

My handsome guy.

The cake. Even though I told them how to spell his name, and they had it written down correctly on the order, it was still spelled wrong. They did a pretty good job of sneaking the y in later, though. One of these days I'll get around to explaining why we spell his name that way. I'm sure it will be spelled wrong a lot throughout his life.

He was so good, he slept through the entire baptism, in fact, he slept through the entire day. :)

His blanket is the blanket my grandma (who has passed away) made for my baptism. Isabella used it, too.

Godparents are my brother and sister-in-law, who are expecting their fourth in two months.

I don't know what in the world Isabella is doing, but it's not exactly a good pose for church. She looks a bit like a Vegas showgirl . . .

A small portion from Monte's family came.

My whole family. Most of them came from 4 hours away, and stayed over at a hotel. It was a fun weekend, and Isabella even got to go swimming at the hotel with her cousins.

I'm finally getting used to the fact that we are a family of four now!

I love this one, it's like he's had enough with the pictures.

We had 21 people, and a small house, so since we have an attached double garage, we decided to have the meal out there. We kept the door open between the house and garage, and it gave us plenty of room for everyone. It worked perfectly!

It was an amazing day. For Isabella's baptism, Monte was terribly sick with his Crohn's Disease, and I had post partum depression so bad I couldn't hardly do anything. Everything is going SO much better this time!