A little over two weeks ago we were lucky enough to have many of our famly and friends celebrate Noah's baptism with us. In true Dieckmann/Mungenast style, it couldn't go off without a hitch and we were without a priest until about 1:40 or so (the baptism was scheduled for 1:00) when we were able to locate the pastor's personal cell phone number in the back of chuch and were lucky enough to get in touch with him on the first try. Not to say we hadn't already tried calling the parish office and tried, unsuccessfully, to locate a phone number for the rectory...again, I digress. Also in true Tom and Lauren style was the fact that, while we made sure we had charged both camera batteries, we failed to take into account that our camera had 2400 pictures on it already (we are now more familiar with the delete button) and was full by the time the baptism began. (Many thanks to Auntie Kelly for snapping pics with what was left of our memory card!) Again, lucky for us both sets of parents/grandparents had cameras with them and both graciously shared their pictures with us (and allowed us to boss them around a little bit afterwards to make sure we got all the pictures we wanted to get.)
I'm a little bummed we didn't think to get a shot of Noah all by himself in full baptismal gown and all (maybe we'll just have to dress hm up in it again sometime--soon--to get the shot.) But we do have some great memories captured.
Here we are all ready for the baptism!
Father Santen let the kiddos help him bless the water, then taught them how to "bless" each other. I think Carrie's comment was something like "going to mass will never be the same." :)
Noah cooperated so well by sleeping through the entire ceremony! He barely even flinched when Father poured the water over his head.
Here we are with Noah's godparents, Aunt Carrie and Uncle Stephen.
After the baptism we came back to our place for an open house. Thank goodness the rain held out and the kiddos were able to burn off some steam in the backyard!
We were so happy to have so many of our family and friends join us for this special occasion. Even Auntie Kelly and Uncle Josh were able to come in all the way from Alabma!!
Couldn't have said it better myself. God Bless Noah. :)
Love to you all!
Lauren, Tom, and Noah
