Alanna's baptism
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celticdragonflyYesterday was Alanna's baptism. It was wonderful that we had a whole bunch of people joining us there for it. Mary and Bruce are her godparents - they've been so wonderful for Maggie and Jamie, I know she's a lucky little girl.
My sister and my parents came in from out of town for it.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fordprfct was there, and his mother Linda came.
Alanna was wearing a knitted set I made for her - all in white, christening gown with hearts, lace socks, and a lace cap with a purple ribbon. We got pictures, but I may want to do more later - we never did get a picture of her with the cap on. It was coming off as we went up front for the baptism, and I just hadselenite keep it, since we were about to need to take it off anyway - and he'd been chasing Jamie after service, and by the time he got back to be in pictures I didn't get the chance to ask for it back.
One of the traditions in our church is that each child gets a faith chest, a lovely wooden box with her name on it. Hers is lovely. Right now it has her baptism candle, the cloth used to dry her head, the day's bulletin, and her outfit is going into it. My sister sang a hymn I'm fond of for the offertory, and I'll put the music for that in there, too.
According to the Yarn Harlot, "There is an old adage that claims that if an expert knitter places knitting needles in a babys hands, the child will be clever at knitting." I'd been thinking of asking Mom to do that - but by the time I was done with her whole ensemble outfit, I was feeling pretty good about my abilities! So Mom and I put needles in her hands together after the service. She grinned once she had them.
Pictures are here
Probably my favorite picture - because we got a great big smile from Alanna.
Afterwards we all went back to the house, talked, ate, played card games, and generally had a lovely time. Alanna got held by lots of people. Her Granddad in particular gets a lot of smiles out of her.
My sister and my parents came in from out of town for it.
fordprfct was there, and his mother Linda came. Alanna was wearing a knitted set I made for her - all in white, christening gown with hearts, lace socks, and a lace cap with a purple ribbon. We got pictures, but I may want to do more later - we never did get a picture of her with the cap on. It was coming off as we went up front for the baptism, and I just had
selenite keep it, since we were about to need to take it off anyway - and he'd been chasing Jamie after service, and by the time he got back to be in pictures I didn't get the chance to ask for it back. One of the traditions in our church is that each child gets a faith chest, a lovely wooden box with her name on it. Hers is lovely. Right now it has her baptism candle, the cloth used to dry her head, the day's bulletin, and her outfit is going into it. My sister sang a hymn I'm fond of for the offertory, and I'll put the music for that in there, too.
According to the Yarn Harlot, "There is an old adage that claims that if an expert knitter places knitting needles in a babys hands, the child will be clever at knitting." I'd been thinking of asking Mom to do that - but by the time I was done with her whole ensemble outfit, I was feeling pretty good about my abilities! So Mom and I put needles in her hands together after the service. She grinned once she had them.
Pictures are here
Probably my favorite picture - because we got a great big smile from Alanna.
Afterwards we all went back to the house, talked, ate, played card games, and generally had a lovely time. Alanna got held by lots of people. Her Granddad in particular gets a lot of smiles out of her.
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