We had a house full today for M's baptism and belated Birthday celebration. We've had the house torn up the last few days for painting, but T made sure the house was all fixed up (except for the spackle marks on the walls). We had burgers, hot dogs, mac 'n cheese, Southern style coleslaw ala Aunt Kiki, and birthday cake. Entertaining pictures of the birthday girl and her first cake below.
Baptism went very well. The look on M's face as Pastor Ward tilted her back to put the water on her head was priceless: with eyes bulging, her expression was "What the !@#$%?" But she didn't cry or scream. Then she adamantly clung onto me rather than being shown off to the congregation by the pastor. When Ward explained to C that we could use the "baptism box" to store momentos of the baptism, including the candle, C objected that it was on fire. We assured him that we would put out the fire before placing the candle in the box. C whispered to me that he had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the baptism. I told him to go to Oma (which he did) and ask her to take him. But then he returned to the font w/o going to the bathroom. So I held my breath for the rest of the ceremony that he would be able to hold it. He did.
C had an end of year musical at preschool last week. He rehearsed his part at home and made T and I sing along and do the "Father Turtle" lines. In practice, his teacher, Miss Lori, used C as an example to the other children of how to say their lines--loudly and distinctly! He had no trouble being heard the night of the musical and even interrupted a few others to give them mid-musical instructions on how to do it correctly.
M has been crawling up and down the stairs. Usually 3 stairs up, turn to check to make sure you're behind her, one down. If the gate is closed, she'll hang on the top of the gate and bounce up and down with her knees, smiling and laughing. She's taking more of an interest in walking while holding an adult's hands. She takes big steps and walks really fast. She can march in a big circle around our downstairs. It won't be too long until we post the "she's walking" post. T also sees (and FEELS!) evidence of one tooth on the bottom gum ready to break through (a somewhat more precise piece of evidence to back up her assertions that M is about ready to teeth--we're in month 7 of those predictions).
Our blog title "and then there were four" will soon become antiquated as baby #3 appears for first time below! But I think we'll keep the title for a while just to prove how little we know... And that explains the painting reference above: if you plan for four and then have 5 in the family, ya' suddenly need more bedrooms and a freakin' minivan!
Baptism went very well. The look on M's face as Pastor Ward tilted her back to put the water on her head was priceless: with eyes bulging, her expression was "What the !@#$%?" But she didn't cry or scream. Then she adamantly clung onto me rather than being shown off to the congregation by the pastor. When Ward explained to C that we could use the "baptism box" to store momentos of the baptism, including the candle, C objected that it was on fire. We assured him that we would put out the fire before placing the candle in the box. C whispered to me that he had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the baptism. I told him to go to Oma (which he did) and ask her to take him. But then he returned to the font w/o going to the bathroom. So I held my breath for the rest of the ceremony that he would be able to hold it. He did.
C had an end of year musical at preschool last week. He rehearsed his part at home and made T and I sing along and do the "Father Turtle" lines. In practice, his teacher, Miss Lori, used C as an example to the other children of how to say their lines--loudly and distinctly! He had no trouble being heard the night of the musical and even interrupted a few others to give them mid-musical instructions on how to do it correctly.
M has been crawling up and down the stairs. Usually 3 stairs up, turn to check to make sure you're behind her, one down. If the gate is closed, she'll hang on the top of the gate and bounce up and down with her knees, smiling and laughing. She's taking more of an interest in walking while holding an adult's hands. She takes big steps and walks really fast. She can march in a big circle around our downstairs. It won't be too long until we post the "she's walking" post. T also sees (and FEELS!) evidence of one tooth on the bottom gum ready to break through (a somewhat more precise piece of evidence to back up her assertions that M is about ready to teeth--we're in month 7 of those predictions).
Our blog title "and then there were four" will soon become antiquated as baby #3 appears for first time below! But I think we'll keep the title for a while just to prove how little we know... And that explains the painting reference above: if you plan for four and then have 5 in the family, ya' suddenly need more bedrooms and a freakin' minivan!
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