A Hoppy Life: October 2, 2011 - Maxwell's Baptism

Okay this is a little late but I feel like I should post something regarding Maxwell’s baptism. Really there isn’t much to say – it was a nice day – okay the weather sucked and it was raining but to have family together and to welcome Maxwell into the Catholic Church made it a nice day.

Max’s Baptism was different than any other Baptism that I had been to, in that there were many babies being baptized at the same time. Five babies I believe and I believe Maxwell was the only boy! We sat in the pews and each repeated what the priest asked for and then each took our turns visiting the Baptismal fountain. Max slept through the entire ceremony except when he got water in his eyes during the dunking – okay it was really a dunk it was just water being pour over his head. However, he didn’t cry. He is such a good boy. He looked confused but he didn’t cry! He then promptly returned to his slumber.

He wore the cutest little outfit. I had a hard time deciding what he should wear and was very happy with my choice. I choose a knitted white pants and sweater outfit versus a dress/sleeper outfit. I choose this because he is such a big boy. If he was smaller – say newborn size – I may have chosen something different – say one of the dressy things. I definitely wasn’t going to get one of those white, silky, mini-tuxedos. Oh gosh, those are horrible. I’m sorry it’s just not my style and if anyone has put their child in that type of outfit – I’m terribly sorry if I’ve offended you – like I said not my style. I think he looked adorable. I even got him some Gerber white booties… which of course fell off half way through pictures.

Maxwell’s godparents are my sister, Alexandria, and Kevin’s brother, Kyle, who just happened to be our Best Man and Maid-of-Honor at our wedding. We believe they will do a good job in Maxwell’s spiritual growth, although Samantha (my baby sister & godchild) was quite disappointed that she wasn’t given the honor and we have promised her that she will get to do it next time. Love her!

It’s so funny to watch Samantha and Alex fight over Maxwell, Kevin and I can’t get enough of it. I just wish they lived closer, it would be nice to have a 24 hour on call babysitting service, as it stands now I feel guilty to ask Memaw – Kevin’s Mom – to baby-sit on the weekend because she already watches Max twice a week. So I don’t want to do that. Oh well, I’ll just take advantage of them when I visit Sandusky.