During the weekend of December 8-9, my family headed into town for Madeline's baptism. My parents came up Friday night, and thus were able to attend the annual Breakfast with Santa that is the major fundraiser at Joseph's school each year.
We were a little late to the breakfast, so we had to eat quickly in order to make it through the activity stations and get our pictures taken with Santa. Joseph was definitely hungry that morning, as he plowed through his first plate of pancakes and was halfway through his second before I even got a chance to start eating! I think he ended up devouring 5 pancakes before giving up.
Mmmm!
Madeline didn't get to enjoy any pancakes, but she was a super good sport anyway.
Joseph has been telling everyone that he wants a fire engine for Christmas. And not just any (because he already has a fire engine for his train table, one in his fish tank a small, hand sized one and a rescue vehicle one), but a "this big" (arms way outstretched) fire engine. Hopefully Santa's sleigh can handle such a big truck!
Oh, and what does Maddie want? He had to stop and think for a minute, pondering that Madeline would actually even want anything. His final answer? A fire engine and a helicopter. Suspicious choices for a 3 month old girl, don't you think? :)
At least he's still willing to share the love and give her plenty of kisses in front of Santa.
No screaming kids this year! While he wasn't really sure what to make of Santa by himself at first, he cuddled up to the big man after a few minutes and I even managed to capture a few cute smiles.
Later in the day Ashley, Mikael, Mason and Jen came into town. Papa started giving Mason pony rides, and Joseph decided to hop on. The boys definitely were having a blast playing together! I think this was the first time Joseph realized that Mason might soon be old enough to play with him.
On Sunday, December 9th, we all gathered at our church, Old Mission UMC, to have Madeline baptized. Jill and Gary joined us, along with Kyle's parents, Deb and Paul Christiansen.
Madeline was asleep when we arrived, took in the music for a bit, and then we started to get her dressed - my mom still has the baptism gown my sisters and I all wore, so we opted to dress her in it, instead of the gown Joseph wore. Ours is definitely more "girly," with some pink flowers and piping on the dress.
She seemed like she was happy to participate, until we told her she'd be getting wet...
In reality, she did fantastic. I knew there'd be a good chance she'd be getting hungry while at church, but she stayed very calm throughout the baptism.
Ashley and Mikael were there with us, as Madeline's godparents.
We had everyone over after church for a little lunch and to visit, and my parents picked this cake up, as I had run out of time to order one.
Joseph was quite excited about the prospects of eating cake, and managed to sneak some licks of frosting before he got his own piece.
It was a great weekend, and we were glad to be able to celebrate Madeline's baptism with so many family members!
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