Allie's Baptism

We had Allie baptised in the church today. It only took us three tries to finally get one of our children baptised as an actual infant! (Robbie was almost a year old, and Scottie was 2 when he was baptised.) My cousin, Barbie, and her fiance, Greg, are Allie's Godparents. Allie was lucky enough to wear the same gown for her special day that Barbie wore many years ago when she was baptised, too. So a very special hand-me-down for Allie and me this morning (thanks, Aunt Mare)!

After many comments from Ron and Poppy about the "Little House on the Prairie" bonnet that she wore, we left the house to head to the church. My mom and I simply LOVED Allie in this adorable hat, no matter what the boys all said! (Thank you again, Aunt Bev!)

She was simply an angel in the church. Pastor Ian Rankine baptised her and she went to him, all smiles, as he spoke of what baptism means. At one point, she turned her head as if she was actually listening to what he was saying. That expression of rapt attention was then quickly replaced by a huge baby yawn. The whole congregation laughed! Ian even asked Robbie and Scottie if they would play their part in helping Allie to understand that God loves her very much and they both responded with an enthusiastic high five to the pastor!

We then came back to the house for a small brunch with Ron's awesome egg, cheese, sausage, ham, and hash brown casserole. (Simply the best breakfast ever! There was almost some fighting over it!) And Allie got her very special hand-knit blanket from Nana today, too. This has become a tradition borne out of necessity since our children have all become so attached to these very special blankets that Nana has had to knit backups for them when they get worn out!

Allie must have known that the party was all about her because she refused to take her morning nap. Instead, she wanted to be held so she could be part of the party. We all had a great day!