Genevieve's Baptism

We had a beautiful Baptism ceremony for our Genevieve Rose in the middle of our move.  We were so thankful to have almost our entire family in attendance (we missed you Uncle Hunter!).  

Genevieve wore the same Baptismal gown that Mimi wore when she was a baby.  

Just before the ceremony began, Genevieve received a very special addition to her outfit from her godparents, Aunt Jen and Uncle Anthony, a beautiful cross to clip on her gown which she can one day clip to her wedding dress.

Genevieve passed the time before the ceremony began greeting all of her guests.

Genevieve was baptized at St. Patrick's in York, which is the same church where Mommy and Daddy officially met and then eventually got married.  We congregated in the back of the church to begin as is tradition in Catholic Baptisms.

Genevieve received her first blessing from Father Hauser...

...and then walked around the room to be blessed by all of our family and friends...

Cousin Liam

Colin

Miss Sally Beck (I love Colin's leg hanging off Mommy in this shot)

The blessings were probably my favorite part of the ceremony. It was very intimate and you could really feel the presence of God in the room. Following the blessings, we processed to the front of the church for the remainder of the ceremony.

We were blessed by how special Father Hauser made Genevieve's Baptism. He made it personal and had many of Genevieve's cousins help throughout the ceremony.  Genevieve was as sweet as can be the whole time.

Genevieve with her godparents, Aunt Jen and Uncle Anthony

As Genevieve's godmother captioned this photo, "Hey, I just got Baptized!"

Following the church service we continued the celebration with a big party at Nana and Grandpa's house.  They made it really special setting up a giant tent and preparing lots of food.

How gorgeous is this spread??

We were lucky enough to have Mommy and Daddy's godparents in attendance and snagged a photo of Genevieve with each one...

Daddy's godmother, cousin Anne

Mommy's godmother, Great Aunt Grace

Mommy's godfather, Great Uncle Ron (taken at Mimi's house the next day)

We had many other special guests. Unfortunately, we couldn't get photos of everyone but we did our best...

Aunt Erin, Uncle Thomas, and their whole gang!

 

Aunt Veronica 

cousin Anne's daughter, Sarah

Mimi's friends, Sally and Steve, Ann, and Terri

Mommy's friends, Kate and Tess

Aunt Ellen

GG who, as always, got to spend a lot of time cuddling with our little Genevieve...

Colin did a great job the whole day...

hanging out with Mimi

lounging around with Uncle Connor

Mommy was thankful Nana and Grandpa were hosting because it allowed me to lounge around too, and enjoy these special moments with our previous baby girl!

Along with the pin from Aunt Jen and Uncle Anthony, Genevieve also received this precious bracelet to wear from Margie and Gary Liss since they weren't able to attend on the day of her Baptism.

After rolling around in the grass.....

the kids retreated inside from the heat to...

Watch tv...

Play some video games...

And....

Do Uncle Connor's hair....?!?

stay still...

The finished product.

As the party started to die down, the after-party began.  Grandpa lit up the tarte flambe oven and it was game on.

Liam showing off the finished product.

We ended the evening opening the many Baptism gifts from all our family and friends. There were so many special gifts but the most special of all had to be the prayer shawl from Ann Flynn.  She had just received the shawl a few weeks earlier with the passing over her mom, Cass McNulty, who was dear to my heart growing up.  Miss Ann felt it fitting to pass the shawl on to a new generation in giving it to Genevieve.  We will always cherish it.

Mommy and Daddy couldn't have been more blessed to share this special day with all of those closest to us.  I think by the look of joy on Genevieve's face, she agrees.