Baptism!

Today was Ellie's Baptism. Jason's grandfather is a retired Methodist minister and we asked him to baptize her. It was a really special touch especially since he also baptized Jason. My mom made her dress and bonnet and it was beautiful. It was embellished with tatted lace with beads, ribbon, and a beautiful bow on the back.

The morning was a little hectic. We wanted to get to the church early to meet the minister and get Ellie dressed. About five minutes away from the church we encountered a very unusual Sunday morning traffic jam. Eventually we figured out that they were moving a church down the road on a semi truck. It was pretty much unbelievably huge and completely blocked the road. They even had guys that climbed on the roof of the church to lift up the street lights, move branches, etc. Needless to say it added unnecessary stress to our morning but we couldn't do anything about it and did get to the church about 11:05.

The ceremony was great. Ellie's Great Grandpa Hamilton did a wonderful job and it was really special that he was able to baptize Ellie. Ellie cried only a couple of times for about 5 seconds just to let everyone know she was there. She did really well on such a special day for our family.


Afterwords we went to lunch and then had family over to the house for cake and desserts. She was a little fussy at lunch and this afternoon. I think it was just a busy busy day for her and she is spent.


Jason's dad and stepmom came down from Delaware this weekend and we had a really nice visit with them. We were so glad that they could meet Ellie and we really appreciate all of there help over this weekend. We were also so thankful for the rest of the family who came to Ellie's baptism. Jason's aunts and uncles, my siblings, and our parents. We also were so happy to have some great friends with us, my Godmother and Ellie's Godfather Glenn! She is loved!