Well, his sacrament of baptism was completed. Julian had an emergent baptism before his pyloric stenosis surgery in St. John's Children's Hospital at 3 weeks old. He still needed the part of the ceremony with the Godparents and everything but the holy water.
Choosing Godparents was a lot harder this time. With Amelia, it was given that my sister & Alex's brother would be her Godparents. Alex chose his cousin, Piotr, in Poland as Julian's Godfather. I chose my cousin, Monica, as his Godmother. We knew Piotr wouldn't be able to come in for the ceremony, but were excited that Monica (and her sister Cristina) were going to fly in!
Mother Nature had other plans. A little thing called Hurricane Irene prevented Monica & Cristina from flying in for Julian's baptism. *sigh* We would have LOVED to have them here, but what can you do?
Alex's mom and brother came in from Michigan for the baptism. My sister was still in town. Luckily, we had stand-in Godparents!
The ceremony was nice. A few interesting tidbits:
- We thought Julian would be the oldest, but he ended up being the youngest of 3 kids being baptized.
- Julian fell asleep 2 times during the ceremony.
- Amelia kept singing, "Happy Birthday dear Jesus!" and was convinced there were fish in the baptismal font.
- The deacon performing the baptism got holy water in Julian's eyes and hair.
- Julian's baptismal tux was sewn by my mom.
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| Uncle Mickey & Julian |
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| Us with Julian |
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| With the Deacon & Stand-in Godparents |
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| Daddy & Julian |
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| Our guests at the church |
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| Cheese Amelia |
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| Kim, Amelia, Mickey, & Julian |
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| Mickey, Amelia, Julian & Babcia |
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| My family |
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| Julian's outfit |
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