1. Jacob's Baptism - Sun 3/9/08 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Both G'mas and G'pas came up to Michigan for the event, as well as Jacob's God parents - his Aunt Laura and soon-to-be Uncle Matt. Everyone arrived Saturday, so we all went out to eat dinner to celebrate at Miller's Time Out. Everyone was impressed with Jacob's appetite, as he ate a gigantic plate of turkey & mashed potatoes. On Sunday, we went to the 11 am Higher Ground service - a more contemporary service with a band, stage, etc. It also happened to be the finale of their "American Idol" series of messages, so there was a lot of "extra" happenings in the service. The baptism was at the very end of church, and while Jacob was extremely well-behaved and patient for the first 1+ hrs in the front row, he was about at the end of his rope when they finally got to us. He proceeded to scream and cry while we stood in front of the congregation. He wouldn't let Pastor Rob hold him. Then, with all the commotion, Chris thinks he may have accidentally thrown away Jacob's baptismal shroud. It was a memorable ceremony, at least! We had another meal together at Cracker Barrel afterwards before family had to head back.
Note: We have no pictures of baptism day - we were going to take pictures at church after the service, but as you heard, Jacob wasn't too cooperative at that point...
2. Hanging out with Mom & Dad - inside and outside. Since we've been home with Jacob, we haven't had too many opportunities to play outside. Michigan takes a long time to thaw to reasonable temperatures, and this year was a record snowfall for Battle Creek. Chris did manage to take Jacob on his first tractor ride. We both also attempted to sway Jacob's baseball team preference...
Here are some pictures of Jacob helping Daddy outside...
And here is a picture of Daddy corrupting Jacob...
Jacob practicing the moves Aunt Laura taught him (is that a Cubs hat under his foot???):
1 comment:
Hi Chris and Carie,
I'm Kathy's mom and I read and enjoy your blog. Kathy is going to have Amanda baptised at the end of May because that correlates with a cousin's wedding, so the family will be around. I'm sorry Jacob's baptism was at the end of the long session. What's important is that he was baptised. Your blog is marvelous and so much fun to read. Do you read Kathy's? Those memories of your first trip to Russia must be very precious. God's blessings to your family.
Amanda's Babushka
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