What a Blessed day!!

Today was Max's Christening. What a great day!! We had a private ceremony at St. Gabe's and Fr. Fred made it so very special! He baptised all the kids and he married us (10 years ago this year!!!). Max was ADORABLE and didn't fuss at all during the ceremony. He wore the same gown his big brother and big sister wore. I had Aiden and Emmi's names and the dates of their Christenings embroidered on the back of the gown and will do the same for Max, then we can pass it down for their kids to wear. It was so nice to be surrounded by our family and friends. Max's Christening was bigger than the other 2 because we wanted to include all the people who were there for us in the beginning while we waited for all the tests and went to all the doctors appointments. That was a very difficult time for us. We were so very worried but we were surrounded by such wonderful and supportive family and friends. When we found out Max had achondroplasia, these were our support system. We now embrace and celebrate Max and his uniqueness!!!

Aiden was very attentive during the ceremony. Fr. Fred asked him a bunch of questions and Aiden was so proud to be involved. He looked so handsome!! He did his own hair today and it reminded me of how he wore it when he was little. He's such a big boy now! Fr. Fred let him turn of off the baptimsal fountain and put the holy oil away. He was beaming!! He is excited to go into school tomorrow and tell his teacher all about it. He will take in pictures this week for them to talk about Baptism during religion class.

And Emmi was such a cutie today!! She was so poised during the whole ceremony. She was mesmerized by it and stood so quietly with her spotty dog and watched. She looked so beautiful and I was so proud of her!

My sister is Max's Godmother and Eric's brother in law is Max's Godfather. Max is in good hands with both of them! I know my sister is so proud of this title and is already a big advocate for Max!

We all came back to our house after the ceremony for some food and socializing. One of Eric's friends catered the whole thing and that was GREAT!! Not only was the food wonderful, but he took care of all the details and I didn't have to worry about a thing the whole time!! (If you need a great caterer in the Cleveland/Akron area, let me know. I highly recommend him!!)

Now the kids are all snoozing (Except for Max. He is watching Big Bird and chewing on every toy he can get in his mouth!! He is a night owl!) I need to get some sleep too!! Losing that hour today is no fun! But it will be worth it to get more hours of daylight in!