Papillon's Baptism

This past Sunday we officially became members of our new church, and also had Papillon baptized.

Despite the fact that she did not nap in the morning and so had been up for 4+ hours by the time the baptism started, Papillon did great! She was a little wiggly as we were being received as members, but then the Pastor started talking about Baptism, and about her name. Her first and middle names together mean Radiant Friend. And, as if on cue, when the Pastor pointed this out, Papillon straightened up, looked out at the congregation and broke into a huge smile.

Needless to say, the congregation melted. Go Papillon for making about 200 new friends with one smile.

We are so excited to be a part of this church, and to have Papillon officially be a part of it as well.


We had a lot of friends and family come for the baptism. This is most (but not all) of them:

After church we had everyone over to our house for some fun lunch and play time with the newly baptized Papillon.

Papillon's two-year-old friend was a huge help with feeding her her lunch!

We tried to get a group shot of the kids (minus the one who was napping) and this is as good as it got. Everyone is clearly looking at something different.

It was a great afternoon and so fun to see some good friends

who we haven't seen in a while.

And for good measure, Papillon with the Little Guy who slept through the photo shoot from earlier.

Thanks to everyone who came to help celebrate Papillon's baptism!
(and sincerest apologies to those who I forgot to invite)