We baptized our handsome son yesterday, June 13, 2009. This has been a long day in planning. I was so happy with how everything turned out. Peyton looked quite stunning in his baptismal outfit, not that I'm partial! :) Peyton was baptized with two others at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Clovis, the church I grew up in. He behaved very well and even smiled when water was poured over his head. I have a sneaky suspicion that our little boy knew what was going on!
Following the baptism, we had a luncheon at my parent's home. The display of food looked wonderful. I normally can make up my mind fairly quickly about details, but I was not the same person in planning for this celebration. I kept calling around different restaurants to cater our event and eventually settled on a menu comprised of a little bit of everything. It came together perfectly!
Peyton's baptism was a day of celebrating his birth, graduating from the NICU, and being formally introduced to the Christian community. It was all wrapped up into one event. I remember planning way back in the earlier NICU days that we would have a baptism 3 months after he came home. I wanted this to be the event that would say, HERE IS OUR SON, WELCOME BABY PEYTON. And indeed, that was what the day turned out to be.
(I only have a few picture of the event so far. I'll have to get the other ones later. Cousin Kim is the photographer of the family and I can't wait to see what she was able to capture!)
