Baptism

On May 8th, Ruby was baptized back in our hometown church. It was very special as Paul's dad was able to baptize Ruby and my dad was the assisting elder. Ruby is such a happy baby, but of course, she decided to cry before, during, and after the baptism! I think she played a bit too hard on Saturday with all the family around and when Sunday came, she was just so tired, she didn't even know what to do!

Paul's family! Unfortunately, we don't have any more pictures from the baptism, but my mom took lots of great family shots. They are all on Facebook and for some reason I couldn't copy them into our IPhoto.
Sydney was hilarious all weekend long, which isn't unusual! This girl cracks us up ALL the time! Jon and Stef had been preparing Sydney all week for the baptism, which included answering lots of questions about what baptism was all about. Evidently, Sydney grasped that something would happen with water. So during Ruby's bath, Sydney shouted, "Baptize her! Baptize her!" It was really cute!

The other funny Sydney story occurred after baptism while we were taking family photos in the front of church. We asked Sydney if she wanted to hold Ruby for a few pictures. Of course, she was super excited to do so! So we got Sydney sat down on the top step (looking back on this, we probably could have found a better spot!). Then we placed Ruby on her lap. They both did great and we got some awesome pictures of them! After about 5 pictures from everyone's cameras, we were done and started putting the cameras away. Sydney realized this, and decided that since pictures were over, she didn't need to hold Ruby anymore and simply let go. Ruby tumbled down one step! Luckily, I was two steps down and caught her before she went any further! Sydney said, "She's kind of slippery!" We all laughed, Ruby seemed unaware of what just happened, and we all wished we could've gotten it on camera!!!!

At least we got her to smile afterwards! My parents had many family members over to their house for lunch after the baptism. It was wonderful to have them all there! I think we counted about 50 people! Thanks mom and dad!