Baptism

Sunday, April 11...Carli's baptism day! Joe and I woke up with excitement. It was to be such a special day!

We dressed Carli in her special baptism dress and took the wonderful afghan that was given to us by Pete & Margie. We brought a beautiful yellow tree rose to the sanctuary in honor of Carli's baptism and in memory of my mom's birthday on Monday. We invited all of the family to come to this special day. We had arranged for Chris to conduct the ceremony since he and Summer have been such a wonderful support in our adoption process from the beginning!

The baptism started with Chris calling us up to the front. He looked at Carli and told her not to cry on him. She didn't! When I gave her to Chris, momma's bracelets got caught in the afghan. (Momma had to let me know that she was there too!) Carli just looked around during the whole baptism ceremony. No tears, no fussing, just smiles!

After church, the family went to Jeff & Nancy's for lunch to celebrate. Carli was passed around to be loved on until she finally needed lunch herself before taking nap.


That afternoon, Joe planted Carli's rose in the front yard as a reminder of this special day.

Back to Work!

Carli is officially 3 months old and I have to go back to work today. Last night I had mixed feelings. While I am excited to get back into the groove of things and see all of my kids, I will miss being home with my little girl and watching her grow.

My wonderful sister-in-laws, Nancy, is keeping her. I have the ideal situation in the mornings. Nancy will drop off Hunter at KMS and then stop to pic up Carli, before taking Meredith to WES. Meredith loves begin with her cousin and will feed her on the way to school.

Wouldn't you know that I have a meeting everyday for 3 days!