John's Baptism

We had a joint baptism for John and Wilkes on October 22. Christopher and I actually came up with that plan pretty soon after I got pregnant. With the babies only being three months apart, it didn't make too much sense for us to both have a baptism and host a reception for the same people mere weeks apart. And it was so special getting to do it together! We did it when all of our families were already planning on being in town to celebrate John being inducted into our college's Sports Hall of Fame for golf. It was such a great {although super busy!} weekend!

This was the invitation {minus the Jr in the monogram- we took that out}. Chris picked them out and I loved them!

John wore his Pop's gown that was also worn by his daddy, Uncle Charlie, and Uncle Robert. It was beautiful! And Christopher had the boys' matching heirloom bonnets made by a local seamstress.

We did not do the flowers- they were being done for a quincineara later that day. Thankfully the flowers on the font were real unlike the artificial ones on the pews. :)

The priest always asks the godparents and grandparents to trace the Sign of the Cross on the babies' foreheads. 

The lighting is so bad in our church, so most of the family pics didn't turn out too great.

Walter and Sheela are Wilkes' godparents.

Craig and Camille are John's godparents, and sadly this was the only picture we got.

The Quinn fam

The Lydick Fam

We had a brunch reception at the country club, and it was so nice. The food was good and it was wonderful not to have to clean up afterwards! :) I almost forgot to take pictures and snagged these on our friend Marc's phone.

The cross cookies were made by a girl who goes to our church, and they were so good!

It was such a special day celebrating a significant milestone in these precious boys' lives!