Because she wouldn't be better by Sunday (and one of us parents would have to stay home with her), and because we expected that someone else would get the flu, too, we decided to cancel the church baptism. Our pastor suggested an emergency baptism, which made sense given the danger to the baby if he caught the flu. As it turned out, S and J came down with the flu that Sunday, so it was good that we cancelled. Baby Z hasn't caught it yet.
So we got a call from our pastor at 8:30 Friday morning suggesting that we do the baptism at 10 that morning -- he didn't want to wait until the afternoon, because he was sick, too, and expected to crash later. (He actually stopped by our house on his way to urgent care.) We quickly called a couple friends and left a message for the godfather, who teaches down the road from us, and then we went out and cleaned off the deck as best we could.
It was a beautiful day for a baptism:
We used a bowl made for us by a friend for our wedding. Here is the godfather making the sign of the cross on Baby Z's forehead:
And here is the actual baptism:
Baby Z? Did we just rename him?
ReplyDeleteHe's still missing from "the Cast List" on the sidebar too ;-)
ReplyDeleteYes, well, letters M and J are both taken, and at the time I was trying to post this, the other "m" was having a major tantrummeltdown, so I didn't have time to figure out a more creative pseudonym, although I am open to suggestions.
ReplyDeleteI think Z is kinda cool actually :-) Hope all the H1N1 had finished at your house. I am pretty sure that is what I had in our winter a few months back- pretty mild in my case- but it seems to turn very nasty every so often, so I am sure you will be glad if it has been and gone...
ReplyDeleteHi Jerry. We saw Fr. B at the clinic that day, must have been after the baptism at your house. We had just come down from my 41 week appointment, where we were given the option to have a baby that day, and we were seeking God's direction on what to do. Then we saw Fr. B and as we were talking to him, Monsignor L walked past us. That was just part of the comforting events that led to the birth of Joseph that night.
ReplyDeleteGlad you guys are better over there!