I’m borrowing this from Kate at Anchors, Pearls and Curls because I thought this was really fun and a different post than I normally do!

I posted last week about preparing for Gracie’s baptism, and it truly was a special day for us. Since her baptism, we’ve been making more of a conscious effort, and it is my hope that we can continue attending church on a regular basis, and teaching her the values that come from living a godly life. I know she is only three months old, but she’s teaching me too. How to be kinder, less impatient, swear less and love more. I want to be the kind of mom that she wants to be her best friend, her role model and her “person”. I am lucky to have this kind of a person in my grandmother, and I hope to pass it on to her.

 

Now on to the actual recap of our day  

 

Grace was in a happy mood that day, full of smiles and squeals.

We left her in a onesie, bib and her moccs until we got to the church. No wayyy was I taking the chance of her spitting up, peeing or worse, pooping (!!) on her beautiful dress!

She took a nice 20 minute nap on the way there, so she was refreshed and ready to go!

It was very meaningful for us that Deacon Frank baptized her. He married us and we are very close to him and his wife Kathy. He is such a big part of our lives, we talk about him often, and our grateful to him for bringing us closer to our church.

She LOVES her daddy

 

Deacon Frank and Kathy hand paint these shells with each child’s name and their baptism date. He then used this shell to pour the water over head to baptize her. We then get to keep and save it. I’m looking forward to creating a memory box from this day and including it. 

After the service we had all our friends and family over to our house. It was a beautiful afternoon, and everyone loved on her and she was passed from person to person She got to meet many of her great-aunts, cousins and great-grandmother for the first time. She was quite exhausted by the end of the day, as we were we!

 

 

 

And of course, her cake … isn’t it gorgeous??  

It was a beautiful, perfect day and I couldn’t have imagined it any better. We are truly blessed!

We had such a fun and busy weekend, and I can’t believe it’s already Monday! Since our weekend was filled with so much snuggle time with the nugget, most of my photos are of her!

 

I was so excited to pick her up on Friday night and spend the evening just hanging out. She is finding her voice and loves to “talk” and squeal.



Styling in her infinity scarf, telling mama all about her day at daycare!

 

On Saturday, we just hung out at home until the early afternoon. We drove to Leominster for Keith’s grandmother’s 75th birthday party. It was a beautiful day, and a chance to dress her in a cute outfit and let everyone fawn all over her. Of course, she peed through this outfit within 20 minutes of arriving! Note to self: wait until you arrive at your destination to dress her



How adorable is she in her seahorse one-piece and matching headband?



Hanging with her Pops!



Sunday, we got up and went to the noon mass. She loved church! All the music, the lights and the colors coming in through the stained glass windows … she just sat there and took it all in!

Sleepy girl on the way home from church

Sunday afternoon was spent cleaning, picking up the house, grocery shopping and doing meal prep for this week. I’m working on getting a better system going so that my days aren’t quite as hectic!

 

Sunday night we went out to dinner. This was our first time attempting to venture out for a dinner that didn’t involve rushing. We went to my the restaurant that my sister works at, and got yummy Mexican food! Gracie did amazing, she again just hung out staring at the lights and the noise. She got fussy towards the end when it got to be close to her bedtime.



Deliciousness



Thinking very hard



She already loves our phones



This face <3

We got home and put her to bed and got ready for another hectic week. My sister is watching her Monday and Tuesday so she stayed over last night. We love our Auntie time!

 

She was up five times last night (this seems to be her new “thing”), so starting Monday night, we are ditching the swaddle and putting her in her crib. This mama does NOT function well on hour blocks of sleep, and I’m struggling to get through the day. Now that she has passed 12 pounds, she should be able to eat more and sleep for longer stretches. Wish us luck!