Jonah's Baptism (Part I)

We woke up VERY early Sunday morning to get ready for the big day! I (Catherine) was out of the door by 7:15am to run to the store to pick up the cake. Rob woke up Jonah, ran by the center (where the reception was) to do some last minute things, and then was off to church to feed Jonah. Jonah had his bottle and then just hung out till Mass was ready to begin and it was time to get naked! Not many times are we allowed to: 1. Go to church in your PJ's (see below) and 2. Get naked at Mass. It was a special day!




Rob's nephew Jason, is a year old (just turned on Tuesday). Although Jason is longer than Jonah he is only 2lbs heavier than Jonah. Jonah isn't that much smaller than Jason . As Rob's mom says, "Jason is the straw and Jonah is the brick". They met for the first time this weekend and as the picture below shows - they hit it off!



Catherine's brother-in-law, Dennis is a Deacon. We wanted Dennis to do the baptism but we also wanted it during Mass. So, since Jed (Fr. Jed) was a Godfather it worked out perfectly. Dennis did the baptism! He did a great job and it meant so much to us to have him do that. Below is a picture of Dennis, Rob and I immersing Jonah. He did great - he didn't even cry! While we were dunking him he just looked at us like, "Uhhh... what's going on??" But, he held it together.

The Hardenbergh Family