Baptized In His Name

What a beautiful day! Baby girl is baptized, even though she almost wasn't! Deacon John was supposed to do the baptism, but he never showed up. SO...the priest who was going to do the mass that followed baptism did it, even though he was trying to get ready for First Communion. Crazy. By the time they figured it out, I just said, "I don't care WHO does it, but Korri IS getting baptized today!" Why do these things always happen to me? I even talked to the church secretary on Wednesday to finalize all the details. Sheesh. Regardless, Korri is now baptized and a member of God's family!

This is baby girl being baptized. She was great. She was awake through the entire mass and baptism...and she didn't make a peep the whole time. I think God's grace had something to do with it!

This is newly baptized baby girl! Halfway through baptism, father leaned over to us and asked, "Is this a girl?" Ha! He had been referring to her as a boy for the first half of the baptism. It made us chuckle. What a wonderful day. Thank you to everybody who came. It really meant a lot to us to share this blessed event with all of you.

Of course I made Korri's baptism cake. It didn't end up the way I envisioned when I started, but I think it turned out okay.

I baked the cake(s) on Friday and I planned to make the roses on Friday as well. However, my daughter decided she didn't want me to make flowers, but rather hold her all night! So I made the majority of roses Saturday AM, hoping they would have time to dry out and harden before I had to put them on the cake. I then made the filling (I tried to reduce a glaze for the filling...it didn't really work that well) which took longer than I planned. Then because of the kind of cake I made (apple spice cake) it wouldn't cut well when I tried to level it. And then when I iced it, because it is so tall, it was super hard to get smooth. Anyway, I do love decorating cakes, even though these little things always seem to come up. Oh, and the roses hadn't hardened enough, so it was tricky getting them on the cake! Everybody said it tasted and looked good, so I guess I'll accept it :)

Happy Baptism, Korrigan! May the Lord bless you and keep you in the palm of his hand. Now, I'm ready for a nap ;)