A Special Day

Today was a special day for Audrey.  She was baptized!  We did it at St. Johns United Methodist Church in downtown Aiken.  This is the church that Paul and I plan to join soon.  We've gone to it a few times, but once his schedule changed, it has been hard to go since he works every Sunday.  When we went to meet the minister a few weeks ago, we found out a few fun facts.  The minister, George Howle, is from the McBee area.  He knows Paul's mom and was a few years older than her in high school.  He even told us that he had a crush on her and wanted to date her but her dad was too strict to allow it!  Such a small world! 
So today was Audrey's big day.  She has lots of family come to celebrate with her including my mom & dad, Leila, Ryan, Connor, Paul's mom, Paul's dad, Bunchie, Emily, Aunt Vicki, Kerry, Blake, and our friends, Kat and Ashley.  We feel very blessed to have people make the effort to come be a part of this day.  Audrey wore a beautiful heirloom Christening gown from Paul's side of the family.  It is over 50 years old.  Audrey's great great grandmother got it from Spain, where it was made by nuns.  It has been worn by Paul's mother and her siblings and by Paul and his siblings.  It was beautiful and so special wear something with that history.  She also wore a necklace that her great grandmother, Mimi, wore for her baptism in 1932.  Check out facebook for pictures.  I should have them up in the next few days. 
Overall, Audrey did well.  She's been a little more attached to me the past few days, so she wasn't ready for Rev Howle to carry her.  He made the quick decision for me to walk with him down the aisle carrying her instead and that seemed to work out.
We came back to our house afterwards to enjoy a meal of bbq and chicken - both smoked on Paul's brand new Big Green Egg!, pasta salad, macaroni and cheese, fruit salad, red velvet and lemon cupcakes (made by Desserves), and chocolate chess pie.  Yum!

Thanks again to everyone who celebrated with us!  We love you all!

Sara