We had a wonderful visit with Alabama Grandma. Trinity enjoyed snuggling, playing and smiling with Grandma. Trinity did very well with some trips out and about around town to break up her routine.
A Covenant Child
This weekend was very special as Trinity was baptized on March 6, 2011. On Sunday she traveled to church in her slip, wrapped in a pretty white blanket made by Grandma Gates. Once at the church she put on her gown made by my mom, her Grandma 20 years ago. It has been worn by all of my nieces. She wore her very special heart necklace from Grammy and Papa for this special day.
I had this perfect plan to get to the church early to feed her and rock her to sleep. Then I would transfer her to Jason and she would sleep through the baptism or wake up just in time (happy because she slept). The key word to remember in this is "plan" yes I said I made a plan. I should know by now that nothing goes as planned when you have a baby. I fed her and she fell asleep for 2 minutes and was too distracted to go down again (she also missed her first nap of the day.. not good). She began to scream..... and scream..... and scream... tears streaming down her little face. No consoling, rocking, bouncing was going to make this better but we tried. Finally with one song left and a long prayer before her debut her eyes shut. So Jason and I slipped in the back to take our seats. We opened the door and BAM.. her eyes opened, bright eyed and ready... ready for what was ... exactly what I was wondering. Not a peep, I am praying like crazy for her to be happy and for the pastoral prayer to end (longest one of my life). The baptism began. She was sprinkled with water from the Jordan River my parents collected in 1990. She was happy, alert and quiet through the entire baptism. It was a wonderful service and we feel so blessed. On that same day we were reminded of how this can all come around from baptism to a profession of faith. My niece Tabitha made profession of faith that same day in Grand Rapids. For Jason and I it is such a beautiful example of how God works in our lives and gives us the hope that we will see Trinity make the same profession in her future. We are proud and happy parents and uncle and aunt this week!!!
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