Our Sara was baptized!
Greetings to all!!
Our daughter Sara was just recently baptized. We are Roman Catholic. She was baptized on June 11th at 10:30 am. It was a beautiful sunny day. A few days before the baptism I tried to explain to Sara what was going to happen at the church the following Sunday. One week before her baptism, I took her to church mass. She did very well. She didn't misbehave. She just played with her things alittle and checked out the song books. After mass I hung around a bit and brought her on the alter to show her around and familiarize herself with everything. I showed her where she would be baptized. I explained to her that this is where Father Tad would pour water on her head and ...wouldn't that be fun!...etc. etc. For the rest of the week I would bring it up so she wouldn't feel uncomfortable on her special day.
About 2 weeks before the special day, Sara and I and her God-mother (our good friend Linda) went shopping together in the city. Our custom is that whomever are to become the God-parents, purchase the white outfit to be worn on the child's special day. Linda wanted to make sure the dress would fit Sara properly. We had a very nice day together. Sara just loved trying on the beautiful white dress and acessories. We actually chose the first dress she tried on! She looked so beautiful. Afterwards we went to Tim Hortons for a coffee and snack. Sara ended up falling asleep on our way home. She had missed her afternoon nap and was exhausted afterwards. She is a good sleeper and sleeps for 2 hours in the afternoon. At night she goes to sleep at about 9-9:30 pm and wakes up around 8:30-9:00am.
Sara's Special Day
We woke up around 7-7:30am and got ready before waking up Sara. After she woke up she had a bowl of Honey-Nut cheerios and milk. When she was almost done her God-parents (Linda & Ralph) arrived with their 2 beautiful girls. They are 3 and 4 yrs. Sara enjoys playing with them when we visit each other. When Sara has had enough of her cheerios we all head off to Sara's bedroom with cameras in hand. I'm clicking away with camera as Linda gets Sara dressed in her white dress, complete with the beautiful gold necklace that Sara's God-parents gave to her that morning. She was loving every minute of her getting dressed. She is such a girly-girl! Before going off too church (10 minutes away) I did a few last minute things for the celebration afterwards. We had the celebration in our basement that was recently renovated. There was alot of preparations this past week. Thank God for my mother and sister's help. My mom was at our place all day the day before and my sister came a few days before. There were alot of people invited. There were at least 12 children and most of them close to Sara's age. We hired caterers to do a buffet and stay to serve it.
When we arrived at the church we sat right up at the front and Sara was enjoying the mass. Especially when the choir sang and everyone joined in. She was going back and forth between my arms and Philip's arms or she would amuse herself with her brothers and sister behind us. The time finally came when we went up to the alter for Sara to actually have holy water poured on her head. Everything was fine until Philip started to lower her head down. Her face was facing the ceiling. This is the way it is done for infants. I think this caught her off guard a little and she struggled and whimpered alittle before Ralph quickly helped and the water was on her head in a blink of an eye. I wasn't expecting it to be that way or I would have told Sara exactly what was going to happen. I thought a stool was going to be used, which is what is used for older children. Next thing you know the mass was over and Sara was enjoying everyone taking pictures. We had a great celebration and Sara thoroughly enjoyed herself. She just figured that she was getting another birthday party! She was always referring to it as her birthday. We video taped the whole time she opened her gifts. She was being so good. She would wait for mamma to at least read who the gift was from before opening each gift. After opening the gift she would very happily say,"Thank-coo", followed by an attempt to say the persons name. Before and after that she was running around playing with the other children. Once and awhile she would come running to Philip and I for a hug and our attention. Almost like she was touching-base with us. I was amazed at how well she did with such a large crowd of people! I was very proud of her. She really had a good time that day. That's all that really counted.
Our bonding and attachment is coming along quite nicely. About 2 & 1/2 weeks ago Sara started to climb onto my lap and say "mamma....chair" and pointing to the rocking chair in her room. This is when I am putting her to sleep. Before this she would quickly want me to put her in bed and not rock her at all. I would then have to sit on the end of the bed or rocking chair and wait for her to fall asleep while she tossed & turned like crazy! This went on for at least 1/2 an hour every time she had to fall asleep. If I tried to leave, she would sit up and cry for me. Now I'm at the point where I rock her in the rocking chair and she sleepily asks,"mamma....bed", when she is just about to fall asleep. I put her down and I leave with no problem.
Sara is coming to me often to be held or to play with her, which I never refuse. What I find really funny is that when she is calling me to get my attention and I don't answer her right away, she screams,"mamma! mamma! coo-coo! It sounds really cute! We have also accidently come accross this game that only me and Sara play with each other. We were joking around one day with her bowl of cut-up oranges. She would say "oranges.....garbage!" and she would laugh and giggle at the silly face I would give her. Next thing you she was saying, "Nastya......garbage!". I would give this silly shocked look of surprise and scream really loud," Nyetoo! Sara moy reebyonik! Ya tybya lublu, Sara!" (No-way! Sara is my baby! I love you, Sara!) She seems to really love this and we have alot of fun playing this game. She will now scream at the top of her lungs, "Nastya(or sometimes Sara)....garbage! and I will answer, screaming like I'm announcing the love I have for her to the whole world. She also pretends to pout when she wants me to hug her and kiss her all over her face. She then motions for me to do the same (pout) and then she kisses my face all over. We are still enjoying applying cream to each others faces, arms and hands or brushing each others hair. She is also letting me hand feed her most of the time and often wants to sit on my lap while feeding her. She also having a great time with Anthony Marina and Rafael. She loves to spend time with her big brother Anthony(15 yrs old) who loves to shower her with attention. She loves it when Anthony brings her for rides on the Lawn tractor. She enjoys doing girly stuff with Marina and has often gotten into her make-up (lipstick especially). Marina got upset with her and Sara has now learned to ask,"Sara have it?... pease. Well after that you simply can't say no! She loves playing and being silly with her 8 yr old brother Rafael. They occasionally have squables but is no big deal. At the end of the day they always hug and kiss. She adores her grandama & grandpa and autie Gio-Gio, uncle Silvo and her little cousin Samantha. Samantha is right next door and they are always wanting to visit with each other. Well I guess that it for now. I hope you's all enjoyed reading!!
Ciao for now!
Our daughter Sara was just recently baptized. We are Roman Catholic. She was baptized on June 11th at 10:30 am. It was a beautiful sunny day. A few days before the baptism I tried to explain to Sara what was going to happen at the church the following Sunday. One week before her baptism, I took her to church mass. She did very well. She didn't misbehave. She just played with her things alittle and checked out the song books. After mass I hung around a bit and brought her on the alter to show her around and familiarize herself with everything. I showed her where she would be baptized. I explained to her that this is where Father Tad would pour water on her head and ...wouldn't that be fun!...etc. etc. For the rest of the week I would bring it up so she wouldn't feel uncomfortable on her special day.
About 2 weeks before the special day, Sara and I and her God-mother (our good friend Linda) went shopping together in the city. Our custom is that whomever are to become the God-parents, purchase the white outfit to be worn on the child's special day. Linda wanted to make sure the dress would fit Sara properly. We had a very nice day together. Sara just loved trying on the beautiful white dress and acessories. We actually chose the first dress she tried on! She looked so beautiful. Afterwards we went to Tim Hortons for a coffee and snack. Sara ended up falling asleep on our way home. She had missed her afternoon nap and was exhausted afterwards. She is a good sleeper and sleeps for 2 hours in the afternoon. At night she goes to sleep at about 9-9:30 pm and wakes up around 8:30-9:00am.
Sara's Special Day
We woke up around 7-7:30am and got ready before waking up Sara. After she woke up she had a bowl of Honey-Nut cheerios and milk. When she was almost done her God-parents (Linda & Ralph) arrived with their 2 beautiful girls. They are 3 and 4 yrs. Sara enjoys playing with them when we visit each other. When Sara has had enough of her cheerios we all head off to Sara's bedroom with cameras in hand. I'm clicking away with camera as Linda gets Sara dressed in her white dress, complete with the beautiful gold necklace that Sara's God-parents gave to her that morning. She was loving every minute of her getting dressed. She is such a girly-girl! Before going off too church (10 minutes away) I did a few last minute things for the celebration afterwards. We had the celebration in our basement that was recently renovated. There was alot of preparations this past week. Thank God for my mother and sister's help. My mom was at our place all day the day before and my sister came a few days before. There were alot of people invited. There were at least 12 children and most of them close to Sara's age. We hired caterers to do a buffet and stay to serve it.
When we arrived at the church we sat right up at the front and Sara was enjoying the mass. Especially when the choir sang and everyone joined in. She was going back and forth between my arms and Philip's arms or she would amuse herself with her brothers and sister behind us. The time finally came when we went up to the alter for Sara to actually have holy water poured on her head. Everything was fine until Philip started to lower her head down. Her face was facing the ceiling. This is the way it is done for infants. I think this caught her off guard a little and she struggled and whimpered alittle before Ralph quickly helped and the water was on her head in a blink of an eye. I wasn't expecting it to be that way or I would have told Sara exactly what was going to happen. I thought a stool was going to be used, which is what is used for older children. Next thing you know the mass was over and Sara was enjoying everyone taking pictures. We had a great celebration and Sara thoroughly enjoyed herself. She just figured that she was getting another birthday party! She was always referring to it as her birthday. We video taped the whole time she opened her gifts. She was being so good. She would wait for mamma to at least read who the gift was from before opening each gift. After opening the gift she would very happily say,"Thank-coo", followed by an attempt to say the persons name. Before and after that she was running around playing with the other children. Once and awhile she would come running to Philip and I for a hug and our attention. Almost like she was touching-base with us. I was amazed at how well she did with such a large crowd of people! I was very proud of her. She really had a good time that day. That's all that really counted.
Our bonding and attachment is coming along quite nicely. About 2 & 1/2 weeks ago Sara started to climb onto my lap and say "mamma....chair" and pointing to the rocking chair in her room. This is when I am putting her to sleep. Before this she would quickly want me to put her in bed and not rock her at all. I would then have to sit on the end of the bed or rocking chair and wait for her to fall asleep while she tossed & turned like crazy! This went on for at least 1/2 an hour every time she had to fall asleep. If I tried to leave, she would sit up and cry for me. Now I'm at the point where I rock her in the rocking chair and she sleepily asks,"mamma....bed", when she is just about to fall asleep. I put her down and I leave with no problem.
Sara is coming to me often to be held or to play with her, which I never refuse. What I find really funny is that when she is calling me to get my attention and I don't answer her right away, she screams,"mamma! mamma! coo-coo! It sounds really cute! We have also accidently come accross this game that only me and Sara play with each other. We were joking around one day with her bowl of cut-up oranges. She would say "oranges.....garbage!" and she would laugh and giggle at the silly face I would give her. Next thing you she was saying, "Nastya......garbage!". I would give this silly shocked look of surprise and scream really loud," Nyetoo! Sara moy reebyonik! Ya tybya lublu, Sara!" (No-way! Sara is my baby! I love you, Sara!) She seems to really love this and we have alot of fun playing this game. She will now scream at the top of her lungs, "Nastya(or sometimes Sara)....garbage! and I will answer, screaming like I'm announcing the love I have for her to the whole world. She also pretends to pout when she wants me to hug her and kiss her all over her face. She then motions for me to do the same (pout) and then she kisses my face all over. We are still enjoying applying cream to each others faces, arms and hands or brushing each others hair. She is also letting me hand feed her most of the time and often wants to sit on my lap while feeding her. She also having a great time with Anthony Marina and Rafael. She loves to spend time with her big brother Anthony(15 yrs old) who loves to shower her with attention. She loves it when Anthony brings her for rides on the Lawn tractor. She enjoys doing girly stuff with Marina and has often gotten into her make-up (lipstick especially). Marina got upset with her and Sara has now learned to ask,"Sara have it?... pease. Well after that you simply can't say no! She loves playing and being silly with her 8 yr old brother Rafael. They occasionally have squables but is no big deal. At the end of the day they always hug and kiss. She adores her grandama & grandpa and autie Gio-Gio, uncle Silvo and her little cousin Samantha. Samantha is right next door and they are always wanting to visit with each other. Well I guess that it for now. I hope you's all enjoyed reading!!
Ciao for now!
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