Evan's Baptism

We just celebrated Evan's baptism last weekend . . . it could not have been a more beautiful day and we're so lucky to have had about 35 family and friends celebrate with us. My brother Carl and his wife Jennifer are Evan's Godparents and we're so happy to have them . . . they are a great example of a loving Catholic couple!

Jennifer and Carl came over early and helped us get Evan ready for his big day.







The baptism ceremony was pretty quick, Here's Evan getting annointed with oil:





And getting ready to have the water poured over his head. He was awesome during this part . . . he just sat there nicely and after Fr. Mel had poured the water, Evan gave us the biggest smile. It was so sweet! After the ceremony, Fr. Mel kept calling Evan the "happy baby".





Here are a few other photos from during the ceremony:







Here we are with Fr. Mel after the ceremony:





And here's Evan with Grandma and Grandpa Haake:




And Grandma and Grandpa Weiland:





After the ceremony everyone came over for lunch and even though Rob thought it was "dorky" I wanted to get a picture of Evan with his cake before it got devoured. I did slave over it after all!





And last is Evan in his baptism outfit with the BEAUTIFUL blanket Grandma Haake made for him as a baptism gift.




It was a really wonderful day and we're so happy that so many loving people came to celebrate with us and we missed those of you who couldn't make it!