Baptism

October 21st, 2012 was a very special day in our family! Our twins were baptized! The ceremony was beautiful and the twins did a fabulous job during their "part" both babies were silent as the baptismal water was splashed on their heads. Our other minister, Jonathan was not present but We were so thankful to have so many family members present! Our prayer for our babies is that they always recognized God's grace and use their lives to glorify Him.

The day in pictures:
(Get ready for picture OVERLOAD.... also- I just realized that some of the pictures didn't sync with my picasa web albums account so there will be more soon!) Please excuse the blury-ness. My Dad took a lot of these and its hard to get it right with the lighting in the church.

Does anyone else's church make banners for the new babies? I love this idea. Emma Cate's symbol is a butterfly which we've always said represents my Grandmother and Holden's is Jesus with the children, which we chose to represent his Grandfather.

Us with the Godparents

Emma Cate

My cute little guy!

My Aunt Barbara (one of my mom's sisters), Emma Cate, Me

My (sporting her 1st wig!), Me, Emma Cate

Me and Emma Cate

The Godparents

Allie (my middle sis) holding Holden, Jay, Christopher (Jay's cousin), Me, Bo (my youngest sister) holding Emma Cate

My immediate family

My Mom's side extended family, my Aunt Chris in the front left and cousin Erin in the middle

Jay's immediate family

With Great Grandma Helen

Jay's Mom's side extended family

Jay's extended family plus Aunt Vic

All the families together!

Emma Cate

Holden

The following pictures are from the baptism party! Big thanks to all my family members who helped me get this all together!

Mimosa Bar (I would highly recommend!)

Thanks to my sister and friend Lauren for sewing these runners for me!

Baby Holden

Baby Emma Cate

Dessert Table

My sister Bo made this sign for the twins before they were born!

For the silver, I combined our family's collection. Mine is on the left and my mom's on the right! For the brunch we also used my MIL's. I thought it was a fun way to incorporate our families!

"Bless This Child" banner

Thanks to Candace for helping me make this circle garland to hang as the backdrop!

The food table. The party was catered by Trio and delicious! Big Thanks to Mary Clare for getting everything set up for us!

Holden's button letter

Emma Cate's button letter

Entry way table

Delicious cakes from whole foods!

Cookies from Sweet Treats By Robin. Y'all these are seriously the BEST cookies I have ever tasted!

No Bake Oreo balls made by my cousin Erin!

Holden

Daddy and Emma Cate

Kathryn, Jen, and Liam

Ray, Linda, and Daniel (can you believe that Daniel is only 3 days older than the twins!)

Holden and Erin

Jay's Mom, His Grandmother, and Aunt Terri