Xander's Baptism

On February 23rd our families came to Marshall for a very exciting event. We had Xander baptized.

We were able to find a weekend where many people were able to come for the special event before Haley's volleyball season.

We were lucky enough to have it on a Saturday night so that everyone could enjoy the evening and not have to rush home.

Our families were able to make a day out of it, coming in the early afternoon before the service at 5 p.m. We all hung out and enjoyed the day and Xander was spoiled as usual, never being put down.

Church was at 5, but during Lent they do not do baptisms during the service, so we had a private family service after church.

It was nice because everyone was able to be right up at the altar. Rachel and Scott are his godparents on my side and Trudy and Dave are his godparents on Tracy's side. Scott wasn't able to make the trip, but Rachel and Carter flew out special to be with us.

It was a nice quick service, Xander was very good during the entire thing, never fussing at all. He did give a strange look with the water, but I think it was because he's used to warm water when we give him a bath.

After the service everyone came back and we had some delicious food and hung out for a while again.

We tried to take a few pictures of Xander in his outfit, but he decided it would be more fun to throw up on it. Oh well.

It was a great day and we want to thank everyone that was able to make the journey to Marshall to be with us on our special day.