The Perfect Baptism

I am so grateful to have such amazing family and friends surrounding my children. I was very excited to get Milo baptized. He was a little bit older than Sebastian and Paisley were because we wanted to make it a family affair and have Jessa, Emma and Lilly baptized at the same time. 

5pm on a Friday afternoon made for the perfect ceremony. 

We got all dressed up...tie and all :)

We changed the babies into their gowns once we got to the church.

The gown Milo was wearing was worn by both his uncles and his big brother, it's a family heirloom and I love it! 

Uncle Kamerin and Uncle Sam are Milo's Godfathers and Aunt Kelly is his Godmother. He enjoyed being held by everyone, he was in such a great mood!

Little Jessa was a bit more aggravated but she looked gorgeous in her gown.

These three girls just melt my heart, they are such a cute trio!

Sebastian was checking out Jessa.

Here are all four of the guests of honor.

Miss Emma is such an incredible cousin, she spoils her cousins so much!

We had a nice private ceremony with just family and it lasted about 30 minutes.

Emma Claire was brave enough to go first.

Uncle Mike helped keep Sebastian entertained.

Lillian McKenna was next.

Milo Theodore was the first of the babies to be baptized.

He was happy through the whole thing then popped out that bottom lip after we were done.

Jessa Brielle finally got her turn.

Pops hung out with Paisley for most of the ceremony.

The best family shot we could get.

Milo and his Godparents.

Milo and Pops.

Mamie and Pops holding their newest grand babies! 

Back to our civilian clothing.

Thank you so much to everyone who came, we feel so special and blessed!

This House Believes

I have started on my 2nd Christmas project of the season. I was inspired, once again, by Pinterest. Oh it shall be the death of my bank account. 

The inspiration:

I started with a 6' pine board from Lowes and painted it roughly with brown paint.

I was mostly focused on the edges with the brown then went over it all with white. Next, I printed off letters in the style I liked. Then, I rubbed the back of each letter with a pencil before taping it to the board with painters tape.

Then you trace each letter, leaving a lead outline of each letter on the board.

Finally, I used the lead outline as a guide for my Sharpie Paint Pens. Since these letters are so thick, I was able to use the pens for the outline and paint the inside of each letter with black paint.

And voilá...a beautiful Christmas decoration that will only get better with age! It will make its way outside soon but for now we are enjoying it indoors.

It looks great anywhere!