Olivia's Baptism

Olivia with us and her godparents, Sarah and Daniel

Despite a weird little blip (see next paragraph), the weekend of Olivia's baptism turned out very nicely. Kaitlyn, Daniel, Aunt Patty, Uncle Rick, and Grandma all got into town on Friday and we enjoyed a nice walk in beautiful weather in Hills and Dales, as well as a nice dinner at my parents' house. Sarah got into town late Friday night so we didn't see her until Saturday morning.

I went to bed feeling fine Friday night and woke up with excruciating pain on the right side of my neck. My first thought was maybe I had just slept on it funny and had a stiff neck. It turned out to be much worse. I was having spasms in my neck. My mom's friend Laura, who is a physical therapist, was kind enough to come over and do a little work on my neck and show Yusaku some things he could do to make my neck feel better.  I was hoping not to have to go to urgent care, but it turned out I was in too much pain not to. My dad drove me to urgent care while the rest of the family did other, hopefully more fun, things. It turns out I had spasmodic torticollis. I have no idea what caused this but it wasn't very good timing as my whole family was in town for the baptism. Luckily a little muscle relaxer and some naproxen later, I was feeling much better. I also had to wear a soft cervical collar to stabilize my neck.

Here's a picture of me in my beautiful collar Sunday morning before the Baptism.  I was putting a cross necklace on Olivia that was given to her by my mom. It was my moms as a baby and she wore it at her baptism.

The weather was beautiful on Saturday and we took a trip to Orchardly Park with the whole family. Here are a few pictures from that outing.

The baptism - the reason everyone came into town - went wonderfully. Olivia wore the dress that my mom, my sister, and I all wore at our baptisms, which was very special. She also wore a sweater that I crocheted for her and finished just in the nick of time (about half an hour before we left the house for church).  She looked beautiful, of course!  Here are a few pictures from her baptism!

And lastly, a few pictures from our celebration back at home afterward.

Cutting the delicious cake from Taste of Elegance

Cute cousin pic!

Opening the beautiful sapphire ring from Gram (my Grandma)

Checking out the gifts from Aunt Sarah

Olivia is very blessed to be so loved by so many people.  I'm so glad all of my family - immediate and extended - could be there for her baptism. She is also very blessed to have two wonderful godparents!  We had a great time visiting with and celebrating her baptism with everyone.