Kade's Baptism Weekend

We had a wonderful past weekend with very good friends! Jill, my long-time friend dating back to middle school, and Adam, an MBA cohort friend of Brent's, made their way here from North Carolina to stand as Godparents of Kade Thomas.

The two coordinated so well for us - on the same flight arriving and departing - it made pick-ups from the airport super easy! ;) After a baptism rehearsal on Saturday morning, the two guys needed to release some testosterone and headed for the gym (with Brock). Fine by us - gave us some time to sit on the couch and catch up on life!

Making good use of the maternity jacket from Beck - it still covers both of us!! ;)

Then we were off to Seattle! We toured Pike Place Market first (including, of course, the first ever Starbucks location and the cheese-making corner store Beecher's) before continuing over to Anthony's for dinner. You can't come to Seattle without eating some seafood!! (Sorry Brent, way to take one for the team!)

Finally it was Sunday - Kade's special day!

The outfit and shoes were from Grandma Rosenfeld and it looked darling on him. A gorgeous sweater material (which people commented in the reviews "too hot" - umm.... perfect for January in Seattle!) with a beautiful cross in the center. Really too bad he will only be wearing this once.

I guess we could have moved that dog bed....

Baby Kade was such a good boy for church service - especially sitting in the front row!

Godparents Adam & Jill

Adam discovered another favorite of Kade's - paper - more specifically, the church program. He definitely did a number on that program, sorry Kade - no eating paper!

Kade did great! He did not mind at all having water on his head! His eyes were fixated on his lit baptism candle and everyone laughed. Brock was another story - we thought it would be a great idea to have him come up from the childcare room to stand with us for Kade's baptism.... yeah, not such a great idea. Oh well, at least we can say he was there! (After the baptism, we returned him to the room for the remainder of the service...and for pictures after!)

Such a blessed day to have our dearest friends present and to welcome Kade on his journey with Christ. We know we selected the best two people for the role of Godparents for our second son. :)

As far as the rest of the Sunday - Brent and Adam opted to watch the Seahawks bring home the win and Jill and I (and Baby Kade), headed for the mountains to enjoy some Pacific Northwest beauty. I treated her to the Snoqualmie Falls and it did not disappoint!

Four days later and I still smell the chrism oil on his forehead. :)

By Monday morning, they were both ready for their long flight home and back to their families. I think they both had an exhausted significant other to relieve from children's duties upon their return! (A special thank you to Heather and Scott - without YOUR help on the home front, we could not have had our dear friends here for this special weekend for our family. Thank you!)

What a fun weekend showing off our little Seattle neighborhood and enjoying wonderful quality time with our friends. We'll do it again soon - but in North Carolina next time! ;)