Since we had the boys baptized in the hospital, we took them to the church for Conferral of Rites. They were anointed with chrism (holy oil), received their baptismal candles and were welcomed as members of the church. We were thrilled to share the big day with so many of our friends and neighbors who have helped us with the boys.
I'm still reveling in the smell of chrism on their little heads. Here are photos from the big day. Enjoy!
Showing posts with label baptism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baptism. Show all posts
Monday, January 26, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Finally a Visit from Aunt Mary
Aunt Mary has been waiting and waiting to come from Montana to visit the boys. She came today, though we think she intentionally waited until the boys were sleeping through the night! Mary wasn't too happy to hear that the boys had started waking up again, so she was all for the cereal in the bottles.
(I had to interrupt the writing of this post when my husband came out of Amelia's room with a, "Your daughter..." So I went to look. Amelia, who is having trouble settling down after all the excitement of having family here, had thrown everything out of her crib. That included her jammies and undies. Jeff and I just had to laugh.]
Aunt Mary with Sam
Amelia's Cousin Luke, Aunt Judy, Grandma Alice and Grandpa Ernie are also here to help us celebrate the boys' baptism this weekend, so we've got a full house of family doting on the boys.
This is also passing as the annual girls' weekend for my sisters, my mom and I, (also known as Estrogen Fest). So we've got to get a little (ha!) chatting and a glass of wine in here and there. We can do that and feed babies at the same time. However, this will be one of few times the boys are welcome at girls' weekend. Once the little ones (boys OR girls) can talk, they are not allowed!) Unfortunately, we're short a sister this time. Cathy couldn't make it from Des Moines. We miss you, Cathy!(I had to interrupt the writing of this post when my husband came out of Amelia's room with a, "Your daughter..." So I went to look. Amelia, who is having trouble settling down after all the excitement of having family here, had thrown everything out of her crib. That included her jammies and undies. Jeff and I just had to laugh.]
More pictures of the aunties and grandparents with Amelia, Sam, Isaac and Alex to come, but I'll leave you with this cute one of the boys all dressed and ready for Grandma.
Sam, Isaac and Alex
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Children of God
At last, I'm able to get to this post about the boys' baptism. On Saturday, October 11, we had the three boys baptized at the hospital. With cold and flu season soon upon us, we won't be taking them out much, and a church baptism probably won't happen for a few months. While they were all doing well, we wanted to be sure they were baptized, just in case. We will have a Conferral of Rights ceremony later to publicly welcome them to the church.
Wendy, one of our many wonderful NICU nurses, brought Alex up to my room for the occasion. She also served as official photographer, so we are able to share these photos. It was the first time we had the three boys all together since delivery, so it was a special time for all of us.
Father Richard said this is the first time he's ever baptized triplets, even after 15 years in the priesthood. He was probably as excited about the event as we were. Thanks to my friend, Jane, we had three beautiful little white blankets with crosses on them to serve as the babies' baptismal garments.
A Catholic baptism is a very beautiful ceremony, and it includes praying the "Our Father." If you've been following my blog, you read in an earlier post how Jeff and I pray the "Our Father" every night for our children, because it includes the prayer that never fails: "Thy will be done." I must admit that saying those words out loud while looking around the room at three strong, healthy boys -- greater blessings than we ever could have hoped for -- brought tears to my eyes.
My dad is holding Samuel Joseph, my mom is holding Alexander Steven, and I am holding Isaac Thomas. They were all baptised with water first. (Yes, that's a bottle of Ice Mountain Fr. Richard is holding -- I asked if it was the church's preferred brand now. It was blessed on the spot, so it's legit.) Then they received the oil of Chrism. The rest of the traditional ceremony, including the lighting of the candles will be done at the church when they are a little older and stronger.
Wendy, one of our many wonderful NICU nurses, brought Alex up to my room for the occasion. She also served as official photographer, so we are able to share these photos. It was the first time we had the three boys all together since delivery, so it was a special time for all of us.
Father Richard said this is the first time he's ever baptized triplets, even after 15 years in the priesthood. He was probably as excited about the event as we were. Thanks to my friend, Jane, we had three beautiful little white blankets with crosses on them to serve as the babies' baptismal garments.
A Catholic baptism is a very beautiful ceremony, and it includes praying the "Our Father." If you've been following my blog, you read in an earlier post how Jeff and I pray the "Our Father" every night for our children, because it includes the prayer that never fails: "Thy will be done." I must admit that saying those words out loud while looking around the room at three strong, healthy boys -- greater blessings than we ever could have hoped for -- brought tears to my eyes.
My dad is holding Samuel Joseph, my mom is holding Alexander Steven, and I am holding Isaac Thomas. They were all baptised with water first. (Yes, that's a bottle of Ice Mountain Fr. Richard is holding -- I asked if it was the church's preferred brand now. It was blessed on the spot, so it's legit.) Then they received the oil of Chrism. The rest of the traditional ceremony, including the lighting of the candles will be done at the church when they are a little older and stronger.
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