Godcousins

Our cousin and niece Natalie was baptized last month--a very joyous occasion, which we celebrated thoroughly. (When my brother Tim called to run the date past us and I told Rachel what we'd been talking about, she said, "Of course we're going--we're being the godparents!" (Italics hers!) Not so clear on everyone's roles, apparently, but still cute.) And if you look closely at these photos, you'll notice some things. First, Natalie is a gorgeous and lovable baby--and doesn't she look holy? Second, the deacon was not the only one doing the baptizing that day. Nathan made good use of the font, too! (Rachel did, also--even had her sleeves rolled up so she could get serious about it--but we didn't get a photo of that.) Third, someone at some point must have told Rachel that to hold a baby you must support its head. Click here to look at a similar photo of her with baby Nathan so long ago! Rachel and Nathan are shaping up to be very good cousins to Baby Natalie. She is often on our minds. Nathan frequently says--apropos of nothing--"Natalie not walkin'." It usually takes me a minute before I figure out what he's saying, but then we talk about how little Natalie is and what she can't do yet that he can do, since he's such a big boy!

Okay, here are the photos.

These newfangled multi-level fonts are so handy for keeping godcousins entertained!

Hello, head support!

That's better!

She's gaining on him fast in size, isn't she?