Lane's Baptism (Revised - New pics just added...)

Things are finally starting to settle down so that I can get a post completed. Friday evening we began packing for the trip to Dallas for my Nephew's baptism. Clothes for Saturday morning, the baptism, and Sunday.... ok, 3 outfits for 4 kids and myself... 15 outfits total.... dress shoes, casual shoes, hair accessories, socks, toothbrushes, 3 sleeping bags, 1 pack & play, pajamas, baby food, oatmeal, sippy cups, comfort toys.... the list goes on..... all for an overnight trip. We left at 8:00, made one stop and got to Dallas around 12:30/1:00. After visiting with David, Kerri, and meeting by beautiful new nephew Lane for about an hour we drove to the hotel to check in. We proceeded to get drinks for everyone, potty everyone, undress and redress everyone... put a few in timeout as the new environment tends to get the adrenaline going so they feel a need to scream, run, and hang from the drapes in the hotel room. Finally, we loaded up once again and headed to the church. We were the 1st to arrive to a beautiful and deathly quiet church with a tile floor so that each sounds echos throughout the quiet and holy venue. I felt like each shush noise I made was heard by all. While I have to say I was stressed afraid someone might go off and have to be rushed out of the church... they were all actually very good. The baptism followed the Mass and was perfect. I was a very proud Aunt. We left the church, loaded back up and headed to David & Kerri's for a reception. It was about 6:00 at this point and I was afraid after a long day with no naps the kids would be a terror, but they were great and we all had a great time. My guess is it was about 8:00 when we left and headed back to the hotel. We undressed everyone, pottied everyone, PJ'd everyone, set up the pack and play, and the sleeping bags... throw in a few timeouts... and off to bed. We woke at 7:00 the next morning (repeat previous steps... dressing, brushing teeth, feeding kids, shoes, timeout, etc.) and met the family for breakfast. After breakfast Jerry headed to Oklahoma (we bought David & Kerri's car for Jerry's Mom) with a new car for Barb and I loaded up to drive back to Houston. Mom rode with Me and GG with Dad. We all got home safe and exhausted and entertained kids until their bedtime.... it was a fun trip, a quick trip, and a tiring trip.....

Here are some pictures of Lane:




And a few pics of the kids: