I have been wanting to blog about the twins' baptism for a while and I just realized that it has been almost a year since they were baptized...oops! So finally here it is. We baptized the girls at 8 months old on September 16th, 2012. What an unforgettable day. Before the actual day, Brad and I had to take a course that explained everything about that day and why, as Catholics, we baptize our kids.
We woke up that morning, ate breakfast and headed to St. Petersburg. Once we got there, we changed our girls into their beautiful gowns. They looked so precious!!!
I was dreading having to sit through an hour mass with our girls, but had no other choice since we were told we had to do it. The baptism ceremony would take place right after. We've gone through it before with both of our nephews, so we knew what to expect. When we arrived at church everyone was looking at our girls and smiling. Those little girls can get anyone's attention. They behaved so well during that whole hour. They sat quietly on our laps, ate some snacks and played with some of their toys. I was very nervous because the ceremony was right in the middle of nap time, but luckily our girls did not get cranky at all. They seriously acted like little angels =)
Once the mass was over, we had so many people come up to us and tell us that our girls were beautiful and how they behaved so well. That seriously made my day! Even a lady asked if she could take a picture of them, which was kind of awkward and creepy lol. Usually they have several babies to baptize, but thankfully our girls were the only ones that day. This made the ceremony much more enjoyable and intimate. The priest was amazing. He involved everyone in our family into the ceremony, specially my nephews and niece. He made silly jokes throughout the process and was amazing with the girls. I could not have asked for a better ceremony.
During the ceremony two oils are used. These oils are rubbed on the chest and forehead and are believed to strengthen the one being baptized to turn away from evil, temptation and sin. They smelled so good and made our girls smelled good for the rest of the day. Brad didn't even want to give them a bath that night.
Holy water used for the baptism
One of the things that I absolutely love about having twins is that we both, Brad and I, get a baby to experience things with. I held Juliana as she was being baptized. I had tears of joy running down my face. Brad held Isabella. I love how happy Brad looked the entire time. The girls didn't even cry. They looked so peaceful and precious ♥
Lighting their candles!
Juliana and Isabella with their Godparents
Opening their gifts
This was such an incredible day. Everything turned out perfect. It was a day to celebrate with just my close family.
