God Bless Leah

We had a very exciting weekend... Leah was baptized!!  It was a very special weekend for us to have our families here to celebrate with us.  My whole family make the drive up from Illinois, all 12 of them, and we had a great time.  They got in on Friday afternoon around dinnertime.  Leah was pretty worn out from the day and week and she had a little meltdown.  Poor thing, she wasn't used to so many people in her house and I'm sure she just wanted a little bit of quiet time.  She will need to learn that there is no such thing as quiet time around the Cunninghams... LOL!  I put her down at 6:30 and she was out.  Saturday was a much better day.  Everyone came over to our house, we went for a walk down by the lake because it was such a beautiful day.  I never imagined that we would have 60-degree weather in early March!  Leah even took a couple naps and was in a great mood all day. 

We had her baptism after the 4:30 mass at our church.  In addition to my family, Ty's parents and cousins and their little girls all came.  The only people missing from the party were Ty's sister, brother-in-law and niece, who live in Nashville.  Leah did great with the water being poured over her head and just looked around, like she always does.  Everyone came back to our house for taco dinner afterward.  Leah even stayed up for most of the celebration and didn't really start fussing until close to 8:00.  We were so proud of how good she did all day, with all the noise and people and being passed around.  She is just such an easy-going baby. 

The Cunninghams stopped over to our house Sunday morning for breakfast and to try and get another cousin picture before hitting the road.  It was a quick weekend, but we had a great time.  I am so grateful that they were all able to make it up here.  This was the first time since last Thanksgiving that everyone has all been together.  It really meant a lot to me that 12 people drove all that way for us and for Leah.  When Leah was in the hospital for surgery, our pastor offered to baptize her there.  I couldn't imagine doing it anywhere but our church with all our family with us and being able have a celebration. 

Leah's baptism dress came from her Great-Grandma Ellie, my mom's mom.  The slip was worn by my Grandma on her baptism, as well as my mom and her siblings, me and some of my cousins.  The gown was Ellie's 1st Communion dress.  It is a really beautiful dress and I love that it has special meaning to our family. 

Leah also turned 4 months old on Saturday.  I can't believe she's getting so big!  She's talking a ton and she discovered her hands the other night.  It was so cute to watch her look at them and get really surprised when they started moving.  She is also able to see people farther away, and she can find me from across the room.  I think she's working on her bottom teeth because she's constantly chewing on her hands and has been drooling more than usual.  We don't have any doctor appointments coming up until early April, so hopefully March will be a very quiet month for us.  Maybe this will be the month when we get some giggles.