Reagan's Baptism

Our sweet little one, Reagan Mark, was baptized last weekend on March 7th (his original due date!). We were blessed to have my brother, Mike, and sister-in-law, Casey, in town. They will serve as Reagan's godparents throughout his journey in life as a Christian and a Catholic. We were also happy to be joined by plenty of other family members to celebrate the sacrament with us.

Reagan was a champ! He was a little bit fussy, but surprisingly quieted down when Fr. Jim O'Connor poured the water over his head! He definitely filled out the baptismal outfit much better than Kolbe did. (He's up to 8 1/2 pounds now!) Before we left for the church, Mark got Kolbe dressed while I was nursing Reagan and happened upon a bag full of my brothers' clip on ties from when they were little. Even though it was way too big, he clipped one on Kolbe shirt and sent him out to me. When he came waltzing into the family room, I literally was brought to tears by how cute he looked! Part of me was laughing at the "adorable-ness" of his little outfit and the other part just couldn't believe my baby had grown up so much! He's turning into such a little boy!

After the baptism, we went to Popo's house for lunch and then later celebrated with Mark's parents by having a delicious steak dinner. It was certainly a wonderful and special day for our little guy! Praise God for the gift of baptism!

Reagan with his parents, godparents and big bro

Reagan Mark with his godparents, Mike and Casey Hefferly

Reagan's baptism by water!

Such a beautiful new Catholic!

Is he not the cutest big brother you've ever seen!?! (ok, maybe just the cutest little 15 month old period!)