Mark was baptized on March 6, 2011 by Rev. Daniel Irving at Memorial Drive Methodist Church during The Journey service. It was a perfect day. The weather was beautiful and we had lots of family in town for Mark's big day. Both kids were happy and well behaved although Emily managed to attract the most attention. There is just no way for a newborn to compete with a toddler when it comes to grabbing attention. Emily made various comments during the service while we were on stage. When Daniel began pouring the water she said, "What is he doing Daddy?" , and then walked around a bit on the stage, looked out and said "Hi Mimi!" On top of the comments, Emily also attracted attention by dipping her toe off the stage in contemplation of making a break for it and pulling and then removing her bow. Of course all of this was followed by a solid hour of singing and dancing for the family after the service. Mark got plenty of attention, compliments, hugs and kisses from the family so its not like he was neglected. But to sum it up, Emily did refer to the post service lunch as "my party." Here are some pictures from the day. [nggallery id=51] Note: Sorry this is delayed. If you are wondering why the important pics always take longer to get posted (or never get posted), this is why... Most of the pictures on the blog have been taken on my phone. I have an app on my phone that allows me to take a picture and then post it on the blog with text in a matter of minutes. And it can be done anywhere that I have my phone. But when we take pictures on the real camera at events like a baptism it takes literally hours to get the pics from the camera to the blog. I have to upload the pics from the camera to the desktop, sort through them, save into a new format, resize, open blog and create a photo gallery and upload the newly formatted pics into the gallery and then create a post on the blog. And it can only be done at the desktop. It is impossible to sit at the desktop while the kids are awake. Emily loves "Daddy's room" and starts pulling on cords, pushing power buttons, sticking fingers in paper shredder, throwing usb disk drives, playing with printers, etc. If Emily is asleep and Mark is awake and not eating, I usually want to give him undivided attention. Long story short, pictures from the real camera will only be seen on the blog when all the stars align and the kids are asleep at the same time. And even when that does occur, I sometimes opt for a shower and a meal.