Jordan & Jayson's Baptism

Jayson & Jordan's Baptism at St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church- July 16, 2011

Jayson and Jordan,

May God bless you and keep you.  As you grow, may you walk in the path that he has already planned for you with Faith, Hope and Love..... 

Mommy & Daddy

On July 16th, Jayson and Jordan received their Holy Sacrament of Baptism.  We are so proud of our little guys and are very blessed.  July 16th also marked exactly 5 months to the day of when we landed in Washington Dulles from Ethiopia with our 2 little lovers in tow.  That day seems so long ago.....

The boys did great in church.  I was so afraid of what they might say to Father Mike, like "What are you doing?"  "Why?"  "Stop, that!"....  Thank God they were well behaved and there were no outbursts.  Jordan likes to call all the priests Jesus and  most of the time comes out with his "There's Jesus!" outburst when its really quiet in church......no worries though.....he only kept whispering to me "There's Jesus, Mommy!" in the beginning of Mass and then slept through his whole Baptism....

My fear of being embarrassed by my children was actually reversed.  Mom, did a fine job of making a fool of herself......crying through the whole Baptism, in front of the entire church.  It was like all of the emotions of our entire adoption journey and the reality of having these two awesome kids came over me as I was standing at the Baptismal fountain.  The miracle of God choosing us to be Jayson & Jordan's parents is amazing, its hard to put into words but we thank him for his gifts and blessings every day!



Mommy, Jay & Jordy at the altar




The Baptismal Fountain with J & J's Godparents, my cousin Maria and her husband Tony



With Abuela, Abuelo and Titi Melissa



With Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Mike, Aunt Wendi, Uncle Phil, Brianna and Cody