Nina’s Baptism, Part II

June 13th, the big day! Kaylee shows off her outfit, lookin’ pretty! See this image larger.

Nina’s got her game face on! See this image larger.

Looks like the other kids are ready too! Smiles, everybody! See this image larger.

We get all the kids smiling so rarely, here’s a couple more versions of this shoot. See this image larger.

I should probably combine this shot with the one above… Nice job, though, kids! See this image larger.

At the church, and Nina gets baptized! See this image larger.

Love this shot, even though it isn’t very well taken. (I think I did this one.) Mommy’s happy! See this image larger.

Our awesome family! (Pretty much the perfect shot except for Ian’s belly poking out of his sweater… still, that’s what little boys are all about, and that’s probably my fault anyway.) See this image larger.

More shots coming soon!

Quotable Ian, Part II

“If you said my name was Buzz Lightyear then I wouldn’t like that very much. If you called me Ian I would like that very much.”

“Uncle Chris doesn’t have hair, he just has a head.”

“Ka-Blast-Off!” (Think “kablam” meets “blast-off.”)

“I want to be a pirate” Why? “‘Cause they go around in a ship in the water with pirates. I would go to school and take Owen and (names other students) and Miss. Carrie. (teacher) and we would go on a boat.” (I just liked hearing him tell this story because I could picture it in my head as he described it, the ship pulling up to the playground, a seesaw being used as a boarding plank for the kids to make their escape, all the while Ian stands at the bow with an eye patch, nodding in approval.)

“Now I lay my head down sleep, I pray my Lord head down sleep, have angels watch my head down sleep, and keep my head down sleep.” (This is his idea of a joke, and I admit I laughed at this… particularly as this followed Pastor Riley’s sermon a few days ago wherein he said that in prayer we should talk to God as if a trusted, best friend.)

Nina’s Baptism, Part I

So much has happened, but let’s go back to where we left off picture-wise and hopefully I can set the record straight some other time.

Once again, it was time to get a Chapman baby’s head good and wet and people came from miles and miles away to see the spectacle! Let me start by saying thank you to everybody for braving plane rides and car trips and colds and screaming kids to visit us, meet our little girl, and scruff the hair of our little boy! Also thank you all for your generosity!

The pictures here came from many different sources — I tried my best to keep it sort of chronological, but I’m going to give myself a break here and just say hey, if it is close, it is good enough. All this stuff happened in one happy weekend! Sound fair? Also, I got different pictures of different people on different days, please don’t be offended if you didn’t make day one – I promise you’re in Part II if you weren’t in Part I! Let’s say we start on June 12th, 2010.

Great Grandma Betty flew in from Florida and hugged Nina. She immediately thought the trip was well worth it! Grampa Dave and Grandma Marcia are not pictured here, but arrived with Great Grandma Betty… sorry I missed you both with the camera on the 12th, but I got you the next day! 🙂 See this image larger.

Nina was in a bit of shell shock about the whole camera thing! See this image larger.

If Ian’s the only one looking at the camera, we probably bribed him with a treat, trust me! 😉 See this image larger.

Ooop, that wasn’t shell shock, that was the pre-nap sleepies! See this image larger.

Aunt Melanie, and Ian’s cousins arrived from Ohio and it was time for some kids to have some fun! See this image larger.

If you can’t tell, Ian truly missed his cousins since last visit! That’s Grandma Barb back there too, nicely directing traffic to keep collisions to a minimum! See this image larger.

And behold, it is Uncle Chris, also making the long journey up from Florida! See this image larger.

*hug* See this image larger.

Grampa Ray helped sort this mess out. See this image larger.

Water enthusiasts and conservationists Ian and Kaylee, cleaned up nice later in the evening to prepare for the morning of Nina’s baptism. See this image larger.

Grandma Sue also traveled north from Florida to see Nina’s big day! See this image larger.

She’s awful cute! See this image larger.

Finally, the star herself gets a good-night bath… See this image larger.

Next entry, the big day! (Funny to think that at this point Melissa and I had only looked at three houses… we would end up looking at over 35 more before coming right back to the first one we looked at with our realtor.

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