The Godparents

How did we choose our Godparents? We did not make the decision lightly. Besides being Catholic, we wanted the Godparents to be people who were close and important to us. We wanted them to be people that we wanted to share in Baby Bear's life and would also help teach her in our faith (well, my faith since Papa Bear is not Catholic). We wanted them to be people we wanted in our lives as well. Papa Bear and I each decided that we would each get to choose one of the Godparents. I would select the Godmother and he would select the Godfather.

It was a no brainer for me, when it came to selecting Baby Bear's Godmother. Her Godmother is one of my bestest friends. I have known her since I was in the 7th grade and we have been through so much together. She was my matron of honor and I could not think of anyone better to be my Baby Bear's Godmother. I knew right away that I wanted her to be my Baby Bear's Godmother and I was so thrilled when she accepted. It makes me so happy to have her as my daughter's Godmother.

The Godfather is Papa Bear's cousin (he is technically Papa Bear's step-dad's nephew, but we don't really believe in the "step" thing so in our book that makes him our cousin). When Papa Bear told me who he wanted as the Godfather, I was very pleased. I thought he was the perfect person to be Baby Bear's Godfather. When Papa Bear asked him, he was so excited and honored. He is a wonderful guy and we are so honored to have him as Baby Bear's Godfather.

Baptism

On Sunday, Baby Bear was baptized. She was so beautiful and did so amazing. She did not cry when the water was poured on her head and she was wonderful through the whole thing. She is always amazing so this of course did not surprise me. She looked absolutely adorable in her baptism gown. It was a very nice service. There was one other baby who was also baptized at that time. So it was a very nice small, intimate service. We had the grandparents and the Godparents. It was small but very special.

Sadly my camera died half way through, but fortunately Grandma Bear had her camera. So I will have to get her photos later. Here is a picture with her Godparents before my camera died.



I am going to dress her up again next weekend and get a few more pictures of her in her dress. She will never wear it again, so I might as well.