The cake (I just noticed the date is wrong on it ) :(
The baptism ceremony reenacted
Solomon with his godparents Uncle Jon, Aunt Rachel, and Uncle Mike
The family
The grandparents
Brotherly love
The entire Heinen family
Brotherly love
The entire Heinen family
The entire Schmidt family
Great Grandma Reiter-how sweet!
Four generation photo
Senate wore his Daddy's baptismal outfit, but it wasn't seasonally appropriate for Solomon to wear. Of course I still took pictures of Solomon in it though!
Uncle Jon had a seasonally appropriate baptismal outfit and since he is one of Solomon's godfathers we thought it would be nice to use that, but it was way too big (you can't really tell but the pants go all the way up to his armpits under the sweater and the feet hang off the bottom).
So I ordered him an outfit from onesmallchild.com and Grandma Heinen and Grandma Schmidt purchased it for him. The third time proved to be a charm indeed.
You can't really tell in this picture but he is laying on a blanket that I also ordered and had personalized for him. It was embroidered with a cross and his name and baptismal date in one corner. My intent is for his children to be able to use it and get their info embroidered in the other corners. Time will tell if Solomon (and more importantly his future wife) like that idea!
It was a bittersweet day because in addition to it being Solomon's baptism, it was Grandpa/Pastor Schmidt's last day preaching after a long career of 30+ years. We feel lucky and blessed that he was the one to baptize both the boys. It's kind of cool that his son Ben was the first baby he ever baptized and Solomon (his grandson) will be the last.
Friend Landon Hagenow, Senate, and cousins Delanie and Rylie had fun looking out the window and pretending to see things.
Senate wore his Daddy's baptismal outfit, but it wasn't seasonally appropriate for Solomon to wear. Of course I still took pictures of Solomon in it though!
Uncle Jon had a seasonally appropriate baptismal outfit and since he is one of Solomon's godfathers we thought it would be nice to use that, but it was way too big (you can't really tell but the pants go all the way up to his armpits under the sweater and the feet hang off the bottom).
So I ordered him an outfit from onesmallchild.com and Grandma Heinen and Grandma Schmidt purchased it for him. The third time proved to be a charm indeed.
You can't really tell in this picture but he is laying on a blanket that I also ordered and had personalized for him. It was embroidered with a cross and his name and baptismal date in one corner. My intent is for his children to be able to use it and get their info embroidered in the other corners. Time will tell if Solomon (and more importantly his future wife) like that idea!
It was a bittersweet day because in addition to it being Solomon's baptism, it was Grandpa/Pastor Schmidt's last day preaching after a long career of 30+ years. We feel lucky and blessed that he was the one to baptize both the boys. It's kind of cool that his son Ben was the first baby he ever baptized and Solomon (his grandson) will be the last.
Friend Landon Hagenow, Senate, and cousins Delanie and Rylie had fun looking out the window and pretending to see things.
Two handsome dudes Landon and Senate
