Annalise's Alley: Baptism

Annalise was baptized on May 24th, 2009. Anna was really a good baby for her baptism even though she was really tired since it was over her nap time. During the church service she was a little antsy like usual, so I had to walk around with her for awhile but when it came time for her baptism she didn't fuss at all. After we got home, I was sure she was going to be ready for a nap but she got her second wind and ended up staying awake for another 3 hours!! She was really exhausted after that though and napped like a champ for a few hours.
The dress that Anna wore is the same dress that her cousins, Jen, Samantha and Hannah all wore before her, which I think is really neat that all the girls have now been able to wear it. Hopefully Anna's little sister will be able to wear it too in a couple of years (I don't know what we will do if we have a boy next. I guess he will just have to wear a dress =) ).
We did not really get any pictures at the church on our camera but we did get some at home afterwards. I must also add that it was really difficult to get a good picture of a 6 month old in a dress as you will soon see.......

Doing good so far....

Still OK...but then...

...she discovered her shiny shoes...

...began to roll over and pull up the blanket.

Ok, so then I figure I will take some of her lying down.
Anna obviously had a different idea about that..

..she kept swinging her legs over her head.

Notice how her legs are blurry. She had them swingin' away!

We were glad to be able to visit with friends and family after her baptism. We don't have pictures of everyone since, like at Easter, it is hard to do the food and take the pictures too, but at least there are more pictures than there were at my Easter dinner. Grammy, Grandpa and Sylvia, Gram, Uncle Ben & Crystal and Andrew, Uncle Dave & Aunt Lisa and Jen, Uncle Rich & Aunt Michelle and Samantha and Hannah, Brad, Lori and Aidan Smith, the Rileys (Lori's parents), Auntie Emily and Uncle Mike all came over. Here are some pictures of the party afterwards: