Dylan's Baptism

Dylan was baptized on July 2^nd!  It was definitely a special day.  We had so many family members there to celebrate with him. 

 This was supposed to be a "jump for joy" because I'm getting baptized, but instead it turned into more of a crazy smiling ninja move.  But it's totally Dylan so there you go.

 Doesn't he look so handsome in his suit!  {Insert heart-eyed emoji here}

Leading up to his baptism, we talked a lot about what it means to be baptized, stressing the importance of the decision he was making, and repeatedly telling him that if he wasn’t ready he could wait.  The thing about Dylan is that he doesn’t love being the center of attention.  When he is, he becomes a smart-mouth and can’t be serious.  This is a problem when so many people are celebrating such a big day for him.  I thought maybe we should downplay things a little with him but decided against it because it is a BIG, SPECIAL day and even if the attention makes him uncomfortable, he’ll just have to learn to deal with it.  When it came down to it, he knew why he was getting baptized, he knew that he was committing to keeping the commandments, including fasting, pay tithing, being honest, etc.

I made out the invitations and sent them, and then got an email saying they had decided to change the time of his baptism because there weren’t very many kids that month so they didn’t need to do two different times.  That was a bit annoying since I had just sent the invites out, but not a big deal.  So his baptism started at 10.  He was the only one from our ward so it was just our family and a few ward members back in the room by the font.  That was nice.

The only problem was Kaden.  He loves his dad so much and really wanted to go up and sit with Ryan during the program in the sacrament room.  But he wouldn’t stay sitting, he would get down and wander around and try to climb on the stage.  He was not necessarily noisy, but Dylan was completely distracted by him, trying to play with him, and not listening.  So I took him out a couple of times, but then he wanted to go back in and I wanted to hear the messages as well.  Eventually Cheryl took him out for the remainder of the program.  But then back at the font he was very loud and not reverent at all.  He wanted Ryan again.  Ryan told me I had to find a way to keep him quiet during the baptism.  So that’s mostly what I remember.  Struggling with Kaden.  I gave him a sucker which worked.  He was quiet for the baptism.  Then he was antsy while we waited for them to get dressed and come back to the room for the confirmation.  And I had to pull out another sucker to get through the confirmation without him screaming and pushing away from me to go beg Ryan to hold him.  Luckily I happened to have two suckers in my purse, which I put in months prior and never, ever use.  But we were desperate.

All in all, it was a great blessing and he had a very special day.  Dylan got this little book filled with notes from everyone who came.  We love it!

We were so happy to have so many family members come to celebrate with us!

Don’t mind Sadie in this picture.  She had a moment (a long moment).  But it is what it is!  We sure love all our family!

We had to give Sadie a few minutes to calm down so we got a family shot at home.  Love them!

Dylan’s birthday was only a week before his baptism so I just did cupcakes for his birthday party and made him this cute cake for his baptism.

We also had sandwiches and salads and Italian Cream Sodas for lunch.  It was a beautiful day (though windy because it is always windy, that’s just a given).

We are very proud of Dylan and the boy he is becoming.  I love seeing my kids growing into more independent little people and gaining more responsibility.  I look forward to Dylan receiving the priesthood and passing the sacrament!