Christening Eve was a disaster

Poorly Godparents, doubts about the service

Pain and regret and love for Matilda Mae

Bea was very unsettled

Needed a last minute midnight bath

And I was not sure any of us were going to have the strength we needed to face the day

The day broke

A sunny autumn day

Blue skies

Dappled sunlight shining through red and golden leaves

Because of the dramas of the night before

Bea was almost late for her own christening

But not quite

Once at the church

Tilda’s special church

Surrounded by family and friends

All there to support us

To remember Tilda

And welcome Bea

I started to relax

And enjoy the day

The service was wonderful

Led by our amazing vicar and friend

It was the right mix of what was now, what had gone before and what is still to come

The readings were read beautifully

We all lit candles

And we sung

And while we sang

All the children shaked, banged and jingled

A rainbow of musical instruments

While the candles were being lit

We also blew bubbles in the church

As music played and Matilda Mae’s photo montage was shown

It was magical

Beautiful

A church full of love

And rainbow bubbles

Bea was wonderful

She cried a little

Slept a little

And smiled a lot

She was so good as the water was put on her

And so settled with the vicar as he took her for a walk through the congregation

Our family

Our friends

People had travelled

From all over the country

From over the sea

School friends

Uni friends

Work colleagues

Blogging friends

Family

So many people

Made such a special effort

And all for our Rainbow Baby

Baby Bea

Esther and William were so proud

So engaged with the service

I was very proud of them

I was proud of all our children today

And so Bea is baptised

She has wonderful Godparents

Our wonderful friends

Who have been by our side through our darkest and lightest of days

True friends who we love

And respect

And know will be good role models for all our children

Dan, Melissa, Michele

Thank you

The service was so special

We could not have asked for more

After the church we went to a local hotel

It has a good pub with good food

And a great big garden for playing in

And do you know

On the 18th October

In the middle of October

We were able to spend the whole afternoon outside

Playing, running, sitting on blankets on the lawn

Eating, drinking, talking and laughing

It was such a lovely relaxed afternoon

And no one was in any hurry to leave

It was a perfect autumn afternoon

The children all played so nicely together

The adults had chance to really talk

And the sun shone

The day was all about Bea

Beautiful Rainbow Baby, Beatrice Hope

But there was definitely a magical Matilda Mae presence too

A special moment x @Edspire pic.twitter.com/NIA2NboLOT

— livieandlucaUK (@livieandlucauk) October 18, 2014

Thank you so much to everyone who came

And made Bea’s baptism a day to remember for always

In the eyes of a child…there is joy, there is laughter… there is hope, there is trust, a chance to shape the future…
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