Baptism

Evan was baptized on Jan 16th. He didn't seem to mind it a bit! Fr. Barker was nice enough to warm up the water for him, so that probably helped.

Here he is wearing the Schmid family baptismal gown made by my great-grandmother for my great-Uncle Joe in 1914. Evan is in the 4th generation who have worn it. Marian and Aidan were a bit taken aback that he was wearing a dress!

We were very fortunate to have some of Thomas' family come out for the event. His godparents are Thomas' brother and sister-in-law, Keven and Maryanne. The kids had a blast visiting with their cousins and grandpa. Mila, Aidan, Brennan, Becky, Maryanne with Tommy, Keven with Evan, Thomas, Marian, and Father Barker

You Make Me Giggle

Aidan is over the moon for Evan and always wants to hold him and have their picture taken. Whenever Aidan holds him, he giggles about something Evan does, so I thought this outfit was perfect for them.

Brennan, on the other hand, is just now acknowledging that there is a baby and that it seems to be here to stay. When Evan was born, Brennan was too sick to really take notice of anything different. After a week or so, whenever Evan would cry, Brennan would grab one of us and drag us to him, and then pull our hands down to wherever the baby was so we would pick him up. But I couldn't ever tell if he was concerned or just wanted the baby out of the swing or car seat so that he could play with the item. He would give the baby a hug if you were holding him, but didn't want to hold him himself.

Now he talks to Evan and pats his head, saying, "Gennn-tull". And I finally got a picture of just the 2 of them!

The Christmas Thief

I just thought this was an amusing photo: Brennan surveying his stash of goodies. He then determined it wasn't enough and went around looking through all the bags and boxes. When he didn't find anything in those, he just went around to Aidan and Marian's piles, and took a few things to add to his pile.

The Christmas Elf

Christmas Eve--ready for church

The little green hat made him look like a little elf.

And so begins the monthly growth pictures next to his bear.

Christmas Kids

Just playing around with photoshop...

First Bath

Evan wasn't exactly thrilled with the idea of a bath. Such a boy...

He didn't seem to mind getting his hair washed. Stayed very calm for that part. Good practice for baptism.

He seemed pleased by the results though.

The Siblings

The hospital called at 4:30am to say they were full and to push back our arrival time. So the kids were confused to find us still there when they got up for school. Aidan thought it was hilarious that there were "too many ladies having babies". They got to say good morning to the 'new baby' one last time. Aidan was fairly religious about having to kiss and hug my stomach every morning and every evening and say "Good morning/Good night, new baby".

Brennan on the other hand, was pretty oblivious to the whole thing. If you asked him where new baby was, he'd point to my stomach 75% of the time and say, "No baby!!" The other times, he'd point to himself. Brennan still had a cold and low fever (due to ear infection) on Tuesday morning, so he was even more oblivious than usual.

I called the hospital back at 9:30am to get a guess as to if we were going to do this today, but really to make sure that I hadn't fallen off the radar when the shift change occurred. They said to come in, so we were finally off!

The hospital didn't allow anyone under the age of 16 into the maternity ward in order to prevent the spread of the flu. So the kids had to meet Evan quickly in the hallway and then through the glass in the nursery until he came home on Thursday.