One More Catholic in this World

That's right, there is one more Catholic in this world. Samuel Joseph had his baptism this past Sunday in Sioux Falls. To begin the weekend we traveled 5 1/2 hours to get to Sioux Falls and Samuel did a fantastic job (he slept 5 hours and was wide awake when we drove into SF's.) Ben and I can't begin to describe how much snow Sioux Falls had. My mom and friends had talked about all of the snow but I still couldn't believe it when we saw it. The drifts and piles of snow were all taller than our car, and the ice under the snow made it tough at times to walk. But the great thing was that SF's had one of its warmest days in a while on Sunday. Samuel was able to meet new family and friends this weekend and then on Sunday it was a day to celebrate Samuel. He attended his first mass on Sunday and was cute as can be. This was his 1st outfit with a belt and button down shirt, he looked like such a little man it was precious. After mass we changed him into his Baptismal gown (no it was not a gown but a white jumpsuit) and held the Baptism at the back of our church. Father Krogman did the Baptism, he was the same Priest that did Ben and I's wedding 5 1/2 years ago and also the same church I was Baptized in almost 30 years ago.
Christy Prendergast a great friend and her fiance Wade Nedved are Samuel's Godparents and they were there to help us celebrate Samuel's day. Sam was great during the Baptism, but started to cry when he was blessed with the Holy Water I think it was a shock. After the Baptism we all went together for a celebratory brunch. It was great to have all of our family together to celebrate Samuel. I think everyone was able to hold Sam even if just for a moment, he loved meeting all of his family and new friends.
After brunch we went back to my mothers house to open gifts and spend more time with Samuel. It was really nice of my mother and Denny to have us to their house so people could hold Samuel for a little while longer. Samuel's godparents Christy and Wade had a book made for him that is all about Samuel. The book is printed just for him, including his birthday and each page starts with a letter of his name. This was the neatest thing and I can't wait until Samuel can read it to us some day and know that the story is all about him. Ben's parents were also able to come over to the house and spend some time with them before they needed to head back to Omaha.

The ride back was great Samuel again slept the entire way. I was really nervous about how he would do in the car and on his 1st roadtrip, but he was a trooper. He slept well at my mother's house where he has his own crib and when he was awake he was a trooper as we had all 4 pugs at the house with him!!

Samuel is doing really well. He seems to be smiling more each day, babiling a lot throughout the day and has begun to push himself up into a standing position when you have him on your lap (he has really strong legs.) We are still waiting to see him roll over again, we can see he wants to but just hasn't gotten the moves down just yet.

Here are some pictures from our weekend home.