Troubles & Triumphs of a Growing Family: Bristol's Baptism / End of summer fireworks w/ Brooklyn

Bristol was finally baptized on August 17, 2014. It was a beautiful day and she looked just as beautiful. She wore the same gown that I wore as a baby and Brooklyn wore for her baptism as well. Her Godmother is Aunt Erica and her Godfather is Uncle Mike. We put off getting her baptized until after we figured out her belly issues because we didn't want her to be miserable and scream through the entire mass. I'm glad we waited because she was just as happy as could be through the whole service and didn't even mind the holy water on her head. She did great! We had a little get together at our house afterwards and all the family came to celebrate. We had tons of food and goodies!

So Sayre decided to have their fireworks show at the end of the summer this year instead of on July 4th. This was due to late notice and not having enough time to plan the fireworks show. Hopefully next year it will be on the 4th as usual. We weren't sure we were going to go since it was the day before school started and I figured Brooklyn would be getting tired by the time it was over. But I decided to give it a try anyway. Unfortunately Derek had to work the fireworks show so we were on our own with Aunt Carrie, Uncle Tory, Aunt Erica, Kylie, Carter, Colton, Heather, and Rick...soo not on our own at all lol. We met at Carrie's house and walked over to the fields by the railroad tracks. We found good seats and waited...I wasn't sure how Brooklyn would react since she was not a huge fan last year. She, like Bristol, gets startled easily and doesn't like loud noises. When they first started she wasn't paying attention and looked at me with a look of pure panic on her face. She grabbed on to me tighter than ever and started to cry....I reassured her that it was ok and told her to look at how pretty....she sat on my lap watching and kept saying no...nooo...nooo....but didn't take her eyes off of them. After a minute she settled in and sat quietly watching the show. She ended up falling asleep before they were over and slept through the finale!