Annabeth's Baptism

We had Annabeth's church baptism this weekend. Her and Eve were both baptized in the hospital right after they were born but we wanted to have a formal ceremony where she could also be blessed with the holy oils. Msgr. Malone performed the ceremony during eight o'clock mass and did an amazing job. He told everyone about Eve and how she was a saint now. During the blessing he asked for Saint Eve Marie to bless Annabeth. It was very touching. I am so sad that I didn't get any pictures of him with AB but he had another baptism to perform after mass so he was very busy.
Jim and Katie Battreal are AB's godparents. Katie is a friend of mine that I met soon after moving to Little Rock. Her soon Landon and Luke have been in the same class since he first started at 2nd Pres back in 2010. She has been a great friend and supported me so much during the pregnancy with Eve. She made us dinner several nights and was always calling to check on me and lift my spirits.
After church, we invited everyone over to our house for a little brunch celebration. It was really nice and gave us a chance to really thank all of our family for the support they gave us when we lost Eve. You see that box on the mantel behind Lyle in this picture? Msgr. gave that to us after the ceremony. It is the syringes filled with holy water that he used to baptize AB and Eve. On one syringe plated in gold he wrote Annabeth Eve Burdine and the other Eve Marie Burdine. It was sooo amazing to see. I had often wondered what had happened to those syringes but figured they got tossed out. It took my breath away to see them.  We love you AB! So blessed to have you in our family. It was such a special day to celebrate just you!