Baby Bouldin: Baptism and Family

Brielle was recently Baptised at Christ the King Church in Tulsa, OK October 14th 2012. We couldn't use our church, Holy Family Cathedral, due to a huge formal event going on that day. and our family came to town for the big day in her life. This was such a special day for Chris and I as well because bringing her up in a Catholic home is so important to us. We always wanted Chris' dad to be the one to baptise our children so in honor of him we asked Chris' mom to be Brielle's Godmother. She eagerly accepted and our great friend Tony is Brielle's Godfather. Most people who are not Catholic view the Godparents as the ones who raise the children if anything should happen to the parents but in the Catholic faith a Godparent sees that's the child is raised in a good Christian home. They make sure the parents are attending Mass on at least a weekly basis and are bringing the child with them. Godparents are and will be a very important part of Brielle's life so we are very happy with who we chose to be such a huge role model for her.

Before Brielle was born I made special shoes for her to match my wedding shoes. I am very proud of them and am glad that she will be able to look back one day and know how much she meant to me even before she was here. For her special day she wore the shoes I made her (which kept falling off during the ceremony) and the baptism gown that Chris was baptised in. The baptism gown is actually pretty special because not only Chris was baptised in it. His brother Eric, sister Ashley, mom, uncle Tim and uncle Philip all used the gown she wore. She is the first of the third generation to use it.

Father Matt performed the ceremony which was awesome because he is a good friend of ours. We could not have chosen a better priest for this occasion. Father Matt did play a role in our wedding as well so it was nice to include him in the next chapter of our lives as well.