Double Baptism

At 2 weeks, Olivia was baptized together with her cousin, Briar. We had a beautiful ceremony for these two precious little girls. Well, "little" compared to the rest of us. As far as 2 week old babies go, the description fits Olivia a bit better than Briar. We realized today that Briar, at nearly 12 pounds, is almost 50% bigger than Olivia who is somewhere around 8 pounds. Some of their cousins/siblings/aunts (the specific relationship varies depending on the baby), were trying to come up with appropriate nicknames for the girls. They quickly settled on "Peanut" for Olivia. They couldn't decide between "Monster Baby" or "Blub" for Briar. 

Seth's sister and her husband were not only attending as grandparents for Briar, but also as godparents for Olivia. We are very pleased to have such loving godparents for her!

The girls did great during their baptisms. Both awake at the start and asleep by the end. Olivia only needed one quick snack and cried during the actual baptizing part (I guess I did the same, but I'm happy to report that it has not been a hindrance to my eternal gratitude for my baptism.)

Here are the girls in their gowns, which I am pleased to announce, were not soiled with any diaper blow-outs. Olivia wore her great-grandmother's gown from 1904 - the same gown Elena wore. It was doubly appropriate for her since she was named for her Grandma Olivia. Briar is wearing her great-great-grandmother's gown from the 1930s. Notice that Olivia's great-grandma was 30 years older than Briar's great-great-grandma. It makes a big difference being the youngest child of a youngest child of the youngest of 9....rather than the first born of a first born of a couple of other not-youngest-children (sorry Sorensens - I don't know the birth order of anyone beyond Brooke on your side).

Welcome to the Church, Briar and Olivia!!