Peeking Under The Hood: Baptism and Pedicures

We celebrated Oliver's baptism last Sunday. He was a good little guy, slept during the mass and woke up just in time to get water dumped on his head. There was no crying, a few looks of confusion and a big smile when the priest commented on his x-large size.

Outside Church

Waiting for mass to start

Got bored and past out

The dunk

Our holy Maelin

Family shot

Godparents

Cake

Maelin and Charlie waiting patiently for the cake to be cut

Maelin is getting to that age where she is beginning to develop fears. Recently she has been waking up extra early because she says she doesn't like to be alone. This early wake up is killing us, especially since Oliver is struggling to make it through the night and we are both working. So we decided to try the alarm clock tactic and bought an alarm that turns green when its "OK TO WAKE". I originally rolled my eyes at the thought of this thinking no way would Maelin listen to an alarm light, she doesn't even listen to me. But we thought we would give it a try and pair it up with a reward if she obeyed the light. The deal was if she stayed QUIETLY in bed or in her room until the light turned green every morning for a week, she would get a pedicure (she has a slight obsession with painted toe nails, she especially likes when Daddy paints them......Brett was not a good manicurist at first but has much improved). Much to my surprise it worked and has continued to work now for a few weeks. We adjust the time for a later wake up on the weekend which is nice.....hehe!