Thomas' Baptism

Last Sunday was a special moment for us as a family as we celebrated Thomas' baptism. We were blessed that the weather held for a lovely afternoon barbecue with everyone in the garden enjoying the sunshine. We love this busy photograph of us with all Thomas' godparents and 'god-siblings'. Thanks to everyone who came to share in the day and make it such a memorable time for us all.

Our new vicar gave us the opportunity to say a few words about why we were taking this step and we were able to explain that we wanted to thank God publicly for the gift of Thomas, to make promises on his behalf, and to pray for him to grow to know Jesus as his friend and saviour.

We also enjoyed the opportunity to catch up with the Willshaws who were staying with us for the weekend - and Ben of course loved seeing Tabitha again. Her beautiful hair proved very enticing for a boy in need of a touch of comfort at the end of a tiring day.

Approaching 10 months, Thomas made his first lumbering movements forward this week (finally progressing from the frustrating circles and backwards crawling he's been doing for ages). Already Ben is learning that this brings destruction and chaos to the games he was happily playing alone or with Mummy and Daddy and we fear there are many battles to come as he adjusts to Thomas' development!

Thomas is a delightful, happy little chappy full of giggles and playfulness. This photograph of him the day after his baptism captures our little monkey perfectly at the end of a messy meal.