Molly's Baptism

Father Pat, the priest from our church, came to the hospital tonight to baptize Molly. The unbelievable nurses at the hospital had been carrying around a post-it note with Father Pat's phone number on it so he could be called as soon as Molly was delivered. Since we were unsusre how long Molly would live, we had made arrangements in advance for this to take place at the hospital, as soon as possible.

As discussed, Father Pat came over right away Thursday night. And in a very special ceremony, in the hospital room, with most of our family (Erin, Sean, Gavin, Grandma and Grandpa, G-ma and G-pa, Colleen, Cara, Monica, and Jane - our delivery nurse) Molly was baptized at about 9 pm.

The gown Molly is wearing has been in Erin's family for something like 130 years. Over 40 people have worn it, including Erin's mom, Erin and all of her sisters, and Gavin.