Mosaic Life

Christening away the weekend

August 6, 2008 on 9:58 am | In family |

Wow, is it Wednesday already? And I’m just now getting around to writing about the weekend. Ah well, better late than never.

We went to Alabama for a good old fashioned christening. My sister’s twins, Rylan and Dawson, were christened at the very same church that my sister and her husband were married in. I was able to get a lot of practice with my new camera, which my dad got me as an early birthday/graduation gift. It’s a Canon Rebel EOS Xsi. Below is a photo of Brandi and Dawson that I took with my 50mm lens.

Doesn’t he have the bluest eyes? He’s gotten to be quite chunky since the last time I saw him. But that’s the good thing about babies. They can get chunkier and it only adds to the cuteness. Next is a photo I took of Ally Grace, Rylan, and Dawson lying on the bed:

It wasn’t too long ago that the three were still in their mamas’ tummies. Ally Grace is about 2 months older than the twins, and has about 3 inches more hair. Aren’t they cute?

As for the actual christening, I tried to avoid using a flash in the church, but here’s a picture of Rylan in her bonnet:

The babies were actually great during their christening. Dawson squealed and laughed when he felt water on him because he thought it was bathtime. As you can see from above, Rylan was pretty much just sleepy. But neither cried.

Anyway, I enjoyed relentlessly photographing everyone and everything this weekend while trying to get this hang of my new camera. It was also really nice to be around my family. I’m so glad that we live close enough now that we can do that.