a family affair

sunday was our day - grandparents included. ten days after amori was born, i was already calling the church to inquire about when i could have her baptized - coming, of course, from a family tradition that baptisms should be done as soon as possible. the priest told me that amori should at least be 1 month before he baptizes her so i waited, and made a mental note to myself that since my birthday was a sunday, why not have her baptized on that day to make it even more special.



fast-forward to yesterday, the 20th - we dressed amori in a pretty white dress, invited our 2 closest friends to be her godparents, and had her baptized in the church we started going to when i got here. not much frills, no 10 pairs of ninongs and ninangs. she was fed, changed, and generally at peace - until the ceremony started. then she started getting cranky because she was sleepy. enter pacifier. she drifted off to sleep but would wake up every 5 minutes or so - especially when it was time for the holy water! in 30 minutes, she became an official part of the catholic church.. and not long after, she got to sleep in the car.





of course her proud and doting grandparents could not help but have a party for her after. i absolutely had to have a cupcake tree for her with cupcakes from Cupcake - chocolate cupcakes with pink frosting - called Diva; and lemon cupcakes with also pink frosting called Sweet Sixteen. and by chance we found a big cupcake at the store with a ballerina on top - which served as a perfect top cupcake for the tree. we couldn't resist - we bought a birthday cake for ourselves too... a rich chocolate cake with even more sugary icing. i also made favors - pacifier candy in little booties i found in Michael's.







not bad for a week's worth of prep time huh? LOL.

so how'd i spend my birthday? as amori's mommy, and i wouldn't have had it any other way. after all, i had a birthday cake and candles to share with aldo as well.