By Water and the Holy Spirit

It was a joyous weekend:  In addition to Easter, Tate was baptized on Saturday night at the Easter Vigil service.   

From the Book of Common Prayer-

“Let us welcome the newly baptized.

We receive you into the household of God.  Confess the faith of Christ crucified, proclaim his resurrection, and share with us in his eternal priesthood.”

That’s a lot for a little guy, which is why he has the whole strength and support of the Christian community behind him.  Go Tate!  We are so thankful for all our family and friends who helped us celebrate by joining us for the service and for lunch on Saturday afternoon.  It was the first official party in Tate’s honor.  He napped through a lot of it, but that’s to be expected when the guest of honor is three months old.

Thanks also for these two for vowing to help Tate grow into the full stature of Christ.

And here’s our happy little family.  I might try to put Tate back into his baptism clothes today and get a few pictures of him alone.  That kid can really pull off a bonnet.