Thursday, February 04, 2010

Landry's baptism

Sunday, January 31, 2010 was one of the best days of my life.

Landry has been talking for several months now and asking questions about wanting to be baptized--this past Sunday was finally THE day!

As I mentioned in my previous post, my parents, brother and sister all came into town to be here for her special day. 

Here she is about to get into the (portable!) baptistry!


Hooray!  I love this picture.  Landry has never really seen anyone get baptized so she didn't know "how" to come out of the water.  In fact, when she first went up the steps she turned her back to the baptistry like she was going to fall in backwards (think Nestea plunge!).  The fact that she came up with her "victory arms" held high was just pure raw emotion.  So great!

Getting a hug from Pastor Tim, our children's minister.

After the service.......

All of us......


Yay Landry!!  We are SO PROUD of you and love you SO MUCH!!

11 comments:

Kara said...

I too love that pic! Yea Landry! Such an adorable little person!

elizabeth said...

Wonderful news! Congratulations, Landry!

Kristen OQ said...

I LOVE that picture too -- what a perfect day! I am so proud of her and can't imagine how you must feel.

Spotted-Bird said...

Congratulations Landry! Love it.

Teresa said...

Sweet, sweet Landry! What a blessing!!

Thanks a lot for stealing Pastor Tim back, btw :)

Gigi said...

Truly, a special day! Landry we are all so proud, and we love you so much! You are so sweet, so positive, so thoughtful, so kind, and so loving; you are an inspiration to us! We are very glad we were able to witness your very special day!

Tiffany said...

Congratulations! What an exciting day!

Caroline said...

Yea for Landry! I too love the picture of her coming out of the water. Perfect!!

Roxanne said...

Courtney! How precious! Thank you for sharing this most important day. I'm so happy for you all!

So glad your enjoying your little birds! Happy to know they arrived safely!

Angie said...

I love that picture! What a sweet memory for a precious girl.

Abby said...

That is a picture we should all hold close to our heart! I remember feeling that same way on my baptism day!! I love it and my heart is celebrating for her today!!