San Antonio: Part One

When I sat down to write that last post, I had no intention of writing all about Trouble. I guess that's just where my mind was. It's a sad part of life losing a pet. Thanks for the kind words. It always feels good to know people care.

I never wrote about our whole trip to San Antonio, and I really wanted to, so here goes...

Like I said before Sofia's baptism went great. We had it at the same church where Robert and I got married. I felt horrible because we got to mass late! No kidding, we got there about twenty minutes into the mass. The church is closer to my parents' house, but we were over at Robert's mom's house before the mass helping get things ready for the gathering to follow the baptism (this was Robert's mom's idea). Well, of course, we ended up running late because Robert is helping his mom do this and that and all this family keeps showing up (a bunch of his aunts and his grandparents came into town for the baptism) and I'm trying to get ready and get my child ready and then no one knows where the church is so they all have to follow us and...you get the idea. So yeah, we were late, but the important thing is that we made it! We had to put the finishing touches on Sofia in the car because we were so rushed, but that's okay. Robert said Sofia looked like a Quaker with her bonnet.

She cried a little before the actual baptism itself so I had to run back into the sachristy to feed her before we got started, but she didn't cry during the baptism. She was an angel. Here she is right after.

and some pic's of the family and the family and the godparents(and one of her cousins)...


And here's a good one of my angel with her grandpa (my dad).

The gathering after the baptism was really nice! It was all family. Robert's sister, who is Sofia's godmother, came down from Maryland with her husband and two kids (we're their godparents). Robert's grandparents wanted to be in San Antonio for the event so they could see all their great grandchildren at once. It was something to behold. So many generations together. Really awesome. We went out to the Grotto of our Lady of Lourdes the next day (it's a really beautiful grotto) and took photos on the grounds.
Here are a few:

Here are some with Sofia's great grandfather (Robert's grandfather).




So that was the first few days of our visit. I've got tons more photos of the rest of our visit, so more to follow!