Gabriella's Christening

My cousin has an adorable and happy baby, and this weekend we went to her Christening.

At the church the ceremony was conducted by a priest who was very engaging and charismatic and really engaged not just the parents and godparents, but the whole congregation.

After the ceremony we attended a beautiful reception at a hall nearby.  The decorations included carousel horses and someone had the bright idea to take pictures of Gabriella on one.  Gabriella was skeptical, but it made fun pictures.

Here we are taking a turn meeting Gabriella.  She is such a happy, easygoing baby and we played with her for a bit until she started to look for her mom.  Then my dad held her and she was happy again.

It was really nice to see some of my father's family, whom I don't get to see much, and what better occasion to celebrate with them than a new baby!

We got these really cute and extremely tasty cookies as favors. The picture is edible! (which is a little weird)