Murphy Memoirs: Baptism

Nash was baptized at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church on Saturday evening after his birthday party (January 15, 2011). The whole family got to be a part of the ceremony...how great is that? Uncle Mark and Aunt Katy are Nash's godparents, and we are so grateful for their love for Nash and their desire to help him grow up in the light of our Lord.

Mass was at 5:30 and we chose to do a private baptism ceremony afterward...it proved to be a tad late for all of the babies (see picture of meltdown below), but was a very nice ceremony. Nash wore a baptismal gown that has been a part of the Murphy family since 1916. Nash is the 26th baby since then to be baptized in the gown. It has a pretty amazing history...and if the list wasn't so long, I would post it here!

Enjoy the pictures...

Nash, parents, and Godparents during the ceremony

grandparents

anointing of oil

the murphy crew


the whole nash/murphy crew....note all babies having meltdowns...this picture is just too funny to me.

nash and his Godparents - Uncle Mark and Aunt Katy


the murphy boys

After the baptism, we went back home and put the babies down to sleep and ordered pizza. We were all pretty tired from a big day of celebrating! Sunday morning we had some breakfast, and those who were driving took off around lunch time.

Nannie and Opa and Uncle Mark flew out Monday morning, so we got to hang out with them for an extra day. We headed downtown for a few drinks and for dinner...we stopped by the Parthenon down by Vanderbilt for an impromptu one year photo shoot. Some of them turned out pretty well - Nash even made a "one" with his finger for us!