This collection of photographs were taken at POD’s Christening yesterday.
The day started with POD running round the garden in her beautiful dress and pulling leaves off trees. The sun was shining at that point so we enjoyed a ten minute walk to the church where we met relatives and friends. Two of the godparents had traveled from Ireland and Cheshire the day before – we were slightly jaded as a result.
Our church is very relaxed, especially at the all ages service, with younger children given the freedom to explore without causing too much disruption. Like most toddlers, POD doesn’t enjoy being restrained.
She was impeccably behaved during the baptism itself, reacting well to having water poured on her head, turning to the vicar to say ‘again!’
After the baptism she stayed at the front, joined by friends, one of whom she goes to nursery with and who she skipped around with hand in hand. It as a lovely service just what we were hoping for as POD’s introduction to the church.
Following the service everyone headed back to the Doves for some food and drink. It was all too much for POD who slept for two hours that afternoon. It was truly memorable occasion and definitely a day to remember.
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Awww what a lovely post. She looks beautiful in her dress!
Thank you Laura, such a great day and I just love the dress 🙂
Wonderful! Congratulations.
Thank you Afra, she stayed clean most of the day amazingly 🙂
Adorable photos, she is such a cutie! Glad you all had a lovely day x
Thank you Lou, very kind of you to say. Fabulous day cheers 🙂
Wonderful photos! Hope you had a glorious day. Our Church sends us a card on the anniversary of their christenings and it’s a great reminder of a wonderful day and that we must take them more regularly!
Thank you Lucy, it was a fabulous day. That’s a great idea from your church although it’s not always that easy is it 🙂
How lovely! She does look beautiful in that dress. Glad it went so well.
Thank you Erica, really kind of you to say 🙂
She looks so beautiful – looks like she had a wonderful day
Thank you Mary, it was a great day 🙂
She looks so adorable in that dress! What a lovely day. Love that she kept asking ‘again’. X.
Thank you Sarah, it’s a lovely dress. Saying again was hilarious 🙂
She is so very beautiful Charly. Sounds like a wonderful occasion and the photographs really capture that. Lovely 🙂
Thank you, really kind of you to say. Wish I could have taken more pictures 🙂
She looks absolutely beautiful – stunning photos. Lovely post and so pleased you had a lovely day 🙂
Thank you Cathie, it really was a lovely day 🙂
Looked like a very organised affair!
Thank you Jamie – as organised as it could be. POD rather enjoyed running round the church however 🙂
Just beautiful and sounds like a perfect day to remember.
Thank you Iona, it was a lovely day 🙂
Lovely post! And gorgeous photos… xx
Thank you Katia 🙂
Awww what a memorable day. She looks so beautiful in her dress and the photos are really nice too!
Thank you Tas, I hope she gets the opportunity to wear the dress before she grows again!
Gorgeous, what a special day for you all. And it looked like the weather stayed nice too, xx
Thank you Sam, was a lovely day – the weather was good when we needed it to be 🙂
Oh my goodness Charly, she just looks incredible, I love her dress and her gorgeous wee face, just wow. What a fabulous memorable day, with amazing pictures x
Thank you so much Nichola, what a lovely thing to say. She just looked adorable 🙂
Now how beautiful is that dress? A lot to be said for a Christening when they are a little older
Thank you Fiona, it’s a Monsoon one – just beautiful. She would have been a lot quieter if we’d done it earlier!
what a beautiful girl and i love her dress and her flowing blonde hair as she runs in those photos.wonderful memories from her special day x x
Thank you Jenny, lovely of you to say. She did lots of running yesterday – before the church and whilst she was there. Unsurprisingly slept for two hours in the afternoon *unheard of*
she looks so pretty! gorgeous 🙂
Thank you Sarah, very kind of you 🙂
Oh my goodness, she looks utterly beautiful. Love, love, love her dress!
Thank you so much, very kind of you to say. It’s a great dress – Monsoon 🙂
I’m so glad she, and you, had such a lovely day Charly. She is beautiful, and that dress is gorgeous. What a wonderful set of photos to remember the day by xx
Thank you Sara, it was a fabulous day. She looked amazing in her dress too 🙂
Such a gorgeous girlie! Sounds like you had a lovely day and well done to POD for behaving so wonderfully 🙂
Thank you Jess, she did really well aside from the running around in the church! Poor thing was shattered later 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous photos of your pretty POD. Sounds like a lovely day x
Thank you, it was a lovely day 🙂
Charly i am so so pleased it went so well. POD’s dress looked amazing!! thank you for sharing and liking it up with #MagicMoments x
Thank you Jaime and you’re welcome 🙂
Lovely pictures of a lovely girl on a lovely day!
Thank you Susie 🙂
Beautiful photos. She looks like a proper little princess xx
Thank you Leila, really lovely of you to say 🙂
Oh my gosh, she is absolutely stunning Charlie. What a gorgeous girl 🙂 x
Thank you Vicky, she looked like a little fairy 🙂
Absolutely beautiful, looks like you had an amazing day. Your photos and daughter are gorgeous! X
Aww thank you, was a wonderful day 🙂
Stunning photo’s. Gorgeous dress. Stunning little girl 🙂 xx
Thank you Carolynne 🙂
Wow, these photos are incredible. So beautiful and what precious memories you’ll all have 🙂 x
Thank you Lydia, wish I’d been able to take more. It poured with rain in the afternoon! Lovely day though 🙂
Aw she looked beautiful! Loved the dress.
Lovely day to remember!
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Thank you Bethan, really kind of you. It was a lovely day 🙂
She looks so pretty x
Thank you Colette 🙂
Aw Charly she’s absolutely adorable and looks so much like her daddy! I hope you all had a lovely day – it looks like POD was in her element!
Thank you Suzanne – she does look like her Daddy. Sigh. It was a wonderful day, really lovely x
How gorgeous is she, a proper princess 🙂
You had excellent weather too!
Thank you Jenny, very kind of you. We had sunshine until the ceremony then the rain came. Still a fabulous day though 🙂
What a lovely post and doesn’t she look darling in her gorgeous christening dress!
Thanks for linking up to ‘#MMWBH! xx
Thank you Debs, love the dress – she looked like a fairy!
awww lovely photos and a lovely post too.
Thank you, was such a great day 🙂
Oh my, she is just so perfect!!
Now I’m not the least bit worried at waiting a bit longer with Felicity, especially if she looks half way as cute in her dress 😉 xx
Gosh she really isn’t Emily! She did look like a little fairy though. Do hang on we were saying it’s really lovely that she remembers what happened 🙂
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