My cousins' son Connor was baptized today -- his mother is Catholic, and they decided to baptize him into that faith (because "we can do it at the United church, but then you'll have to be the one to take him there every week.") The service was shorter than I'd feared (Andrew had been to a Catholic wedding a decade ago and it was full Mass), but it's always awkward to attend an unfamiliar church -- the funny thing was, I probably could have followed things better if it *had* been in Latin -- I've spent enough time in choirs that I kept thinking "oh, that's an unfamiliar English version of what I'm more used to hearing as Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi" especially as the priest (who later turned out to be visiting on some kind of exchange -- there was a bit in the announcements about how they were going to miss his coffee-making skills) had a very thick accent.
Afterwards we had lunch at my aunt and uncle's. Luckily the buffet included pasta salad -- Andrew had the first stage of some dental work done on Friday, and has to eat soft stuff until his dentist get back from holiday to finish. (I've made a quiche, but it's still too textured for him, so I'll be living on it the next few days while he has soup and canned pasta.)
Connor seems a quiet but alert, good-natured baby. I think he looks very like Uncle Dave in miniature, though other relatives saw resemblances to my cousin Christopher (Connor's father), and even my grandfather Bernard.
Afterwards we had lunch at my aunt and uncle's. Luckily the buffet included pasta salad -- Andrew had the first stage of some dental work done on Friday, and has to eat soft stuff until his dentist get back from holiday to finish. (I've made a quiche, but it's still too textured for him, so I'll be living on it the next few days while he has soup and canned pasta.)
Connor seems a quiet but alert, good-natured baby. I think he looks very like Uncle Dave in miniature, though other relatives saw resemblances to my cousin Christopher (Connor's father), and even my grandfather Bernard.
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Date: 2013-09-05 04:12 am (UTC)From: