9 Weeks Old

We just returned from a visit to Altoona, visiting Lyla Joy (and, of course, her parents). She's just turned 9 weeks old. She was baptized on June 22 at the Altoona Cathedral by Father Alan. In addition on that day Katie was baptized, and Kris, Mark and I were all confirmed as members of the Church. It was quite a day. The most remarkable thing was that Father didn't know this was all happening until around mid-day. Luckily, Tammy from Altoona RCIA was fully informed and basically managed all the logistics. Father Alan was amazingly unflappable. Courtney (Cooper) is Lyla's Godmother and was present at the baptism. A big surprise to me was how many Biem's showed up for the ceremony. Uncle Bob, Uncle Ron, and the whole host of Biem's were present. It was very, very cool. I really love the Biem family. They're very cool people. Mark's brother Brian and his son Alex were also present, with Alex taking lots of random photography. After the baptism we went to Paesano's for lasagna. Cooper and Daniel got Lyla a beautiful blanking with her name stitched on it. Daniel got Lyla a book about a Golden Retriever who finds the Alabama game ball. LOL. I wonder if Lyla will become an Alabama fan.