Shindig

August, it appears, is the time to go ‘home’. The last time we travelled across the pond we were a couple, now we fly as a Family. This in itself brings about a whole new list of anxiety-driven questions such as ‘how much stuff do we need to take?’, ‘how will she do on the flight?’ (an 8 hour red-eye!!!!???), ‘where will she nap/eat/sleep/breathe??’. Oh and ‘where will mommy have her mental breakdown?’ – if it hasn’t already occurred during the preparation.

Whilst I pondered this list of life-or-death issues the other night, I made a suggestion I am very likely to regret.

Christening! Let’s have a Christening.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited about the event – it’s something very important to me and I want to do it before she’s too old (substitute ‘wriggly’, ‘tantrum-prone’, ‘un-cooperative’) – but what started out as a 20 people family only affair with refreshments at my sister’s house, has turned into a 100+ people, road-closing, televised event (ok that last part is a lie, but it might as well be; that’s pretty much the population of the town we’re from). Large crowds scare me, unless I am part of that crowd and not the focus of the occasion. It’s like my wedding all over again!

At least one good thing will come of the day, besides the obvious welcoming my baby into the Church, which is that she’ll be able to meet all our family members and friends in one swoop. So we don’t have to drag her around the country for 3 days. Amen to that.

As always, I’ve already put my planning hat on and chosen her Christening Gown.  I’m thinking of a hair band with flowers and maybe a little white feather instead of the more traditional bonnet, I just feel she’s a little older for that. Time to trawl 80,000 pages of Etsy methinks!! Speaking of which, this is going to be an absolute must for the after-party (I don’t know what else to call it when you hire a function room for so many people):

LOL I love it!! Made by an Etsy seller Berlins Boutique.

So, we’re having a shindig. I’m nervous, excited and peeing my pants all at the same time. And I’m pretty certain Seren will be doing exactly the same thing.

Bless her.

(get it?).