April 14th 2010 - Damien´s baptism (dop)

This Sunday we had Damien's baptism (dop). It turned out to be a really good day with friends and family. We had it in Hyllie church just a few minutes from our apartment. It doesn't look like a traditional church, it is an old house that goes around in a big square and in the middle there is an inner courtyard and outside there is a church tower. I don't know if it makes sense how I'm describing it, but it looks really nice!

The service was really nice. The priest had sad some well chosen words about parenthood that made me feel really good. I had met with her a couple of days before and I told her a lot about Alicia and some of our thoughts around everything that has happened to her and us. All the hard things we have gone through and all the thoughts you have when something like this happens to you.

Damien behaved very well in the church and he just looked around at all the guests. Not even when the priest put the water on his head he cried, just smiled!! Matt and Maria are his godparents so they held him during the service, and they also read a really nice text for him.


Damien with his godparents Maria & Matt




Here's all of us together with the priest

After the service we had a dinner with all our friends and family in a big room they had in the same building. We had some traditional Swedish smörgåstårta and after that we had some beautiful cakes that my parents had gotten for us. They looked so nice so it almost felt bad to cut in them....



Damien got a lot of nice presents from everybody. He got some clothes, toys, books, albums, foot print sets, some reminders of the day and lots of other things. Damien was awake almost the entire party. He was in an excellent mood and was just laughing and charming all the guests.


Damien wearing his new tie

Thank you to everybody that wanted to join us on Damien's big day, you are all so important to us, great friends and family!!