Adam - 6 Months Old & Baptized 3/3/2013

Today was a big day for Adam!  He turned 6 months to start things off.  I can hardly believe that he is already 6 months old!  He is sitting up on his own, and occasionally falls to the side, but is really good at lifting himself back up to sitting position from backwards or forwards.  He is also rolling from his tummy to his back, though he does not love to be on his tummy in the first place, so he often just whines and waits for us to roll him onto his back.  He LOVES to bounce.  He has a Johnny jump up that we got from Russ and Krissy ( I guess it was once Amy's!), and he will spend an hour just jumping around and talking to himself. His legs will surely be very strong.  We have his Doctors appointment tomorrow, so we will see just how big he is getting!

As for the rest of today, we were blessed to have our families join us to celebrate Adam's baptism at St. Anne Church in Hamel, MN.  This is the same place that we were married at, and Father Belden was also able to baptize Adam, which was fabulous.  The ceremony was beautiful!  We were honored to have Tracy and Michael accept our invitation to be Adam's godparents.  We know they will be great role models for him as he grows, and he adores them both!   We were joined by our families, Grandma and Grandpa Schjenken, Jim & Maria Benson, The Claypool family, and Jason and Melissa.   We then went back to our house to celebrate, where Derek had smoked some pork on his smoker.  We visited, opened gifts for Adam, and shared many laughs with our family.  We had just an amazing day!  Adam was smiley and happy the entire time!  Hard to believe, since he barely had a 20 minute nap!  What a trooper!  Then, to follow it up, he had a bath from his aunts and then we went to the Wild game, and he continued to smile the entire time!!

Derek and I feel amazingly blessed to have such an incredibly fun and happy little boy, as well as supportive loving families that support us wholeheartedly in raising him to be a great man someday!  We are hopeful that I will be matching in Minnesota so that we will get to spend the next several years here with our families!  We should have more information next week!