We can’t believe Eli is eight!
I was emotional and couldn’t hold my tears back. I kept thinking about Mitchel’s baptism 9 years ago. I remember excusing myself and running to the bathroom before anyone saw my tears. I was crying because Eli wasn’t even close to coming to our family. We were still getting adoption stuff ready and wondering if we would ever have a family.
Eli’s baptism was on Sunday evening. I know, weird. Usually baptisms are on Saturday mornings with a family gathering after. So we went with the flow and had a little gathering before the baptism.
Dad was photo bombing, ha!
I prepared everything Eli wanted. Vegetables that no one eats but me 🙂 His favorite desserts. Stuffed strawberries are his favorite so we had several trays of those in the fridge.
Turkey bagel sandwiches. Chicken, bacon, avocado wraps. Veggie wraps with honey mustard.
I didn’t get a picture of Eli’s face, but when he saw all the sandwiches and desserts, he was so excited!
After a quick lunch Eli opened gifts. Our gift to him were scriptures with his name embossed on them with a fun carrying case. Eli had a great time and I hope this day will memorable for him.