Albert's Christening

Last Sunday we were invited to a christening for Albert, the new baby of our friends Marie and Daniel.  It was held in the garden of their gorgeous family home by the sea:

And all their wonderful friends were there:

The christening was fairly informal, just Daniel and Marie saying some words of blessing to their new son, and pouring some water on his little crown:

The whole event was really sweet and lovely.

It reminded me of how bummed I am for never having held such an event in Alexander's honor.  Although we are not particularly religious people, I had fully intended to have a gathering of family and friends for some sort of naming ceremony or other "Welcome to the World" baby blessing party.  That and the birth announcements just somehow never happened, and now nearly 2 years after the fact I very much regret that both things slipped by undone.  Perhaps we will still plan some sort of special event for Alex upon our return home . . .

Anyway, the party was great.  Really nice people, yummy food, beautiful afternoon.  There were so many babies in attendance, and long about 3 PM (or 15:00 as they call it in these parts), most of the babes were sleeping.  I did a photo shoot of nap time for my friend Caryn, who has been quite curious about the Danish custom of leaving babies to nap in the garden.  This practice was in full effect on Sunday (and I promise there really were babies sleeping in every single one of these strollers):

And yes, this time Alex joined in: