this weekend, we had a shower & baptism for my cousin, taavi. i got to play santa claus and bring chad and mimmu the presents to open next. in between my job, while the present was being opened, i would lean down and check on taavi and talk to him until they needed a new gift to open. after the presents (and the cake) my mom and dad, who are his american god parents, gave taavi a silver baby rattle as a baptism gift. taavi was a really good boy during the ceremony, listening with wide eyes and even smiling. it was my papa's job to throw the water from the ceremony into the air to symbolize taavi growing to be a big and healthy boy. now my mom and i just need to start practicing our finnish so that we can speak finnish with taavi as he grows older....
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