Cradle Catholic

English

Noun cradle Catholic (plural Cradle Catholics)

1. A person who has been raised in the Catholic faith since birth (in contrast to a person who has converted to the faith). It is usually implicit that the person has not lapsed in the faith.

For 120 years babies in our family have been baptized in this gown.  Kind of like Santa's naughty or nice list, my Grandma has a list with every baby's name who's donned the gown.  Although not every family member has worn it, Cannon's great-great grandmother Emma did and so did his Godmother Bailey. 

Bailey and I were so careful putting Cannon in the gown.  He had not one, but two diapers on and a onesie to help keep the gown stain-free.  What we didn't account for were the chunky-monkey arms that sausaged into sleeves causing one to tear!  I just hope that when Grandma adds Cannon's name to the long list his doesn't have an asterisk next to his name:  Cannon, son of Gretchen, *the one who tore the left sleeve. 

Beautiful Godmother Bailey, what a blessing she will be in my boy's life. 

My angelic baby,  he's patiently awaiting for the anointed oil to be put on his chest. 

Grandma Pits, Grammy, G-Jo

No celebration is complete without food, lots and lots of food, in this case.  Grammy rolled up her sleeves and did an amazing job preparing most of the food.  Waffles, breakfast casseroles, fruit, ham, cheese, endless breads and cookies left us all stuffed.  Good food, good company, good day, what more can you ask for?

With  Bailey coming from Michigan, Grandad from Florida, Grandma Pits from Ohio, Justin and Dixie from Austin, and our close friends and family here in Fort Worth, the love and support that continues to fall on us is overwhelming.

Cannon with his Godparents, cousin Bailey and Uncle Alex.  

As a family with three boys, our odds of taking a decent family photo with all smiles and eyes looking at the camera have dropped to 5,365,978:1.  It doesn't really matter, I suppose, goofy pictures or not, we're a family all the same.