40 Days

Last weekend Sweet Baby James celebrated 40 days since being born. In the Catholic religion we honor  such a blessed event by taking newborn babies to mass and have them presented to the community and blessed by the priest and the people of the church. 

We practice this tradition to honor the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple after 40 days of his birth. 

James was an absolute Saint (no pun intended). I guess he was excited about what was happening because he stayed awake during the entire procession and was a doll during his blessing.

He was loved from the beginning all the way through the end. The priest who presented James was Father Mata, who married Jack and I and who has been through so many blessed events with our family.

After mass my mom took James around the church and prayed over him alongside the Virgin Mary. 

Once outside the church so many community members approached us and continued to bless Sweet James and wished him the best in growth and spirit. It was really touching and I'm so glad we got to share this with them.

Afterwards we celebrated with a nice dinner alongside Jackson, Abuelo and Tio Bibi. The boys didn't make it to mass because Jackson was a little sick the night before but the cub is always up for celebrating so he was sure not to miss dinner ;)

After all the excitement at mass however Baby James passed out and celebrated all his own in dreamland...

Welcome to the family Sweet Baby James :)