Eva was baptized February 15, 2009 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee. She wore a dress that was made from my grandmas, her great grandmas, wedding dress. My dad, my sisters and me and my sisters children have all wore the dress to be baptized.
We decided to do an immersion baptism so she was dunked into the water with no clothes on, but got to put on her dress right after. She was a very good girl! The water in the font was heated so I think that helped. I was so nervous she was going to have an accident without her diaper on, but we got lucky!
There were a number of odd coincidences we found about later. I had been church shopping since we moved to Greenfield but hadn't found a church I felt was really 'me' until my sister Kari suggested I try St. John the Evangelist. Something about it right away let me know this was the one so we joined there. After my aunt heard about the baptism and where it took place she told us that St. John the Evangelist was the church my grandma Himmelspach attended as a young woman before she was married. So Eva was baptized in her Great Grandma Niewolny's wedding gown at her Great Grandma Himmelspachs church! AND the little girl she was baptized along side was named Lucille, which was her great great grandmas name! Weird or what?!
