Recently family and friends of the two newest babies in the borgo, D and M, gathered to welcome the little ones into the Catholic church with the sacrament of baptism: “Il Battesimo.” We were honored when we were invited by R and C to join their celebration; I admit that I was also a tad bit curious as I’ve always heard about these celebrations but had never been actually invited to one. Baptisms are celebrated with nearly the same grandeur as weddings; Sunday was quite an event for little D and the people who love him.
We gathered at their home for a bit after mass, and then all (35 all together) headed to a restaurant for the Italian Sunday Lunch at Le Vescovane. (M's family hosted family and friends at home – more on that later.) There is nothing comparable in life to the Italian Sunday Lunch – nothing. So it figures that a Battesimo Italian Sunday Lunch should be quite special. . .and so it was. I’ll post my take on the quintessential Italian Sunday Lunch a bit later – until then, below are some photos of the day. I took nearly 300 photos, many of which were really bad. I am in the process of creating a photo surprise for the family.
3 Little Munchkins
Dapper C, the dad
Neighbors P
This is the bigger brother of D; we are all just smitten with him.
Grandparents
Godparents
Cousins
So, so, so often in Italy the setting is incredible. This was the certainly the case Monday.
Sweet, sweet baby boy
Some people thought this looked very natural, this party of four.
Dad being humorous. . . for the photogs
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