We had our baby girl baptised yesterday. She was absolutely wonderful during the whole thing despite being very tired. We ended up being the only  family which was really nice as we had thought we were sharing it with two other families.

Afterwards everyone came back to our house for lunch. I had cut everything up the night before to avoid any repeats of Christmas (my sister had asked if I needed help and then critisised my equipment three times in 5 minutes before I told her that if she didn't like it she could leave) and to make sure i had more time to spend with our guests. I think everyone had a great time and Lorelei got heaps of lovely presents which will require us putting up a new shelf to display.

The only disappointing part of the day was that either my niece or nephew destroyed one of Lorelei's pop-up books that I had bought her for Christmas. I get really annoyed that my brother and sister don't supervise their own kids when they come to visit.  My nephew was even carrying two glasses past my brother on concrete and it was only when we all yelled out to him that he took them off him. He would have had to have taken them off the table that he was sitting at in the first place!  My niece went into Lorelei's room and took one of the toys that I had specifically put away out of the cupboard and bought it out to play with. I mean is it too much to ask for parents to supervise their own kids?  Perhaps if they weren't always out the back having a cigarette they might know what their kids are doing inside.

However, I am not going to let my family ruin what was a very special day for my daughter. She was fabulous and we had a nice day surrounded by family and friends.