Sunday, July 01, 2007

Christening

On Sunday 17th, Georgia was christened at St James Church, Orakei. This has been the Spencer family church for many years.

Many thanks to Clive, the vicar, for performing the ceremony and for his wise sermon. Thank you to all the friends and family who shared the day with us, and for the lovely presents. Thank you to John and Susan for the post-match function.

Of course, a special thank you to Murray and Cliodhna who as godparents have bravely agreed to be responsible for Georgia's moral upbringing. We will reconvene when she is 18 and see how well you have done.

Here is the moment when Georgia was annointed:






Afterwards, she was shown round to the congregation. Georgia is grasping and blocking Clive's microphone, which I assure you is for reasons of stability and not a judgement on the sermon:


















Special thanks to Kathy for leaving hospital and coming to the party just a day after she had given birth:




As usual, Georgia was happy to play "queen" while a dozen cameras snapped pictures of her in her beautiful christening gown. The gown was made for Andy's great great grandfather, on the Spencer side, and is around 150 years old.



Time for a quick costume change. This gown, which was made from a wedding dress, comes down Dave's family line.
















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