I'm so excited and chuffed!!
After discussions at the weekend, Neale and I have decided to get Katelyn Christened.
We have the vicar coming round this afternoon!!!
The main reason is because we want Katelyn to have godparents, and we have the PERFECT one's!!!!!
We are having Dawn, my best friend who's in Canada (she was at Katelyn's birth and is always going to be a big part of her life wherever she is), although Dawn won't be able to make it for the ceremony, I am going to ask the vicar how we go about this?! Maybe I can get her mum to 'stand in' for her?!
The next one is Tasha and Stacey (joint godparents - we hope we can also do this?!), they are Neale's daughter's, aged 12 and 15. We would REALLY like to just have Tasha (the 12 year old), she adores Katelyn and we know she is going to be a BIG part of her life, but imagine how Stacey would feel being left out, so we are going to find out if we can have both?!
Then the last one is James, my half-brother that I met for the first time last year. He is Katelyn's ONLY blood relation apart from me, (oh and his 5 yr old daughter, Issy), so I think it's very important for him to be there for her.
I haven't asked any of them yet, want to make sure it's all sorted before we officially ask them.
Also the church we are using has a very strong bond for me as it's the church where my dad and step-mum got married, I was their bridesmaid. It was also the one that I went to with Katelyn at Christmas when she was 9 weeks old for a carol concert, I sat there and shed tears of joy/sadness (because of dad).
We won't be having it until Jan/Feb as we are so busy with holidays and birthdays up until then - can't wait, I'm so excited, it's going to one emotional day!
Love Jules xxxxxxxxxxxxx