Today is my mom's birthday and tomorrow is my nephew baptism

@nela13 (55732)
Portugal
April 13, 2024 8:58am CST
I haven't been around here much lately. I've been very busy helping my sister organize my nephew Henrique's baptism. The baptism is tomorrow. Between buying Henrique's clothes, hiring the restaurant and the children's entertainers, decorating the party, finding a choir for the ceremony, buying clothes for me and my children... it's been a rush. I've always been working, we did everything when I got off work. This morning I went with my mother, my sister and a friend to decorate the church with flowers. The church is beautiful, you can see the baptismal font in the photo. My mother's birthday is today, so we're having a special dinner at home, this time with more people as some family members who live far away arrived today to go to the baptism tomorrow. I bought her an orchid and a silver piece for her Pandora bracelet. She deserves everything The weather seems to be helping and it will be sunny tomorrow Hope everything is well with you all .
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@LadyDuck (458583)
• Switzerland
13 Apr
You have done an excellent job with the Church, the baptismal font is so pretty. I wish happy birthday to your Mother, what a special day tomorrow for all of you. I hope your sister feels better.
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@nela13 (55732)
• Portugal
13 Apr
Thank you Yes, tomorrow it will be a special day for us all. I will try to share some photos with you all here.
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@LadyDuck (458583)
• Switzerland
14 Apr
@nela13 Thank you so much, I will love to see the photos of the baby.
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@nela13 (55732)
• Portugal
17 Apr
@LadyDuck I will make a post about it.
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@moffittjc (118506)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Apr
Wow, you have been busy! Lot's of preparation for Henrique's christening. I hope everything is beautiful and wonderful tomorrow during the christening. I'm sure it will be, as it sounds like you put in a lot of thought and hard work to make it special. Happy Birthday to your mom! I hope she has a wonderful day celebrating! And I hope that after this weekend you have a chance to rest and relax a little bit.
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@nela13 (55732)
• Portugal
13 Apr
I helped my sister with everything I could, I think everything is ready now. I don't mind the hard work, I did it with pleasure Thank you! I hope I can rest a bit from now on.
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@moffittjc (118506)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Apr
@nela13 Hard work is more fun when you are doing it for a good cause! I hope you are able to enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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@nela13 (55732)
• Portugal
17 Apr
@moffittjc It was impossible for me to rest during the weekend and right now I am getting things ready for my daughter's birthday party that will happen this sunday.
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@LeaPea2417 (36474)
• Toccoa, Georgia
13 Apr
Happy birthday to your Mom. My birthday is today too.
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@nela13 (55732)
• Portugal
13 Apr
Happy birthday to you too. My mom is now 74. Hope you two celebrate this day for many more years.
@JudyEv (326011)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Apr
I'm glad you'll be having nice weather for the baptism. The weather is the one thing we can't control.
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@nela13 (55732)
• Portugal
17 Apr
We can't, but right now here is too hot for this time of the year.
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@Hannihar (129491)
• Israel
14 Apr
@nela13 Congratulations on both. You sound very busy
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@Hannihar (129491)
• Israel
17 Apr
@nela13 I am glad it was worth it.
@nela13 (55732)
• Portugal
17 Apr
It gave us a lot of work but it worth it.
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@grenery8 (2248)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
13 Apr
hi there. all the best to your mother so you will be double celebrating question; why did you have to hire a choir, doesn't church provide it, for free?
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@nela13 (55732)
• Portugal
17 Apr
Thank you, yes, it was a double celebration. As it was only the baptism (without a mass) there were no choir in the church.
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@grenery8 (2248)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
18 Apr
@nela13 i amglad it was. o, i see.
@snowy22315 (170199)
• United States
13 Apr
It should be a very nice celebration and worth all the extra work!
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@nela13 (55732)
• Portugal
13 Apr
Thank you, I believe it worth.
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@rebelann (111224)
• El Paso, Texas
13 Apr
Happy Birthday to your mom. I am not sure what to say for a baptism, sorry. I hope everything goes exactly as you have planned.
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@nela13 (55732)
• Portugal
15 Apr
Thank you. Everything went well. The baptism was beautiful.
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@RebeccasFarm (86780)
• United States
18 Apr
Aw I missed this one Manuela sorry to say. A very happy birthday to your dear Mother xo And your nephew too for his baptism.
@sabtraversa (12977)
• Italy
18 Apr
Happy belated Birthday to your mother and Happy Baptism to Henrique! It looks like a nice church, modern design yet with stone that makes it look more 'ancient'.