Her First Christening Gown

There is so much excitement when a baby is born.  Before a child comes the new parents plan out just what the child will need.   If this is their first child then the things they will be looking for will include things like a crib, a dresser, a rocker and lots and lots of diapers.   The day comes when everything is moved out of the extra room so it can be painted.   Now days the trend is to find out what the gender of the baby is.  The color of paint will probably be in either pink for a girl or blue for a boy.  When a theme is chosen for the baby’s room decorations will include things at go along with that theme.   Friends and relatives will be invited to a shower for the baby and if the gender is known  the gifts for the baby will be according to that gender.  It seems everyone wants to give the cutest and latest trend of clothing styles to the forthcoming baby.  

Sometimes you will see relatives going in together to get a gift card that can be used to purchase a stroller or swing for the baby.  I once went to a baby shower where the new mother had gotten a gift card and she expressed how grateful she was for it as she was going to apply it to getting the $800 dollar stroller she had seen online.  $800 I about passed out.  That was about $700 more than I had paid to get everything I needed for my first baby.  

I have to tell you I am a grandmother. So some of the things they younger generation is doing to prepare for a baby are totally foreign to my nature.  I also like to see new babies in cute comfortable clothing.  When the time came for me to be getting my first grandchild I wanted to continue the tradition my mother had with my children.  This tradition was to be the one to find and purchase the Christening Gowns.   It was so exciting to see all the styles of gowns available.  When I was having children it seemed like there was not very many gowns to choose from.  As it turned out my mother ended up making some of the gowns.  I myself have chosen to buy the blessing outfit as I have seen some blessing gowns that are truly amazing.  I thought the stroller was an extravagant price…I had no idea just how extensive prices for Christening Gowns could be.    My daughter and I got online to check out what was available.  We found a place that had some beautiful dresses.  They also had all the accessories that would be needed to complete the blessing outfit.  The price for these beautiful gowns was something that was truly within my budget.               

If you are a grandmother like me and want to start a great tradition of being the one to give the Christening Outfit you will want to check out this site: www.dressedinwhite.com/index.php/infants/girls.html.   I also have to say that on the blessing day my granddaughter was happy and comfortable and looked so beautiful in the gown.

Passing on my Baptism Dress

From the time a little girl realizes that she is a girl she will always want to look like a princess.  That has been my experience as I have raised seven daughters.   Don’t worry I did manage to slip one boy into that mix.   If you ask my son he will say that he always felt growing up like he had 8 mothers instead of one.   It was really easy to hand down clothing having so many of one kind.  I have had some of my daughters that only wanted to wear dresses.  Even when they were two years old and I would dress them in the cutest summer outfits if it was not a dress I would soon find her in her room pulling out articles of clothing from her drawers trying to find a dress or a skirt or simply running around in only a diaper refusing to wear anything but a dress or skirt. As time went on this daughter got married and has two daughters of her own.  She is finding that she too has a little one who is refusing to wear anything but dresses or skirts.  A new favorite line of mine to say now is “Payback is SWEET”.

  I finally learned with that child to start the day off in a dress therefore elevating extra laundry by having her changing all day.    Then there were other daughters who didn't care exactly what they wore except that it had to be “cute”.     The year finally came that my oldest daughter needed a Baptism Dress.   My mother was the type of person that saved everything.  As the special day came closer my mother showed up with the Baptism Dress I wore as a child.  I was so excited to have such a thoughtful mother that would think to save this special dress for me.   So my oldest wore my dress.   As you probably guessed with having so many children the next daughter’s time for a special dress came very quickly.   By letting my oldest wear my dress I wanted to keep the tradition of having that special dress go with that child.   I wanted each child to have special memories of that special day so I began looking for a white dress just for her.   A special white dress that she would be able to hand down to her very own daughter on that daughter’s special day.   And so began the new tradition of taking each daughter with me to pick out a perfect dress.  A dress that would make her feel exactly like a princess.  

 All of my daughters have daughters of their own now and there is something to be said about all the memories that come flooding back when I see my granddaughters wearing their mothers Baptism Dresses.   Since there is more than just one granddaughter in each family the mother of that family is making memories with the other girls by finding great dresses at www.dressedinwhite.com.                  

Oh yes, my only son…..he wore a jumpsuit.