To celebrate, we took her to the big event at Nimitz park for dinner and then we watched the fireworks together.
Elly was really less interested in the colors in the sky than in the huge crowd of new faces to examine, but we pretend that she watched anyway. She did express mild interest in the really sparkly ones that I like. As soon as the fireworks stopped we hurried her home to bed.
Sunday was Ela's baptism. Most of the pictures are on someone else's camera, but here she is with her Daddy before the service:
After the church service, a bunch of our friends from Zack's ship came to see her be baptized in a small ceremony at the chapel, then we all went out for Sunday Brunch. It was a really nice ceremony, and it was nice to have a little celebration in Ela's honor afterwards.
Then, Sunday evening, Elly and I went to one more good bye party for the former CO's son. This one was at the pool, so we got to try out her swimsuit for the first time.
Again, we have more pictures on someone else's camera, but Elly and I did actually get in the water for a short time. I waited until she was sweaty from the heat of the room, then I got in the pool and let her stand on the edge (with a little help, obviously). Then I had her sit on the edge, and finally she came in with me. She took this dip better than her baptism, so I consider it a success. We got out when the other kids started splashing around a bit.
After that crazy busy weekend, Ela had a doctor's appointment on Monday. She has been deemed healthy. She's still way at the top of the height and weight arc, but her little data points are making a nice curve, so it's okay. She handled the vaccines a bit better this time. I suspect that this is because it was the same one as last time, and her immunity is, logically, higher. We're all very glad to have her all taken care of, spiritually and physically.
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