On the 14th day of December in the year 2008, in the town of Flensburg in the north of Germany, the twins, Victoria Florentine Probst Linde and Hamilton Nils Probst Linde were baptised in the ‘Helligåndskirken’ (The Church of the Holy Spirit) - Danish Peoples Church.
Randi had contracted a virus on the Thursday before and had been feeling very sick, the whole week leading up to the big day! She was feeling so bad that we had made “plane-B’s” on a number of occasions before the christening.
She luckily made it to the church and through the whole ceremony and the lunch which followed.
The two “stars” of the day looked stunning in their christening gowns and then later in their party clothes. On the way into the church Victoria felt that it would be polite to inform the congregation of our arrival, which she did very well. Once that preliminary introduction was out of the way they both behaved very well, even when the man in the dress put warm water over their head…(this part was strange but they didn’t mention anything)
Our ‘scouts’ had located the perfect restaurant, out in a forested area of Flensburg with a play ground for the young members of our party.
The food and service was great and everyone had a lovely time.
We would like to thank the God Parents to Victoria and Hamilton – Claudia and Steffen; Marit and Erik – for accepting and being with us on our day. And we would like to thank all of the lovely guests who travelled from near and far to celebrate our two adorable little children with us in Flensburg and who were so generous with their gifts.
We hardly saw the twins again for the rest of the day as all the guests wanted their turn to hold the babies. We got them for feeding and toilet visits.
We all had a lovely day. We also had those who live too far away to make it to the christening in mind.
(I am trying to get hold of more photos than these, so keep checking for up-dates.)
