The Baptist 2nd June 2008

With God's bless, Maya Angela Rocco is baptisted in Torino on the 2nd of June.
We had planned this before and talked about it with my MIL over the phone before the trip and while we were there we also talked and met with the Pastor , which is also the Pastor of the family. Padre Bianchi is the one who gave The Sacrament of Chrism to my husband . So , it is a truly special bless that Padre Bianchi able to blessed the family one more time by Baptisting our second daughter Maya.

The event took place in the Parroccohia di Santa Giulia, in the heart of Torino city at 4 in the afternoon. The whole family were there. Including the girls Great Grandmother, grandmother, and grandfather, step grand father, 2 uncles, aunties, and cousins . And of course US!
Too bad my eldest BIL ,the wife, and their son, Gianluca and Claudia, and Samuelle couldn't make it that day because they must worked that day.

There were 5 others babies including Maya, and most of them are below 1 year old . There were other Pastor, from Poland who lead the Mass and there was Padre Bianchi , who was there just to baptist Maya. He is a soft spoken man, and the second I met him , I love him already. He is a one special man sending by God in the true meaning . He even helped my dh's grandmother during the financial difficulties in the old days. He is very fascinated by the fact that we live in the island of Borneo and asked me to send him a postcard for him , of course I will with much pleasure. And he is also amazed to know that my real name ( is Theodora Luisa Sandra Irawan. :-). He said : you are Italian 100% even before you married your husband! you got Italian names of course except your surname. I said, I got that name because I am a Catholic. And yes those are Italian/latin names.

As Maya Godfather, Patrick . my Husband youngest brother. And as Godmother is Rachelle. My dh's first niece . She is 19 years old .

Maya was in a bad mood that day. She screamed and yelled and wanted to run outside the church because she wanted to chase the pigeons. :-) she didn't even want to stay with me or to nursed. Lucky, after a while she was ok. The whole process went on pretty smoothly ( if you consider screaming and yelling is fine....

After The church we went back to MIL's house and rest for a while, and then we headed to a Restaurant near MIL's house, just in front of the Po river, the biggest river in Italy and it is just 100 meters away from MIL's house . So we walked there.

The name of the restaurant is Il Vecchio Ponte, or the old bridge as it has the view of the old bridge of the Po's. Me and my husband had make a booking 3 days before and we asked for a special menu that consist of 3 antipasti/appetizers and 2 primi/pasta dishes and we decided to skip the secondi ( main course). And of course with dessert, coffee or tea and free flow or mineral water and sparkling water and free flows of red wines.

The Antipasti:
Fried pizza, Roast beef, Bruschette, White pizza parma ham, and Albesse ( thin sliced of raw meat with parmesan cheese)
The Primi:
Rissoto with sausages and radish,
Pasta orrechiette with smoke cheese, tomato and eggplant
The Dolce/Dessert
Bounette, Chocolate mouse cream caramel

The price was very reasonable for Italian standard and of course do not convert it to MYR, please :-)

In Italy we also must give a Bombonierre for friends and family. We ordered it from a local Pasticerria ( cake shop) , it was a confetti candies wrapped in pink tule and pink and white gingham fabric, and we also gave a fairy themed items with that. Some got the music box with fairy themed, door decoration with fairy theme, and fridge door magnet with fairy themes as well.

We also ordered 2 kg of cake in the other Pasticerria and it was my favorite . The cake is so delicious that made my bil and his father fight for it! LOL.

Here are the photos:

Me and Maya in the church

Maya and Daniella

Patrick ( my youngest BIL ) and Rachelle ( our niece)

During the mass. See Maya desperately wanted to run away from me?


Finally calmed down


Indy with Zia Alesandra

The Priests

During the blessing

Maya receiving the candle and the white clothes.


After we lighted the candleIndy with her favorite Zio ( uncle) Patrick. They went to many places together.


Maya and Zia Alesandra


Rachelle, Patrick, Nikolay, Me, Maya, Indiana, and Padre Bianchi. the wonderful Pastor.
Signing the documents

Maya and me suppose to be in this picture but she ran away already.( so I must follow)
The small family in the church. My FIL is the one on the back with grey suit :)
The Dinner

Indy showing off her ugly face

And the cake!