Life Choices, Challenges and Changes

Part 2 Life Choices, Challenges and Changes

Life Choices, Challenges, and Changes

Part 2

Christening, June 25, 2017

Rory walked into the kitchen where her mother had just finished feeding Lyn.

"Mom, I am going to take her upstairs and bath her and put her in an outfit, then just before we leave, I will put her in the christening gown you made. Do you want to join me?"

"Do you need to ask me that question?" Lorelai said.

Amanda and Mia started to laugh. They both knew how Lorelai doted over her grandchildren, and once Lyn was born, the little girl owned more clothes than Rory did. Lorelai was either shopping for her or sitting at her sewing machine, turning the clothes that she had saved for Rory into something new for Ashlyn.

Rory had shown her mother in law the christening dress and bonnet that Lorelai had made using Rory's wedding gown. The wedding gown was made from a silk material called Crepe Monique. The wedding gown had embroidery around the neckline, and Lorelai was able to take that embroidery and put it around the bottom of the Christening dress. The finished gown appeared very dainty and perfect for a little girl. Amanda had told Rory that this was an heirloom for her to treasure, because no one would ever have something as beautiful as this.

Rory couldn't wait to see her daughter in it, and Robert was going to take the photographs for the christening.

Lorelai and Rory went upstairs to get Lynn cleaned up, leaving Amanda and Mia to finish cleaning up the kitchen. Ashlyn and Jess had arrived while they were busy upstairs with the baby. Rory walked downstairs with Lyn dressed in a pink and white smocked romper with matching pink headband and booties when she saw her sister in law walked into the family room with a cup of peppermint tea in her hand. Ashlyn was now twenty-four weeks pregnant with her first child.

"Ashlyn, you look radiant. I gather the morning sickness is not as bad?" Rory asked her. The baby reached out for her aunt, and Ashlyn placed her teacup on the table.

"Thank you; I feel better now. Don't you look so precious," Ashlyn said, kissing her niece.

"Have you and Jess decided if you are going to do a gender reveal party?" Rory asked her as she led Ashlyn into the family room. Rory had the play mat set up on the floor for Lyn so she could have tummy time. Lorelai, Amanda, and Mia were already in the room, talking.

"We decided to wait. I know Liz wants to know, but we decided it would be more exciting to find out when the baby is born. I know between you and Mia I will have a lot of hand me downs with children clothing, and now that you have a daughter, I will have enough clothes whether I have a boy or a girl."

Everyone laughed. Lorelai immediately noticed that the outfit that Lyn was wearing matched Ashlyn's dress.

"Did you plan that, Rory?" Lorelai asked her daughter.

Rory looked at Ashlyn and Lyn and started to laugh. "No, I didn't, but I love that dress. The color looks so good on you."

"Thank you," Ashlyn blushed. She was wearing a soft pink off the shoulder smocked maternity dress made from rayon. "Mia found it in Australia and bought it for me."

"Rory, I went to a trunk show with my mum, and they happened to have this beautiful dress. I called "Mum" and asked her if she thought Amanda would like it," Mia explained.

"What a great find. I am never there when they have a trunk show," Rory said.

"Mia sent me photographs of the dress, and I knew it would look good on my daughter, and I thought it would be perfect for a summer occasion," Amanda had told her.