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<\/a>J\u00f3hanna and N\u00f6kkvi with I\u00f0unn Hei\u00f0ur, who slept through all of it! It should be noted that both parents were feeling a bit under the weather, but decided to go ahead with the party anyway since it had all been planned, etc. etc.<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Guests from 'our' side of the family.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Guests from J\u00f3hanna's family.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The 'Godparents' (witnesses?), parents, child-to-be-baptized and priest, about to start the proceedings.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Ey\u00fe\u00f3r (aka Little Arnar) holding L\u00f3a.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Granny \u00c1sd\u00eds holding big-sister Ylfa.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>There was singing...<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>(Still singing...)<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Revealing the name I\u00f0unn Hei\u00f0ur. I\u00f0unn is one of the norse mythology godesses.<\/p><\/div>\n
Sidenote on I\u00f0unn from Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here comes the water-bit...<\/p><\/div>\n I\u00f0unn Hei\u00f0ur still sleeping soundly.<\/p><\/div>\n Then there was a bit with a candle.<\/p><\/div>\n The ceremony ended with a song, quite lovely. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n Congratulations all around.<\/p><\/div>\n Arnar with a happy L\u00f3a.<\/p><\/div>\n Three generations of women. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n Anna's in a silly-face phase. Oh joy. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n Still sleeping!<\/p><\/div>\n The kids checking out the sleeping baby.<\/p><\/div>\n Zzzzzz... Meanwhile, Anna and Bjarki fight over P\u00e9tur's attention.<\/p><\/div>\n Fannar makes a grab for Ylfa's pacifier. Ylfa's not happy.<\/p><\/div>\n The signing of the paperwork. Always important! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n I\u00f0unn Hei\u00f0ur's cake. Not that she got to eat it, but we did and it was yummy! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n Mmmm... food, glorious food! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n Peepz-a-chillin.<\/p><\/div>\n People milling about.<\/p><\/div>\n We ate the yummy food, and then had to leave early because we had a more events to attend that day! Here is a mugshot of N\u00f6kkvi, who by that time was feeling properly ill. Poor thing. \ud83d\ude41<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Newborns in Iceland are rarely given a name before they leave the birth-hospital, as is customary in the US. \u00a0Instead, the newbie usually goes by all sorts nicknames while the parents try to suss out an appropriate name, and once they’re done there’s (usually) a baptism, or a naming party, where the kid’s name is ‘revealed’. \u00a0Here are some pictures from the baptism of my newest niece, I\u00f0unn Hei\u00f0ur N\u00f6kkvad\u00f3ttir, daughter of N\u00f6kkvi and J\u00f3hanna. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>