September 30th 2012

We went up and we didn't really know anyone there except for Darren, we went over and introduced both families and his family seemed really nice and we seen little baby Leon and he was really cute and small and he was wearing a dress which was weird. I even got to hold him which was really cool because I love babies and I tried to get him to smile but he started to get a little upset so I gave him to my mam and she got him to stop crying which is probably because she knows how to deal with babies because if you can handle me as a baby you can handle ANY baby :L 

Today was a really big day for me. It was my godfather Darren's newborn baby son's christening. that was exciting enough but there was a catch, I hadn't seen Darren in over 12 years so this would be my first time meeting my godfather in over a decade. I never understood why I never got to see him but I was really nervous because he didn't know what I looked like and was afraid he would be ashamed to have ME as a goddaughter.

A few weeks ago my mam was on Facebook and saw Darren's name so she added him without knowing whether it was really him or someone else with that name. He accepted and started talking to my mam and she said that it was the right one. So they were talking for a few weeks and then Darren invited my family to his son Leon's christening. I couldn't wait but I was so nervous.

The day had arrived and we got up around 8am and started to get ready because we had to be there for about 1pm. When we were all ready, we set off for Cavan. A long 2 hours passed when we finally got to the venue; The Kesh bar in Cavan. Before we got out of the car, my mam had to change because she wore leggings in the car but wanted to wear white trousers but they would've gotten creased in the car. When she had just her underwear on a car pulled up beside her window and she was freaking out so she pulled the trousers over her legs and waited until the people had gone. We were all breaking ourselves laughing :P

When we went into the venue and made our way towards the party venue    upstairs and there was no one there but a woman who came and told us that the party didn't start until 2pm. We had an hour to kill so we decided to go down to the canteen where there were about 12 tables so we took one at the back.  My parents went up to get some food for us and brought it back to the table. It was gorgeous and I really enjoyed it and then a man with a girl walked through the door and my mam and dad stood up as he approached. It was him, my godfather Darren Byrne, I scanned him and stood up and greeted him and he gave me a hug and just started saying things like “The height of you” and “You’re really pretty”. I thought he was really nice but I really didn't know what to say to him. He was talking to us for about 5 minutes and then he told us to come upstairs to the party, so we said that we would finish up our food and then join the other people upstairs. 

For the next few hours we just mingles with some of the people there and there was some food laid on but I didn't have any of it because I had only had food about 20 minutes ago. I got a drink and then started to talk to Darren and a few others and they were really nice and for me I felt like Darren and the others were always there, it was like we had known them for ever. It was really fun and I was enjoying myself and Darren was making an effort with me by asking me questions about myself. There was also a cake which was really nice and I got 2 slices and it was so yummy. 

We took some pictures as well and we all were talking and messing about and then we went downstairs to go to the bar. We got a couple of more drinks and my mam even got me a bottle of Budweiser and we all sat down and talked and just had fun. We were in the downstairs pub for another hour or so and then we decided to go to a different pub in the town. Some people that were there that we got on well with got a minibus to the town but we hopped in the car and drove there. When we got there, we went in and sat down beside a fire and my dad bought us some drinks and we moved to sit over beside the bar. We were having fun with everyone who was there and Darren was asking me questions about me which was cool because he interested in catching up on what he had missed. 

I thought the day was a really good day and I was so glad we were invited to get a chance to build back the bridge that hadn't been there for 12 years. We left at about 10pm and we got comfortable for the long journey back to Celbridge.