Q about godparents

marbear81

I'm thinking we may do 1 set of godparents for the twins because we are having a hard time coming up with another set with one member being a Catholic of good standing.. and I don't want to just pick people for the sake of picking people.... having said that, we are thinking the godmother will be my sister in law (as long as she says yes!) and the godfather will be DH's cousin.. my SIL will actually be considered a "Christian witness" by the church instead of a godmother but we will consider her a godmother....

when did you ask your child's godparents to be godparents.. before or after they were born?

also, how did you ask them? I know you can just come out and ask but I thought a creative way might be nice! tia

PS - my expectations of godparents are not legal guaridans.. I just expect them to be there for baptism, communion, confirmation, birthdays, holidays, etc.. and of course to ensure the babies are being raised in the faith..

finallyreilly

We asked them about a month after they were born.  They will be exactly 4 months at their baptism.  I was hoping to do it sooner but the heart rate monitor stalled us a little bit.  We asked them in person when we saw each of them - nothing creative.  We are using the same for both babies.

mmbench

We had one set for the same reason.  We just asked my brother and SIL when we started the baptism planning process (around 6 months).  We did it then because our church doesn't do baptisms during holiday time (Christmas and Easter), so we couldn't get into the class and get a date until April of the following year.

ErinCB

I think one set is fine. We'll have 4 God Parents/Sponsors, but they will all be for both babies. And it's a little unbalanced--3 guys and 1 girl (BIL, my brothers and my sister).

Ours also won't be guardians for the kids (and if anyone thinks they shoudl be for their own kids, please make sure you also designate that in your will, otherwise, legally, the godparent title means nothing). 

We asked about a month or two before the twins were born. Mostly b/c we had to secure the date of the baptism w/ our church and wanted to make sure they could all be there (they are getting baptized Easter weekend). We just came out and asked, over the phone, b/c we live in different states than our families.

Leigh71

When I asked my sister/BIL to be my adopted son's Godparents, I wasn't creative....but made up for it with a beautiful framed keepsake.  I think i got it at personalization mall.com, or personal creations?  It was a gold frame, and It held a 5x7 pic on one side and had a blessing and their names on the opposite side.

The picture was adorable...it was on his Baptism day, and he was in a family heirloom outfit. They love it and display it proudly.