Congrats to the Two Newest Members of the Body of Christ (as of March 29th)!
What follows is a brief overview of the wonderful day in which Nicholas and his daughter Anastasia (both members of this forum) became a part of the Church. Hopefully those who were there can forgive and correct any errors that I might make. I, for one, would love to hear the views of Nicholas and Anastasia themselves 
It was an overcast Saturday afternoon. The baptism was scheduled for 1PM, though of course those to be baptized arrived earlier than that. I happened to be lucky enough to be riding with them. When we arrived at the Church--Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church (ROCOR)--no one else was there, so we had to wait for Father George Lardas to get there and unlock the doors.
Before the baptism there were various activities going on as a preperation. Food was taken/organized in the Church Hall (below the Church), people meeted and greeted each other, and most importantly, the water was warmed up! This last one was of particular importance since the water in the makeshift baptismal "trough" was extremely cold when we first got to the Church. A few buckets of scalding water were added, and the water at lest became something approaching tolerable.
I'm afraid that I missed most of the the theological beauty (a true "melody of theology") of the services as I was taking pictures and moving around somewhat (I say this only to excuse my lack of talk on the actual services). Essentially, everything that normally happens at an Orthodox baptism/christmation/etc. did. Blessings, breathing on the faces of the catechumens (though I didn't know that the breath was blown by the priest in the form of a cross), anointing, etc.
Proudly (if I may be so bold as to use that word in an Orthodox way), the sponsors Joachim and Helen stood next to the baptismal candidates Nicholas and Anastasia. Fr. George, Mat. Anna, and their family were also in attendance, as were a dozen other people, including some non-Orthodox (the day was a taxing one on even we Orthodox, I can only imagine what the non-Orthodox were going through).
When it came time for the actual triple immersion, there was quite a bit of eeking and jumping going on (again, the water was tolerable, but barely). Anastasia in particular had a difficult time since Fr. George pushed her in two different directions as he tried to immerse her! 
At first, understandably, she was reluctant to go down into the cold water, so Fr. George pushed her forward; then on the second (and I think third) immersion, he pushed her backwards. Suffice to say, her eyes were bulging out and she was quite awake!
I'm sure Nicholas and Anastasia were pretty cold after this, though of course the service had to go on. When the service did end, everyone present went down into the basement and had some food and drinks. This was followed after by vigil, which was followed by another meal, and then a Question and Answer time with Fr. George. Some people had some difficulties with what was being said, so we stayed on one subject (gambling) for quite a while, lol.
All told, it was a wonderful--if trying--day/night. I hope it was the best day/night in the life of Nicholas and Anastasia. Or somewhere close.