She has done extensive research on religious and cultural ceremonies, so she knows what a Baptism entails. She just never thought she would be experiencing it from this perspective: her child the one being Baptized.
She doesn't believe in God or the church or hell or heaven, but she knows that Booth does. It doesn't bother her at all to have her daughter Baptized, because since it's not her religion, it doesn't mean much to her one way or the other. But since it means so much to Booth, she had agreed, even before Christine was born.
Now she's in the midst of planning it all. Securing the church, sending out invitations, figuring out what she should wear, finding a gown for her daughter. Booth is instrumental in all of this, especially since he is the one that has a gown to pass down and who knows what church he wants it done at, he has to be.
And still, it's exhausting her.
She does know one thing she wants. She wants Angela to be the Godmother. Whether or not she's religious, she wants Angela to play a special part in her daughter's life. When she mentions this to Booth, he laughs.
"What?"
"Nothing just… I'd already assumed Angela would be Godmother."
What does surprise her is that he wants Hodgins to be the Godfather.
"And if… you know… anything ever happened to… both of us… I would want them to take her."
It hits her like a blow to the gut, but she knew it was something they would have to discuss, sooner or later, given their jobs and how they both come face to face with real danger more often than many other parents.
"Me too," she agrees quickly. She knows Angela and Hodgins would step up without hesitation. She knows Christine would fit in, alongside Michael and any other children Angela and Hodgins have.
Still, the notion of not being there to see her daughter grow up hurts her. So much so that for a second, she considers just going back to staying in the lab.
Then she remembers her stubbornness. She will not give in. She will go out in the field.
She has no idea how her parents could have done it, left them. She never did before, but now that she's a mother, she really has no clue how a parent could abandon their child.
And yet, because of the love she feels for her daughter and her fierce urge to protect her, she understands what they did more than ever.