The annual Mount Tabor Church Big Picnic and Baby Show was held on Saturday, August 12, 2017, at Mt. Tabor Park in Rocky Ridge. A total of forty-two babies—twenty-two girls and twenty boys—participated in the show. The youngest baby was eight-week-old Faithlon Mathias, daughter of Heather and Andrew Mathias of Rocky Ridge. Madeline Petko, seventeen-month-old daughter of Josh and Jenny Petko, traveled the farthest distance from Pasadena, Maryland. There was one set of twins in this year’s Baby Show: Makenzie and Makayla Wagner, five-month-old daughters of Tammy Stone and David Wagner of Hagerstown. Babies placed in three categories: prettiest girl, cutest boy, and chubbiest baby, in five age categories, from one day old to twenty-four months old.
There were three babies in the one day to three-month-old category. The prettiest girl was Adalynn Hanson, two-month-old daughter of Nick and Emily Hanson of Keymar. The cutest boy was Emmet Platt, three-month-old son of Shayna Beard of Sabillasville. The chubbiest baby was Faithlon Mathias, two-month-old daughter of Heather and Andrew Mathias of Rocky Ridge. There were eight babies registered in the next age group. The prettiest girl in the four- to six-month-old category was Tinsley Young, four-month-old daughter of Heather and James Young of Thurmont. The cutest boy was Logan Naylor, five-month-old son of Jason and Katie Naylor of Rocky Ridge. The chubbiest baby was Ryder Fogle, five-month-old son of Christine and Bud Fogle of Thurmont.
Of the sixteen babies in the seven- to twelve-month-old category, Ava Grace Lawrence, twelve-month-old daughter of Tabitha Turvin and Sheldon Lawrence of Woodsboro, was judged the prettiest girl. The cutest boy was Fox Maker, eleven-month-old son of Emily and Nathan Maker of Orrtanna, Pennsylvania. Carson Lingg, twelve-month-old son of Emily and Danny Lingg of Thurmont, was named the chubbiest baby. In the thirteen- to eighteen-month-old category, there were ten babies. Madeline Petko, seventeen-month-old daughter of Jenny and Josh Petko of Pasadena, Maryland, was judged the prettiest girl. The cutest boy was Easton Muse of Middletown, thirteen-month-old son of Reanna and Hunter Muse. The chubbiest baby was Matthew Lutman, thirteen-month-old son of Shannon and Mat Lutman of Frederick.
In the nineteen- to twenty-four-month-old category, there were only five babies. Olivia Beard, twenty-four-month-old daughter of Nicole and Travis Beard of Keymar, was named the prettiest girl. Easton Shuff, twenty-four-month-old son of Kelsey Kerns and Sean Shuff of Thurmont, was named the cutest boy. The chubbiest baby was Molly Smith, twenty-two-month-old daughter of John and Patti Smith of Rocky Ridge.
Please join us again next year, on the second Saturday of August, at Mt. Tabor Park. You may register your baby (or babies), ages one day old up to twenty-four months old. Watch your local newspaper for more details including registration time.
Four-month-old Tinsley Young, daughter of Heather and James Young of Thurmont, wins prettiest girl in the four- to six-month-old category at the Baby Show at the Mount Tabor Church Big Picnic.
