God Parents (Catholic)

Dana, you're thinking of a guardian.  Some parents choose the same people to be their childs Godparents and guardians but they are 2 seperate roles.

In the Catholic church baptism is the first sacrament (kind of like initiation) and the Godparents 'sponsor' the baby.  During the actual baptism ceremony the parents promise to ensure their child is raised with a spiritual and religious upbringing and guide them in the ways of the church.  The Godparents promise to make sure the parents do this and in years to come they generally take an interest in the childs upbringing, particularly the spiritual side.

For people who aren't religious asking someone to be a Godparent is often considered more of an honour than a responsibility iykwim (although it is both things for both religious and non-religious parents) and Godparents will generally take an interest in a childs upbringing without the same focus on God and religion that Christian Godparents have.

Does that make sense?

ETA: this site probably explains it from a christian perspective better than I managed: http://christeningessentials.com/what_are_godparents_

lol Bobbie, she'll grow out of it and generally others don't mind.  Michaela and I go to church every Sunday and she has a small backpack full of toys, books and snacks to keep her occupied so I can focus.  I also find sitting in the front pews helps.

She can be pretty loud like when she suddenly announces at top volume "NEED TO GO WEES MUM" while everyone else is silent, or last week when the offertory basket was passed around and she spent the next few minutes crying "money....money....money......" while I wondered where her volume switch is.  The funniest though was when we used to care for our nephew who at the time was 2yo.  We were in church and everyone had just risen for the entrance him when Josh spotted Father Kevin and shouted "LOOK, HERE'S GOD NOW".