I don't know about beautifully, but it got done. lol

I can well understand your baptismal fears and I suspect that you're right that it might have been extra-long baptism by immersion if your uncle had thought of that. I'm not sure that even God can necessarily overcome familial habits of interaction. ;)

I was actually baptized outside in a lake and I remember being nervous that something was going to grab my legs underneath the water. Fortunately, nothing did.