Saturday, March 22, 2014

Audrey's Baby Blessing

Audrey's baby blessing was on Sunday, January 26th.  A baby blessing is a special event (although a non-saving ordinance) performed during Sunday service in the LDS church.  It is NOT a baptism.  It is an opportunity for a child to formally receive the name he or she will be known by as well as a blessing given to him or her from Heavenly Father through a worthy priesthood holder giving the blessing (usually the baby's father).  For more information about baby blessings, please see here and here.

Kyle performed the blessing with our bishop as well as our friends Jared Shrack and Phil Call.  Jared's and Phil's families attended, as did Audrey's grandparents.  We were so thankful everyone could come, because it was snowing like crazy!  We thought we'd be able to have more of our family if we waited a little longer than usual to bless Audrey.  Babies are typically blessed in the church when they're a few weeks old, but we waited until January when we were scheduled to have 11:00 church instead of 9:00 so more people would be able to come.  I guess we were expecting mild winters like those we had the last two years!

Jared, Kyle, Phil, and Audrey

Jared; his wife, Melody; our family; Phil; his wife, Kim (and baby Nora); and their son, Pete

Audrey, her parents, and her grandparents

We were so glad that she stayed so happy in the dress!

The dress was made from my mom's wedding dress, so we made sure to get a special picture for that reason :)


Afterwards, we had a small get-together at our house.  We decided to get a cake and do a potato bar, and that was DELICIOUS!  By the time we got to cake, though, Audrey was fast asleep.  We didn't want to wake her because she'd had a big day and hadn't had a nap, so this picture of her with her cake had to suffice.




Overall, in spite of the weather, it was a wonderful day.  I was pretty stressed about keeping the house clean, being sure the driveway stayed shoveled, getting the food together, timing my pumping and Audrey's eating schedules just right, getting our clothes de-wrinkled, and (my biggest fear) ensuring Audrey wouldn't poop or spit up on her dress!  But everything worked out the way it was supposed to, of course.  Listening to Kyle give Audrey a blessing was an amazing experience and I felt so peaceful.  I'm so grateful to have a worthy priesthood holder in our home who can give us blessings when we need them.  

Everyone went home earlier than we'd originally planned, but it ended up being okay because the three of us were exhausted!  Plus the snow caused a missed school day the following day, but by that point, we'd deserved it!

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