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Maryanne's Blessing

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The day of Andrew's birthday also happened to be the day that Jon blessed Maryanne at church. It was very surreal. Thankfully, I had my mom here to help get everyone ready for church so we could get there early enough for me to feed Maryanne before the meeting started. I was so pleased that she wasn't crying during her blessing.
Ironically, I'd forgotten to bring tights for her (because I dressed her at the church right before I fed her), so she was wrapped up in her blanket for most of the meeting. Which meant that she didn't need the little flannel jacket I made for her. But, oh well, she can wear that another time. Oh, and remember I said we were hoping she wouldnt' grow in the week before her blessing? Well, yeah, I had to undo the top button on her dress because she did grow too much and her dress was almost choking her. ☺

It was such a sweet blessing and I could tell that Jon really felt humbled to give her this blessing. Later, in my primary class we were talking about special blessings we receive from the priesthood and Jon was able to come in and talk about giving Maryanne her blessing. Hearing him talk about all that she was blessed with helped me to remember her blessing even more. She is such a special child and I'm so thankful we have her in our family.
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Joseph Weed said…
That's wonderful! I be it was such a sweet blessing :)

And Maryanne is adorable in her blessing outfit, you did a fantastic job on it!
March 11, 2009
Head Over Hills said…
I wish we could have been with you guys for it. She looked beautiful.
March 12, 2009
Shilo said…
It seems there's always something that gets forgotten. The day we blessed Nathaniel I left the formula & bottles at home. I realized it just before the meeting started and prayed I could get home to get them and get back to the church before they decided to do the blessing...
And you must've given the same lesson that I was called to substitute...
Very interesting.
March 12, 2009
The Stanley's said…
Ahhh. Sweet baby!
March 17, 2009
Graham said…
I am so mad we were late and we missed it! I didn't realize that it was that Sunday.
March 18, 2009
Niki said…
I am so glad it went well. It is funny how the church makes it a small world, our ward was having the same lesson the same day (as you know Sarah was blessed that day too) and my John went into primary to talk about the same thing!
March 24, 2009
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