Lily's Baby Blessing

A Little over nth ago, we were able to bless our baby girl.  Michal didn't want to perform the blessing at church, since we are transient and don't really have a ward we call "home".  Therefore, we had close family and friends over at my parents house in Layton for the blessing.

Michal did a great job.  He really thought, and pondered, and fasted over what he should say - and I think it was perfect.  He blessed our little girl to be my best friend.  He blessed her that she would grow up and share the gospel.  He blessed her to have a keen mind and many talents.  He blessed her with many other things, but these were a few that I specifically remembered.

When we talked about our baby blessing, we felt like it should be a celebration of the life of Lily - and so we wanted to invite people to the blessing in which have a special meaning to us... those that would help us "celebrate" this occasion.  Michal was in charge of the invites, and I feel like we got a pretty good turn out.

Michal had friends from far away come:

Jason came from St. George & Lael came all the way from DC

These are two of Michal's buddies/roommates/best man friends.

President & Sister Lewis.  President Lewis performed the sealing ordinance for Michal & I when we got married.  He has a special connection with Michal as that he was serving as Poland's Mission President when Michal got home from his mission.

The Pace Family.

We know Natalie from way back when Michal & I were dating - we decided to pick up some girls walking home at 2 am from the grocery store.  Lo & Behold - it was Natalie and her roommate.  Natalie and I had common friends (but FaceBook wasn't around yet, so we actually had to talk to figure that out).  Later, Natalie went on a mission to Poland.  Such a small world.

 The Rodriguez Family (in the middle).  They were our fun friends when we lived in the Brigham Apartments.  They are also expecting a baby (Max) in June.

Heather Collier (left) & Brooke Blair (right).

Heather is my bestie from when I went on a Study Abroad throughout Europe. Without Heather, I wouldn't have known the difference between being a "tourist" and a "traveler." Heather helped me to appreciate people and cultures and have the utmost fun possible.

Brooke is my bestie from High School.  She is literally one of like 4 people I keep in contact with from HS.  She came out to visit us in Poland and helped us move... and is a saint.

Amanda & Jared Mortenson

We love them.  Michal especially loves to introduce Amanda as "the Porn doctor."  We feel like we may have had a tiny itty bitty influence in their marriage.  Maybe, maybe not... but we still love them.

Our OB/GYN doctor.  How cool is it that our Doctor came to our baby blessing?

 Our Doctor was the missionary who taught Michal the Gospel.  Without her there would be no baby blessing.  She is an incredible woman.  Hopefully, one day I can grow up and be more like her. Now, I may not want to deliver babies when I get older, but I do want to make an impact in someone's life one day.

 ... and we were lucky enough that she brought her family along with her.

The Kinghorn Family

Not pictured: Katie's brothers + wives.  Katie's parents. Katie's Grandparents.

Overall... it was a great day.  Here are some details that I don't want to forget...

 Lily was blessed in the exact same outfit that I was blessed 29 years ago!

 I created these 'Her "SHE" y's' announcements that tell Lily's Stats on the back.  I made one for every guest that we had (36) (including children)... but somehow we had about 11 leftover (maybe Mom's didn't want their kids having them).  Anyway, I figured I'd give them to visitors who came to visit Lily. Unfortunately, Michal found out there were 11 left over and ate them over the course of the following month.

It was a great Sunday & Lily was such a trooper, she didn't fuss once and was so happy to have everyone hold her and get her picture taken a million times.  We sure love her.