Lily's Blessing day

 We finally blessed Lily. She's 5 months old so it is a little later than most would bless their baby but a couple of things that were nice was you could see her sweet little face in pictures and she was totally content and quiet during the whole blessing which has not been our experience in the past.
What was also very nice was it ended up being on the same weekend Megan and her family were up here on vacation so we had family in town for it which just makes it feel so much more special because it is the kind of support we love to have especially for these kinds of occasions.

The blessing itself was wonderful and I was able to write down a few things so that she will one day be able to know what was said in her baby blessing.

First, Sam told her that our Father in Heaven loves her. He blessed her with the desire to know the Savior and seek the Hold Ghost. That if she does that she will be protected and led throughout her life. He blessed her that she would build a relationship with Heavenly Father. He said she would be a light to her family and everyone around her, that she would be full of love, and a positive force in our world. He blessed her that she would develop her own testimony and she she would find someone worthy to be married in the temple and raise her family to the Lord--all great things. So, it was a beautiful blessing.
 Also, quite rare Sam and I both got up to bare our testimonies. I am so nervous with public speaking I seriously could count on one hand how many times I have gotten up in a fast and testimony meeting.

Sam went to the temple the Friday before blessing her and he told me that he could sense Grandma Mariana there as well as "a crowd." And told me "they are very interested in what is going on." I loved that he had this experience. I had felt Grandma many times while I was pregnant with her and just knew that the two of them had a relationship before she came to us.

We sure do love our girl. And she is nothing but loved in our home. My boys adore her. They were playing some random game in the car the other day and Kaj would announce, "and the winner is...LILY!!" each time. The winner was Lily. I couldn't help but laugh because she was also the only one who not participating at all and yet she would win. I have a feeling this will the case for a while.

She has the sweetest little face is starting to laugh, wiggle, and smile a lot more. I can tell her wants to be on the move right along with her brothers.