03.27.2011

I'm a little late posting this (as usual) because I have been waiting to get pictures.

Eli was blessed on Sunday March 27, 2011.  He was 2 months and 1 day old.  We had A LOT of family in town for the occasion.  Josh's parents came from Northern Idaho and my parents from Chicago.  I had my mom's parents, 2 sisters, and 5 of my cousins come from Idaho Falls AND my cousin and his wife and sweet new baby came from Houston.  It was SUCH a fun week/weekend.  Thank you to everyone for making the long trip here to support our sweet little boy.  It was so wonderful to have my grandpa and cousin be part of the circle during the blessing.  Of course I missed my brothers and their families being with us, but I understand- we live too far away from each other! 

Here are some pictures my cousin {thanks, Kim} took on his blessing day.  I had to feed him right after sacrament meeting so we never got pictures at the church.  More pictures of his little white suit to come later. 

I should also give a shout out to our catholic friends Shirley and Shelly for braving the crazy mormons and attending sacrament meeting for the blessing.  We are lucky to have such wonderful friends in our lives.  We are so glad we could share this experience with them.  I hope they don't think we're TOO crazy :-)

my sweet elijah in his white suit

 

 

Josh insisted that he wear a 3 piece white suit and tie.  Not a bow-tie, a tie-tie.  After searching FOREVER for the white suit, I finally found one at the very last store I looked.  It was the last one they had.  I thought since it's Easter time it would have been a lot easier to find a white suit, but boy was I wrong.  The suit didn't come with a tie so I had to make one.  We bought a normal size tie from the distribution center and I cut it down and made the tie out of the skinny end.  Josh tied the knot and then I cut the sides off that go around the neck and attached it to some white ribbon.  This fit under the little collar a lot better.  It velcros in the back.  I found the tutorial on-line but then altered it a bit to save time and to fit within my crafting abilities :-)  Isn't my boy handsome?

*Thanks dad for the picture!

Josh gave the most beautiful blessing.  We are in the process of typing it out to put in Elijah's baby book.  I hope someday he is able to cherish it.  It was a very special moment for me, one I will never forget!  Thank you to Josh for honoring your Priesthood and being able to bless our sweet little boy.  I love you.