Nathan's Blessing

This weekend I traveled to my parents house. Evan has been working some long hours and we haven't seen much of him. He had a day off and we had an opportunity to see him, so we took it. I traveled 5 hours by myself in a car with five children. It was so worth it. It was so exciting to have Evan with us, to watch him interact with our children, to see him hold our new baby. Moments like this remind me how much I love him. His is a wonderful man.

With Evan's work schedule, we were starting to wonder when we would be able to bless Nathan. We didn't know when he would have time off to be at church and if and when he did get the time, it would be at last minutes notice. Nathan was already 8 weeks, and growing. When I found out we would have this chance to be with Evan on Sunday, i decided to seize the opportunity. I called and asked my Bishop for permission, and he said we could do it in my parent's home as long as the Bishop of my parent's ward was in attendance. Well, my dad is the Bishop of his ward, so that was easy.

Evan ended up arriving too late on Sunday, so we blessed Nathan Monday. It was Evan, my Dad, and my brother in the circle blessing Nathan. My sister-in-laws Tonia and Beth were able to be there with some of their children, Maddie and Eden. I have never blessed a baby in a home or even been to a blessing in a home, but the spirit was so sweet. I really enjoyed the blessing and the peacefulness of doing it in a home. There was no pressure of the big dinner afterwards or the show of all the people in the congregation. Just a precious moment where my baby was held by men that I love and given a wonderful blessing. The quiet peace I felt is one of those moments I will always treasure.

Nathan was great. He talked through the blessing. He has just started the baby-jabber, and I love to hear it. As soon as the blessing was finished, I held him in my arms and he started to yawn. I put him down in the chair so I could get some pictures, and he fell asleep. What a sweet baby.