Lizzie Baby's Blessing

We blessed our sweet Lizzie girl on Sept 4, 2016 in our ward. We had a lot of support from our family at this special event. We felt especially grateful for all who made the trek to come from Idaho as this was our 3rd (and one more to come) family/religious event of the year. 

Lizzie was blessed in a dress that my mom made for my sister's girls. I wanted her to wear it too as it was made by her grandma. Hallie was blessed in the dress that I wore when I was a baby and it came from Portugal (where Devin served his mission) so that was special as well. 

Lizzie looked beautiful and her daddy gave her a wonderful and special blessing. We are so grateful for the blessing she is in our lives. I have no doubt that Heavenly Father sent her to us at this time for a specific purpose. She is meant to teach us and to learn from us and to be a part of our little earthly unit. I have often looked into Lizzie's eyes since her birth and had an overwhelming feeling that I have known her much longer than her few months on earth. I have a testimony of eternal families and I am so grateful she is part of ours.

Lizzie came at an interesting time... a time we were not certain we would be having any more children. However, Heavenly Father blessed us with her anyway and I am so grateful. Initially, I was very concerned that her coming would negatively impact Mishell, who was just adjusting to our family and to a new culture, language, school system, etc. However, I think that Lizzie has done the exact opposite of what I feared and has been a  bit of a glue that has brought our family closer together. She is a ray of sunshine and light and Mishell loves her and vice versa. They are no doubt meant to be sisters. They came within a year of each other to our family and despite being 12 years apart, I hope they continue to have a great relationship and be a source of happiness and sisterhood to one another as the years go by. 

We did not get as many pictures as I would have liked at the blessing, especially of those who came to support us, but here are some of our beautiful girl.