Reese's Blessing

This past Sunday Brandon was able to give our little girl a name and a blessing...

Reese Lyn Blackwell

was blessed Sunday June 5th 2011 in the same blessing dress I (her mommy) wore on my own blessing day!

 

Brandon did a great job and gave Reese a beautiful blessing. He told me later, while he was giving her the blessing he kept feeling like Reese was going to inspire a lot of people. I believe it, she has such a sweet and calm spirit about her, I can tell she was made to do great things.
During the blessing I kept thinking how good Brandon is at stuff like this. He doesn't seem to be nervous (although he admitted to getting a "little" nervous right before) and his voice was so calm and steady, he is a natural. I am mostly grateful it's his job and not mine ;)

Reese is so loved by so much family and I am grateful that almost all of our siblings and grandparents could come.

 Classic sister and mom picture... it's a tradition

The Four Generation Picture: When I was blessed I had a picture with my mom who was holding me and my great-grandma Mary (who I was blessed to know well, she died when I was 9) on one side and my grandma Virginia on the other side. It was hard to realize that I wouldn't get a picture with grandma Virginia and Reese in her blessing dress that I once wore but Brandon's sweet grandma Carma (the only gma that was able to come) was able to take a four generation picture with us. And then of course grandpa Jack continues to do a great job stepping in as a grandma when needed;) I am sure glad we have this guy around.

 The Blackwell Family

The Schroeppel Family

I love my house but it's not ideal to host for 20+ people but we made it work. All that mattered was that we had good food...

 I made quiche and cinnamon rolls, my MIL came with fruit and banana bread, my mom came with Costco's Muffins (I adore them), my loving sister Jamie made us some yummy mint brownies, grandma Carma came with cookies, and Amy and Jenessa provided the best orange juice money can buy ;)

I am SO thankful to these people for all the help, love, and support. They made this day perfect! LOVE YOU ALL!

I know I say it a lot but...

 I am so grateful that my Heavenly Father trusts me to be a mother to these two girls. They bless my life every day. These past few weeks have been so challenging with continuing to be sick but these two girls lift my spirits so much I cannot even say it enough.
I love my little Irey's spunky attitude and how she acts like she is 13 instead of 3. The things this girl says, oh my goodness, she just makes me laugh and shake my head all day long. I really wonder how she became so smart AND beautiful but I am just glad glad glad, because she makes me very proud to be her mom.
Reese is a dream. Seriously, I need to pinch myself because how do you get TWO great babies in a row. I hate to sound like I am bragging, I just feel so blessed. Reese, as I said earlier, has the sweetest spirit. I love how she always has a smile for her mommy and will coo and "talk" to me all day long. She loves for me to sing to her, it calms her right down, and it's so neat for me to be able to sing her a primary song while I am rocking her... it's just a sweet moment that I want to savor because before too long she will be to busy and too big for sweet moments like that.

This guy, well he did his part in makin' these little cuties, and I am a little mad he did his part too good because they don't look much like me. He has supported me and comforted me through all my afflictions while pregnant and now recovering. He still is my go-to-guy for ALL things in life. I am more then happy to share him with my little girls and I am SO glad I chose him because I couldn't dream of a better example for my girls to look to in a man. He is not only my rock but our rock, and I know what a load us girls must be to carry but he does a mighty fine job ;)

 It was a beautiful day and Reese looked so pretty in that blessing dress. Her grandpa Blackwell said during her blessing she just had her head cocked back and was looking around at everything, just content and calm. All day I looked at all my family around us and felt overwhelmed with love.

Come what may, all I need is my family.