Eliannah Jocelynn's Blessing

We blessed our beautiful tinsie tinsie on Sunday! It was wonderful. A lot of family was there and some friends too. We loved seeing everyone and feeling their support!

Michael blessed her with "knowledge that God loves her, and that she would be an inspiration to her family" there were other things too, but those were the things I liked best!

She was blessed in a special gown. My mom hand crochet a dress for me in high school that would be an exact replica of the one I was blessed in. When she found out that I was pregnant and going to have my baby while she was going to be on her mission, she was sad to think that she wouldn't be able to make a dress for her. That is when I reminded her that I had the other one. I also made a slip to go under it. It was so beautiful together.

I bore my testimony on the Plan of Salvation. Then as I was returning to my seat I totally tripped down the stairs! I would have face planted had I not desperately grasped the side wall! Everyone in the audience gasped and the person who had started their testimony after me was interrupted. I was so red faced!

After the meeting we went to our house and had a BBQ. It was so awesome cause we had lots of family in town, like my sister from St George and my brother from Albuquerque. We sat around and told embarassing moments that made us laugh!

Mike's birthday was yesterday. Him and I are so different when it comes to what we expect on our big day. lol I want surprises and to be treated like the princess all day, he wants to pick out his own gift a month in advance, and just have dinner. So that is what we did. We got his gift, a gas grill, like a month ago. It has been enjoyable! Then I made him the dinner of his choice, shrimp scampi, and the rest of the night we hung out at his brother's while he played PS3. That is where I took this video of our daughter, Tsadakah! Everything has been really casual! As long as he is happy!

We celebrated Tsadakah's second birthday! She is such a big girl. We had a simple BBQ with Mike's brother, Devin and his wife, Becky, and their son, Jaxton.

She got a kitchen cart, a Barbie DVD, and new shoes. The first picture is her blowing out her candles. It took a lot of coaching to get her to do it. The second picture is of her being too eager to "dig in." We turned our backs to get the knife and she licked the cake. lol. It was pretty funny. That was her piece!

The last picture is of her wearing her older cousin, Bobbie's, coat. She just got so excited about it. I love those cheesy, excited smiles.

The other picture is just me and my girls. I love being a mommy! Mother's day was so fun too. At church I loved watching the kids go up to the stand to sing to all the mothers. I can't wait till Sayde is old enough. I held her on my lap and pointed out that the kids were singing. She recognized one of the songs that I sing to her and when they finished she stood up and appauded. It was so funny to me! I had to laugh through my tears. I LOVE my girls. I can't wait to play dress up and tea parties and read them stories about princesses. I guess God knew what He was doing when He sent me girls instead of boys. Now I can't even imagine being a boy mom!

Our Eliannah is one week from being a month old! She is absolutely the best! She is a good sleeper too! What a relief for mommy!

Here are pictures of Mike, and me as babies! Who do you think Eliannah Jocelynn looks like most?

Tsadakah is ok with the baby. She is jealous of mommy's time and has suddenly become a mommy's girl again instead of a daddy's girl. She also tries to wear her clothes, use her binkie, and steal her burp cloths.

Eliannah Jocelynn
6 lb 12 oz
20 inches