Abby's baby blessing.

Today was Abby's baby blessing. We had a great time with lots of support from friends and our ward family and our family.

I spent most of last night finishing Abby's dress. I feel like I have been "finishing" it for weeks. I have had the dress part made. But last night was spent doing the details and hemming and everything. It turned out beautifully. I wanted her to wear leopard print socks underneath, since the dress was long enough no one would notice. Her father vetoed that option, and she wore pink ones.

Abby was such a beautiful girl . And she looked great. Nicholas behaved beautifully. Her dad gave her a great blessing and even got her name right. I have heard stories of fathers who do the wrong name at the blessing, so that's the name the child is known as in the church. Good thing Jon got the right one.

Thank you to our Bishop for letting us do it at our home, and for Br. Suoafoa (sp?) for being here so we could do the blessing. Now Jon just needs to fill out the paperwork and hand it in. Then she's officially on the records of the church.

If you are unaware, Mormons do not baptize children until they are 8 years old. It is a doctrinal choice made because children younger than 8, according to the Church, are unable to tell the difference between right and wrong. Therefore, it doesn't make sense to Baptize them and cleanse them of sin before they can sin (The original sin doctrine is not held as a belief in the Mormon church). So instead babies get blessed - "dedicated" is what some other Christian denominations call it - to God. The father - traditionally - does the blessing.

We had a lot of fun and loved having everyone around. Thanks everyone. And yes, she will be in her dress tomorrow at church. I didn't spend the time to make it for her to wear it once.