A Wonderful Day

In the LDS church, as new babies are brought into the world, they are given a name and a blessing. It is such a sweet and special day, a day that is looked forward to. With Lilly and Ryker, they were blessed in the hospital. Lilly's was right after birth, and Ryker's was right before he passed. We have never had the privilege of blessing our babies with all of our friends and family there. Today was Collin's blessing day. He was so cute, so happy and excited to see all those he loves so dearly. It was funny to see a 10 month old being blessed. He was happy, but kept trying to grab the microphone to babble/chew on it. There were tears. Tears of happiness. Tears to finally hear the words spoken of things that are in the future, the somedays. Lilly and Ryker's blessings were filled with goodbyes. Every baby blessing I have heard are blessings of what is to come. We could not look forward to the somedays with Lilly and Ryker. Collin has given us somedays. Collin has allowed us to worry about the future of his life, to worry about the friends he will have, the ugly parts of life, but also the good and beautiful things to come. Collin has given us something we have not been able to have: Hope. Lilly and Ryker taught us so much, don't get me wrong. But Collin's blessing to this family is hope. So thank-you to those who were able to make it. It was really a good day.
*I had a duh moment today, forgot to take ANY pictures. I was sad, but it is okay, since there will be plenty of picture opportunities this week with Christmas!!!