A blessed man!

Charlie had his baby blessing at yesterday. It was so sweet and special. In the blessing he was blessed to be an example to his family and to serve the Lord all his life. I love that. It pretty much covers everything in that statement. I tell you, with Charlie being child number three for us, it's harder and harder to hear a baby blessing. If it wasn't a fruit snack wrapper rattling in my ear it was little questions like"is that dadddy praying?" Josh said when he opened his eyes after the prayer, he looked down and Charlie had a big smile on his face. What a sweatheart. Josh's uncle Mike was able to be there to participate and we invited three neighbor families to church with us. It was so nice to have their moral support and lots of fun to have my friends with us at church. We totally missed our family for the special day, but we made sure there was a part of them there. Charlie wore an outfit home made by my big sister Susan for Noah. PK wore a dress from my other big sister, Shelley and Chralie was wrapped in a blanket beautifully made by Josh's grandma. Noah wore something from my dad and his wife also. Then of course Charlie was blessed with his full name Charles ALAN Plant after Josh's dad, Al. Afterwards we had a luncheon at our house. Josh only made it for the end because he had all sorts of church meetings with his new calling. We are bracing ourselves for a really busy semester.
Savannah with Presley and Charlie

Aunt Ruth and Charlie. I had so much help keeping the little guy entertained.


I put up a clothes line of black and white photos of Charlie to hang over the lunch table.

Lots of fun, but I'm glad it's over with. It was such a special experience to look back on. It is so crazy to think that this time last year we were toying with the idea of having a third child and now he's here and almost 15 pounds! It's so surreal at times. I feel very lucky. It was all meant to be.