adeline jill's day

The first Sunday in December Adeline had grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins come to celebrate her. Daddy gave a beautiful blessing. Grandpa Packer said he peeked open his eyes during the blessing and said that Adeline was laying there so reverently with her arms folded. At least for the first 20 seconds. Then she was done and cried the remainder of the prayer. When the blessing was over and Justin held her up for all to see, it hit me yet again, we have a daughter! My heart was so full. 

Our kind 2nd counselor got up afterwards and said if any person dares to cause this girl any discomfort, they'll have four brothers to answer to. There is some big time truth to that, I can already tell.

Afterwards we headed home for soups, breads, and desserts. We are so grateful for the love that each family member has shown for this special girl since before she was even born.

^^ this kid finds his way into many pictures ^^

^^ While everyone was dishing up their dinner, Rudger got his ^^

As soon as we decided Adeline's middle name would be Jill, I knew I wanted to do something extra special for her blessing dress. My mother's favorite flowers are daises. In fact, her wedding dress had beautiful daisy lace over the entire dress. I had this image in my mind of Adeline wearing a beautiful little blessing dress covered in daisy lace too. I looked and looked and could not find what I was looking for. I was discouraged, but knew that it really didn't matter. So I let it go. What I really wanted was special touches of both grandmas. Justin's mother helped me make the dress and with her help we added little touches of daisies to make it a special dress.

(I do hope it is special to Adeline someday)