Rebecca’s baby blessing
Yesterday, Rebecca received her baby blessing, a custom for new additions in our church. Ryan gave her the blessing and it was beautiful!
I knit a lace shawl for her to use instead of a blanket (it is August, after all), and Rebecca wore the dress and bonnet that my mother made for me for my baby blessing (and my three sisters also wore it for their blessings):
What you can’t see in the picture: she’s also wearing booties that were my mother’s.
And while I was taking pictures of her in the dress, I was lucky enough to catch one of those rare sleep smiles:
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Oh Jordon!
August 11th, 2008 at 4:13 pmShe’s so precious!
So pretty!
August 11th, 2008 at 4:16 pmShe’s beautiful! My daughter was blessed in my baby blessing gown and bonnet too!
August 11th, 2008 at 8:06 pmI love sleep smiles! These pictures make me want a daughter:)
August 11th, 2008 at 8:17 pmI LOVE sleep smiles from little babies. They make me smile!
August 11th, 2008 at 8:38 pmBeautiful gown and shawl, and very precious baby.
August 12th, 2008 at 4:24 amRebecca is beautiful. I love her name. And the gown is lovely.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:45 pmHey, she is so cute.
August 13th, 2008 at 9:38 amGood work mom!
She is absolutely precious! How wonderful that she could wear so many special hand-me-downs and the shawl you made is just gorgeous. Such a sweet sleep smile too!
August 13th, 2008 at 10:39 pmSo beautiful. I love the tradition of a family blessing dress. We have one too. I haven’t had the opportunity to use it yet, but hopefully one day I will. Come on, girl!
August 16th, 2008 at 1:45 pm