Oliver's Blessing Day

Oliver's blessing day was a very special day. We took our time in the morning getting ready; Grandpa McLaughlin gave Oliver a bath and we had fun video taping them playing together at the sink. We put Oliver down for a nap so I could take my time getting ready, then we made lots and lots of chili and woke up our baby to eat and get dressed. Right after we got him dressed, most of the family showed up to head over to the church. We snagged the front benches in the chapel. I was feeling super nervous and when I told Tommy that he was like, "I don't know why, you're not really doing anything..." haha but I was very anxious to hear Oliver's blessing. I kept asking Tommy if he knew how to start the blessing and he reassured me with, "I'm sure I'll figure it out when I get there."
During the meeting, the first counselor announced the blessing of a different baby and after that baby's blessing, he moved on to the next part of the meeting. Our three rows of guests were waving our hands to try to get his attention and when he saw us, he said "Oh man...this is what I did last time we had two baby blessings..." it was pretty funny. But our whole group got up and moved to the front. I felt very blessed to see a group of 12 loved ones and priesthood holders holding my baby boy. I felt the way I did when Oliver received his priesthood blessings in the NICU; we are so blessed to have such a wonderful support system for our family. The blessing was very sweet and I was very emotional the whole meeting...I mean, who wouldn't be looking at this sweet baby??