Luke's Blessing

On May 2nd, and just a day shy of turning 3 months, Luke was given his name and a blessing by his Dad. Having a baby is always such a special part of life, and having him blessed marks another one of those special moments. This time we did it a little bit differently. We blessed Luke at the house, instead of the church, as it was stake conference weekend (both us and the bishop failed to realize that scheduling error soon enough). And although I missed being able to share this occasion with more of our friends, I have to say I really enjoyed having it at the house. The blessing was sweet and inspired, and I find it hard to share my tender feelings about it. What I will say is I am grateful for this gospel that we have and the knowledge that comes with it, for the priesthood, a worthy husband, an amazing sweet little boy, and family and friends to share it with.

After the blessing we had a little BBQ and enjoyed the company. We were able to get some pictures, some right after the blessing and some after the guests left. There were so many cute pictures, that I had a hard time choosing. I have to thank my mom (we really missed you guys, but I am glad Dad is doing better) for getting Luke's blessing outfit. I absolutely love it, and I think it fit him perfectly! And I have to thank my Grandma Baker for making the blanket. It is beautiful - the color scheme turned out really nice.

I love it when he smiles with those big chubby cheeks of his. I must admit, they are very kissable and find hard to resist, however I have never ever been tempted to pinch them. As a fellow chubby-cheek wearer, I cannot allow such harassment to occur in my home. If I catch you trying to pinch those adorable cheeks...well let's just say - you've been warned! *grin*

I actually like this picture of me (shocker!) and Luke. He was just talking up a storm to me. Love it!

This picture of Trace and Luke cracks me up. I think we need to find Luke a matching t-shirt - as I think it applies to him more than it does to Trace. The t-shirt reads: "My lay-around-the-house-and-do-absolutely-nothing shirt".

Luke's "I. Am. Done." look. He had enough thank you very much. But that didn't bother his proud big sister one bit.

This is probably one of my favorite pictures out of the whole bunch. Trent has a hard time sitting still at any given time, especially when it is time to take pictures. He then finds it hard to smile "naturally". He hates getting his picture taken. So you can imagine my surprise when he asked us if he could take a picture with Luke. And the outcome? Two very handsome boys.

Sami and Luke. She used to babysit our older two kids when we lived in Colorado. But now her and her family have moved and live about 10 minutes away from us (it's a small world)...and she is now in college. My how time flies...

So I had to stick this picture in here. Trace is always giving me a hard time on how I never include any pictures of me on the blog. And I tell him it is because none of them turn out good enough. He thinks I am being too picky, but it's true - me and cameras don't like each other. But now the tables are turned. I think this picture of me is just fine, but he doesn't think it is a good one of him. Trace - you're just being too picky. tee-hee-hee.

Grandpa Giles and Luke

Grandma and Grandpa Giles and Luke

Grandma Giles and Luke

Our attempt to get a picture of the kids with their grandparents. However, Hannah was a little busy being hypnotized.