40 Day Blessing

This past Sunday we took Owen to church for his 40 day blessing.  It was a big day for us all.  It was the first time that we had really been out of the house with him for a prolong period of time.  He did so well!  We were all a little off that morning with the time change and he got a little off his eating schedule, but he never got fussy.  I learned a great lesson too.  If you think you only need one bottle, take two or three because you never know how long you will be. When we got to the church there was another baby girl there so he had company when the Priest took him up in front of the church.  His mom said to her baby, "look this is your new boyfriend."  The two babies were born just a few days apart.  It was fun chatting with her and talking about what a crazy time it's been with all these blizzards. 

Shannon and Skye, Yay Yay and Thia Cassandra were all there to support us.  It was so sweet and very special.  The Priests blessed each baby and we all walked in behind them.  When we got to the front each baby was held by a priest and walked around the alter.  I thought I would burst into tears right there on the spot, but I held it together and managed to smile.  I was so happy and overjoyed to be out of the house with him.   James and I were proud Mommy and Daddy and to know that we were doing a good thing for him.  It gave me such a piece of mind.  After the ceremony we took a few pictures and actually made it out for brunch.  Owen did wonderful at his first restaurant, even though he was hungry and needed a diaper changing.  We got the check pretty quickly and took off for home, where we all were exhausted and took a long nap on a lazy, rainy Sunday afternoon.