Theodore received a name and a blessing on Friday night. We had a double blessing with my sister, Tiffany, for her little baby, Tessa, born just 1.5 weeks before Theo. We wanted to have the blessings when our parents were in town. It was lovely to have so much family around for it. I was a little worried that having it on a Friday night would be hard to keep a reverent atmosphere but it turned out so well. I think having so many people wearing Sunday clothes, and setting up lots of chairs so people could be seated really helped. We started later than we wanted due to some traffic accidents on the freeway so the kids were all pretty tired but everyone held up well.
We sang an opening song and had an opening prayer and then Chris blessed Theodore, followed by Todd blessing Tessa. Here are some favorite parts of Theodore's blessing: Theo was blessed with the ability to understand the gospel, feel the truths and live them; that he'd be given a healthy and strong body and the spirit to master body and accomplish his mission on earth and serve others; that he'd develop charity at a young age; that he'd bring peace to others around him; that he'd look up to his brothers and sister and learn from them and offer inspiration and counsel to them; and that he'd quickly find the covenant path and have a deep and abiding ability to feel the love of his Father in Heaven and Savior.
It was a tender blessing. I also loved watching Alec cradle and take care of Theodore during Tessa's blessing. The kids all love our Theodore Bryce so much, as do Chris and I. After the blessings we had cookies and milk. I made my good friend from Mississippi, Sharon Leigh's, Soft Molasses Cookies, Peanut butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, and my high school friend, Sandra's Aunts Snickerdoodle cookies that Gwen calls, "Snip-a-dee-doos". Everything was delicious.
We recreated a picture we took together right before Tiffany had Tessa:
Shout out to my cookie helpers: Max and Freddy.
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