Blessing Day

Today, Steve blessed Daniel in Sacrament Meeting.  He did such  a great job and I am so grateful for him and what a great dad he is.  I think this is the first Sunday he has been to church with us in 4 or 5 Sundays...just due to his schedule.  I guess it is a  good thing our Bishop is one of his program directors, or they might think he is inactive.  Yes, I am sure some think I am a single mom, but being in this ward makes me so grateful for our situation.  Steve is gone alot, but atleast he is only 7 miles away at the hospital.  There are a handful of husbands that are deployed in our ward.  What do I have to complain about?  

Daniel was in fine form during his blessing...Screamed all the way through it.  Then when Steve brought him back to me, I took him right out the door.  When I brought him back in, the Bishop said(from the pulpit) , well, we are grateful to see that Daniel has calmed down,--with a circle up here full of dads including 2 pediatricians, we couldn't calm him, but I guess, his mom could." 

Not only was it Daniel's Blessing day, it was a great day for me to reflect  on all of our blessings as a family.  Moving to Ohio has been an adventure.  Steve loves his residency program(for which I am sooo grateful), but the adjustment has been such a great learning and growing experience.  After Sacrament meeting, I was feeding Daniel in the "mother's lounge".  The pulpit is piped in there and the primary was practicing for their program.  Wow, did I get sooo choked up.  This was the first time in 4 years that I was not apart of helping to prepare for that.  As the kids sang the theme song for the year, it took me back to our Shadow Canyon Ward.  We were no longer apart of that ward.  Our new ward and home is here in Ohio.  We now have blessed our 5th baby and we are HERE.  No that is not a bad thing....it means that we are progressing through this journey of life.  We are done with medical school and onto Residency.  We have been blessed with a great home, great residency program, great ward, great neighbors, great friends, and our family has grown so much(yes in people) but really learned so much about ourselves.. Maybe I should just speak for myself.  I have grown and learned so much from this move and am grateful for the challenges that have come with moving.  I love my kids so much and am grateful for their innocence and sweet spirits that help me realize what I REALLY need to focus on----THEM---

So on this Blessing Day, I realize how blessed we are to be in Ohio in such beautiful surroundings, with such great times ahead of us.  Thanks Daniel for coming into our family at this time of learning and growing.  I don't know what I would do with out him.  I love him more and more each day and love how our family is better because of him. 

After church we had a great dinner with Steve's Parents(they have been here this past week, and it has been so much fun).  my brother's family, and our neighbors from across the street.  I made the cake you see in the background--had to copy Collette and Allyson... thanks ladies!!!!( Steve and Kate actually decorated it.  I would have managed to mess it up).