Addison's Baby Blessing

We finished all the preparations for Addison's blessing on Saturday night. Everything - food prep, clothes prep, house prep, yard prep, etc...I just wanted to have a calm and relaxing Sunday morning before her blessing. We also decided to take family pictures before church so that she would still be in a good mood - she is happiest in the morning. Well, normally she's happiest in the morning, but Sunday she decided to scream her head off for a good hour - she must have sensed our anxiety. Luckily, we started getting ready at 8:30 and so there was plenty of time for her to get out her frustrations before we needed to be ready to go (church wasn't 'til 11).

Here are some pictures of dressing Ms. Addison.
She's calming down in Nana's arms.
Finally dozing for a minute after getting all ready for her big day.
Three generations.
Our family.
She's a daddy's girl - we call Oliver "the Addison whisperer".
The star of the show.


Our family and friends having lunch to celebrate Addison.
A yummy spread of food - thanks to everyone who helping bring food - it really lightened our load!
The eight of us - and now we're growing so I guess you'd have to say the 10 of us.
The Hansen family (minus Emily).
Uncle Taylor met Addison for the first time this weekend (unless you count Skype as a meeting). He flew in for her blessing and flew back just 27 hours later. It meant so much to Oliver and me