We had Brielle’s Blessing today. I was a wreck for at least 2 weeks before it trying to get everything finished, because I can’t do anything without it being way overboard. Insert eyeroll from everyone that knows me since I just can’t help it. I bought her dress online but my mom removed the sleeves and it was perfect! She looked so beautiful in it! The morning of the blessing was a mad house here. My whole family came over and helped us set up for the luncheon and my mom helped me get Brielle fed, bathed and dressed. Then we all got ready here and went to church together. There was so much hustle and bustle (and stress on my part) I felt like we were getting ready for a wedding. Oh, heaven help us when she actually gets married! 😉 After she was blessed we had a luncheon for family and friends that were there to celebrate the occasion with us.

So touching on a bit of a personal note. We had struggles in the fertility department so when we finally got pregnant our families were as overjoyed as we were. We decided early on that we wanted to have them be included on the special moment when we found out what we were having. Since I can’t let any opportunity to throw a party pass me by this was a perfect time to have a gender reveal party! We had our party this afternoon and it was so fun to get together for lunch and visiting. We were also able to get all our siblings together (no small feat with 7 of them being all over the state) which contributed to how great this day was for Scott & me.