Emilyn's Blessing Day

Grandma Karen, Baby Emilyn and Mommy

Posing for the camera!



Before we left for church we snapped a few pictures together. Grandma has been staying with us and making life much easier. I'm close to tears now just thinking about her leaving in a couple of days. It has been so nice to have her here. She's saved us in a time when I've been pretty overwhelmed. I've felt so productive lately! I've been able to make freezer jam, bake bread, plant flowers, keep up on the laundry, go out on a girl's night, go to stake conference without kids and actually listen, go to dessert with Matt, go to dinner and a movie with mom without kids, run errands that would otherwise be less than fun, read a short book, scrub out the old spa sitting in our backyard, go grocery shopping, get my doctors, dentist, and hair appointments done with, get ready for Emilyn's blessing, and altogether enjoy some company when most days all we can handle is to stay home! We even managed to get out on two occasions with the kids and have some eventful, but fun shopping trips. We went to Park City one day and to Gardner's Village another.


It was especially nice to have her here while Matt was away at scout camp in Moab, and the week before when he was working on building the surround for the spa and cleaning up the backyard to get ready for the blessing. My mom was also a phenomenal playmate for Matisyn, which makes life much easier for me. Matisyn is going to struggle when she does not have Grandma right downstairs to have tea parties at a moments notice. She has also been a great dance partner for her. They've attended quite a few balls lately! I've been able to sleep in the mornings too because Matisyn spends time with Grandma, and sometimes so does Emilyn. Some nights it's the only sleep I get, although Emilyn does seem to be doing a little better with sleep. Although she hasn't kept much of anything down today, so I'm not holding my breath on sleeping tonight. Grandma has also helped with the dishes, laundry, and keeping the house going. I'm grateful to have a mom that can be my friend and my mom. She gives great advice most of the time, whether I ask for it or not! I don't know what we'd do without her. Thanks Grandma, we're going to miss you very much!


Here are all the cousins on Matt's side of the family. Aren't they cute! Matisyn loves her cousins and often refers to them as her brothers and sisters. She sometimes begs to see them. I'm grateful for all the help from our family and friends to make things run smoothly on blessing day. We just barbequed hamburgers and hotdogs and had lots of salads and chips and things. Everything turned out very yummy. Thanks to everyone for bringing things and sharing our special day with us. It was fitting that Emilyn's special day would be the coldest day of the summer, less than 60 degrees, because Matiysn' blessing fell on the hottest day of the summer, over 100 degrees. We were worried about rain because over 50 people were coming and we didn't think our house would comfortably fit everyone. We were lucky because the sun even shined a bit and the rain waited to fall until after everyone ate. It was a really nice day, and we are so grateful to have sweet little Emilyn as part of our family.

I love this picture. The girls look so cute together. We got Matisyn to settle down for a second without squeezing Emilyn and hugging her too tight, and we got a few pictures. Emilyn doesn't seem to realize what a big day it is for her!




Grandma Karen and Grandma Barb, the beloved Grandmas with the girls

Sleepy moo, sleeping off the big event!

Matisyn Quotes:

"Come on Ladies, hop on!" While playing in fairytale land which was just a group of little quarter rides at the outlets on park city. I'm not sure where she got the name fairytale land from or how we became ladies, but I thought it was pretty cute.



"Isn't it big? Want to see it?" Referring to her recent potty time! Potty training is going great by the way. I guess she was just ready when she was ready.

Here are a few other cute pictures from the week:

First smile captured on camera. She's smiling lots for us now, she loves when we make ooo and ahh sounds for her.

Bathtime



Matisyn got her Christmas present from Grandma Karen in June. We thought it would be fun to get her a special present in the midst of all this baby sister stuff. She is handling things pretty well, but I know she misses being the center of attention all the time. She absolutely loves her new car. She was so proud to drive around and couldn't wait to show her friends. Here she is driving Maili around. Maili held on pretty tight! Grandma had to help keep her from destroying some yards, but she actually was a pretty good driver for her first time!