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Sunday, March 1

baby blessing

austin blessed ellery renee today in los gatos for our last sunday in the ward. in our church we offer our baby's a blessing of health, strength, intellect, and spirit. it is individual for each and is delivered by someone who holds the priesthood. specifically, austin blessed her to have a curious mind and a thirst for learning. he did a beautiful job. 
brian and renee (my in-laws) came out from idaho, as well as stephanie from utah. my dad, brian, my brother david, and austin were in the blessing circle. 
ellery wore crocheted booties that her aunt kelli made her and was wrapped in a sweet little white shawl that both austin and grandma renee were blessed with. my mama made her dress and it was exquisite. it was made of the same silk charmeuse and french lace as my wedding gown. there was pin-tucking and gorgeous handwork and she even went to the trouble of tea-dyeing other lace to match the silk. she used tiny pearl buttons that her and i found in europe that were carved in the 1920's in japan. it was a 100 plus hour labor of love.
my daddy is quite the photographer and took some precious pictures of ellery for me:

6 comments:

VK said...

wow, what a loving mom you must have.
you're sweet little Ellery was a perfect angel during the whole blessing and throughout the busy day. what a lucky momma you are. she is blessed to have such great parents!!!!

DustFilledAutomaton said...

that pic of her smiling is the cutest!

Jana said...

She is beautiful! Your mom is so talented, you best be learning from her. I wish we could've been there with you guys, miss you!

Travis and Teresa Wilson said...

Hey Kathryn it's Teresa. Kathleen told me you had a blog and I must say Ellery is so dang cute and that dress is amazing!!

My blog is private it you want to check it out e-mail me at tntwilson05@gmail.com

VK said...

Ihave given you a little blog award, so go to my "sisterhood " post to pick it up.

Eric and Kathleen said...

Oh my gosh. The pic of you kissing her on her cheek gets me a little teary eyed. She looks beautiful. I can't believe that dress. Wow! well done Vick!