Thursday, December 10, 2009

A BLESSED Day

On Sunday, December 6, we blessed Lily. It turned out to be a beautiful day and we cannot express enough thanks and love to all of our family members and friends who were able to be a part of it.

Lily Grace Erickson.

That is our daughter's official name, and yes, it is different than her name on her birth certificate. There will need to be a change made down at the Vital Records Office. We even surprised our entire family and didn't tell them what her name was going to be until they heard it in the blessing. When discussing what her name should be, Bryan put it so perfectly, "I like Lillian, I think it's pretty; but that's not my daughter's name."

He's right. It just didn't quite fit.


Grandma Pam (Bryan's mom) was gracious enough to make Lily's blessing dress. Almost eight years ago when my neice was blessed, Pam made her blessing dress and then and there I begged Pam to one day make my daughter's blessing dress. She does amazing work, and this past Sunday she didn't disappoint. She finished the dress at 2:30 AM Sunday morning and she brought it to the church where we dressed Lily. It was worth the anticipation. It is simple, yet elegant.




Bryan gave Lily an incredible blessing, one to be remembered. My favorite part: the very beginning when he said, "We take this beautiful girl in our arms..." with emotion in his voice. I love that man and I love that he adores our daughter.


Lily was so content, happy, and alert the whole day. She was perfect and the day was perfect as well. Thank you again to all those who helped make it so special.

10 comments:

Kristin said...

okay the blessing part made me get teary eyed. I love the blessing dress. It's totally like the ones I've shown my mom. What a fun day for you guys.

Anonymous said...

wait so what name is on the birth certificate? cause the day she was born the post says lily grace? she is beautiful!! i'm just so happy for you!!!

love bug momma said...

Love her name! She's beautiful!

The Incredible Bulks said...

Ash, she is so pretty! Blessings are so awesome and I'm sure Bryan didn't dissappoint!

Hafen Crew said...

She looks perfectly adorable. I love the dress. I'm so excited you went with just Lily! She's just getting so big. Can't wait to hold that little squirt!

Hafen Crew said...

Oh...the pic of her and Cole is PRECIOUS. reminds me of the pic of Cole and Jace on Cole's blessing day! I love my boys!

Laura said...

SUCH a great day Ash! She is beautiful and just perfect!!! I think everybody's eyes were open as we waited in anticipation for Bry to announce her new name! It was awesome!!!

Laura said...

SUCH a great day Ash! She is beautiful and just perfect!!! I think everybody's eyes were open as we waited in anticipation for Bry to announce her new name! It was awesome!!!

Margetts Fam said...

That really was the best blessing! It makes me want to have a baby girl....can I have yours? That would save me the trouble of the whole pregnancy thing. She is so darling and Bryan is the cutest dad! Thanks for inviting us, we loved being a part of it!

The Runyons said...

She's adorable. She is starting to look like Jace to me. Lily Grace is perfect!
Love you guys!