We can’t believe it, but Eliza has already had her baby blessing!  It was an amazing experience, for both Kathryn and me.  Mom and dad came down for the weekend, and as a result, got to spend Halloween with us.  Kathryn found these really fun pumpkin soup bowls at the grocery store.  It made for a delicious dinner.  This is my kind of pumpkin carving!

I’m not that huge into dressing up, so Kathryn has been fantastic about coming up with really easy low key costumes that usually consist of some sort of a tee-shirt.  So this year, Ashley was Cruella Deville and we were her dalmatians.

Mom and Dad manned the house and watched Eliza so we could take Ashley out trick-or-treating.  It was her first time.  She wasn’t able to say trick-or-treat, but she was really keen on the idea of getting to take a piece of candy from each house and put it in her bucket.  She would also blow kisses to everyone that gave her candy.  It was lots of fun to go around and visit some of our neighbors and friends in the ward.  It’s really nice to be getting to know the area better.

Now onto the baby blessing.  Like I said, it was a very tender experience.  I’ll be totally honest and admit it hasn’t been easy to always love my new baby girl.  Having a newborn is hard.  However, I know that I felt pure love for her when she was born.  I’ve worked hard to remember that feeling and let it give me strength to carry on.  Today during her blessing, I again felt that pure love for her.  It was awesome.

Thanks for the all the support from our family!  For the food, and the treats, the dishwashing, etc.  (Tim was present for the blessing, but he had to head out quickly to teach his class.)