Evelyn's Baby Blessing | Mother's Day

Before Evelyn was born we planned to bless her in California so our family could be a part of this special event. At that time we were still a couple months away from Evelyn's due date and therefore had no idea when she would arrive, but figured we'd be safe to plan her blessing for sometime during the month of May. I put Jay in charge of booking our flights and was touched when he told me that we would be in Southern California from May 9th-16th and blessing Evelyn on Sunday the 10th, Mother's Day.

Rich and Renee, the Green family, Marin, Kari and Mike, the Patchell family, Grandpa and Grandma Patchell, Grandma Jackie, Chuck and Carol Bramwell, and the Parks family all gathered in my parent's home along with a few of my siblings- Nate, Steph, and Luke. After Jay gave Evelyn a beautiful blessing, the boys fired up the grill and we ate hamburgers and all kinds of good grub which our guests contributed.

Jay and I were overwhelmed by the support of our family. And it was too fun being able to introduce them to our sweet baby girl.

Brother Poulson . Chuck . Matt . Rich . Jay and Evelyn . Glenn . dad . Mike . Shaun . James

Taylor . Marin

Wyatt

Grandma Jackie

Steph . Soren

Renee . Jess [and baby girl]

mom and dad

Grandpa and Grandma Patchell

When Evelyn first came home from the hospital Kari asked me, "So does it feel weird to be a mom?" I responded, "What's weird is that it doesn't feel weird." Being a mom is a dream come true. It's been an adjustment in some ways, but really for the most part I don't feel a lot has changed. Evelyn has always been a part of our family and I feel like I've been doing the mom thing forever. I don't mean to sound haughty, because I definitely feel inadequate and don't always know what I'm doing. But things just feel as though they are exactly as they should be.

I'm so beyond grateful to be a mother to my angel peanut. 

And of course I can't forget to mention my own mother. She taught me everything I know about being a mother and it was such a treat to finally be with her on this special holiday. 

I couldn't have asked for a more perfect first Mother's Day.