Friday, January 28, 2011

The dress!

These are the booties that Penelope wore for the blessing. I wore them at my baby blessing. My mom's grandmother made these so they have been in the family for a very long time!
My mom made this beautiful dress and it is incredible! After the blessing (when Penny returned to a normal skin color) I wanted to take a few more pictures to show off the amazing dress!
The strings on the front were so cute. Penny couldn't stop playing with them!
The fabric wouldn't wrinkle if you rolled it into a ball and left it for a week.
She is giving me a look that says "Ok mom, I'm done with this photo shoot"!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Baby Blessing Party!

After the blessing, we had a dinner at Kim and Linda's house. It was great! Here are some pictures of the family. This is Chris and his three brothers, Chandler, Mack, and Cameron. We were so happy they all made it out to be at the blessing. What a handsome bunch!
This is us with Chris' dad Kim and his wife Linda. They were so great to let us have the blessing dinner at their house! Thanks guys.
This is my family, the Estes'. My Aunt Laura and Grandma drove from Utah to be at the blessing. It was so nice to have them there. Of course my parents, Rich and Celeste were there. Ariel and Francini live in Lancaster, CA now so they were there as well.
This is a picture of all the men that were in the circle. Ariel is missing from this picture as well as our Bishop, but they were in the circle as well. Chris' step-family was part of the fun. Linda's son-in-law Josh and her dad Bill came. My dad, Chris' dad, Chris, Cameron, Ariel, Bill, Josh, and our Bishop were all the men in the circle.
This is a picture of the whole family. We had such a great time! Thanks to everyone who brought food and contributed to this special event!

Penny's Baby Blessing 09/05/2010

Ok, so I have been a TOTAL slacker with the blog. Life with a baby is pretty busy! These are some pics from Penny's baby blessing. It was on September 05, 2010. My mom made the beautiful dress for my sweet daughter. It is gorgeous! This is a picture of Penny in the Relief Society room getting ready for Sacrament meeting.
Here I am with the baby. She was still so very yellow at that time.
Here is Nana with her favorite grandchild (Penny is her only grandchild for now)!

The dress is too gorgeous! Thanks so much mom! Well, the blessing was amazing. Chris is such a great father. We had people who love and support us come out for the blessing. It was such a spiritual moment for our family. I am so grateful for the priesthood and the blessings it brings into our lives.