Blessing Day

How many relatives can you fit into Jon & Megan's home - 5 Mikesells & 9 Bloods - plus Jon, Meg & Seth. It was a party, and we enjoyed meeting the youngest 5 Bloods - 3 uncles (Timmy, James & Jacob), 1 aunt (Joanna) & Seth's two-year old cousin (Jocelyn). We love Jon's family!

Seth arrived at church asleep and in a onesie. (Meg was terrified he would repeat a previous church adventure when he wet all over his outfit and spent the last half of Sac. Mtg. wearing only a diaper.

Rudely awoken to be changed into his white blessing 'tux', an unhappy Seth decided that he was starving!!! Gratefully, he was content to devour a bottle of pumped milk (almost as loudly as he nurses). Not quite finished with his bottle, a binkie was quickly substituted as Jon took Seth to the front of the chapel. The binkie sufficed until Seth accidentally spit it out toward the end of the blessing (or was it in protest because Jon was talking about meeting a special girl and getting married?) I had to peek as the fussing got louder and saw Gpa Raz freeing his arm to put the pacifier back in Seth's mouth. Jon quickly returned to the pew so Seth could finish his meal.

A great meal and family pictures following the blessing.

Then it was time for Jon's family to make the drive home to either Albany, NY (Daniel, Wendy & Jocelyn) or Hurricane, WV (Mark, Sara, Timmy, James, Joanna & Jacob). We got to stay and play for another day!

Bethany almost beat Jon at Monopology...

Gpa claimed the baby.

and it was "Facebook" time for Meg, Kenna and Marah.

Of course, I was busy being the photographer!