Madi's Baptism and Sadie's Blessing

Even though Madison turned 8 in October, our ward doesn't do baptisms until the Saturday before Fast Sunday the following month. So she had to wait, very patiently, until November 6th to get baptised and confirmed.

The day of her baptism we all woke up early, got ready and headed to the church at 9:30 am. Once we got there, she was just beaming.

We took pictures of her in her beautiful dress that Grandma Parker bought her, along with several family ones, and then her and dad headed to the dressing rooms to get dressed in the baptismal outfit.

After friends and family arrived at 10 am, we started with a song that she picked out, and then Brayden gave a great talk about baptism and the Holy Ghost. Afterwords we headed to the baptismal font to watch. She was starting to get nervous, but at the same time, you could tell she was excited to finally get baptised.

When she was done being baptised, I got to help her dry off and get back dressed into her beautiful white dress. We went back into the room we started in and finished with a Confirmation by her dad. Then we sang a closing song, another one that she picked out, and headed home. It was a beautiful morning!

We are so happy Madison choose to be baptised, I can't believe how fast my kids grow up.

Then on Fast Sunday Sadie got blessed by Devin, and it was simply beautiful.

Linda, Devin's mom, has given each of the girls their own blessing dress. She actually made both Madison's and Sadie's. She would have made Chloe's but was sick during that time so she ended up buying one instead. The best thing is that each girl has their own blessing dress to use with their girls if they wish, and each one has been different in the way it looks.

Sadie wasn't the only one getting blessed this day, 2 other beautiful baby girls were also blessed. However, we were told by many in the congregation that Sadie was of course the most beautiful baby they have ever seen (We get that told a lot since she has so much hair.); not only that, but we were told what a great blessing Devin had given her, and that it was very unique and different from the other blessing the other baby girls received.

So far, the beginning of the month has turned out great!