Sunday, April 8,
2012
Today was perfect.
Today I felt like we were a normal family. A normal family dressed in masks, but normal
nonetheless. Today I celebrated my baby
instead of feared for him. It was a
beautiful day! We scheduled the baby
blessing for 11:00 AM. Typically a baby
blessing for our church is done in the chapel of our church building. However, Jayson is unable to go into public
places do to his low immune system. We
are also on high alert because if he catches a cold his surgery would be
canceled. If he’s starting to catch a
cold, the doctors might not find what they’re looking for. We decided to hold the blessing in our home.
In the circle giving the baby blessing we had our Bishop,
Mike, and our good friend Anthony Faulkner.
He’s like a father to me, so it was wonderful to have him there.
Mike said the blessing and it was beautiful. Jayson was given his name Jayson Michael West
and was blessed with talents he could use to bless the lives of others, good
friends, the willingness to serve and be kind to others, and make a difference
in the world.
Also in attendance we had my mom, my stepmom,
my dad, my little brother, my younger sister and her fiancé, Mike’s mother, and
our good friend Trina Faulkner. We would
have loved to have more people, but we had to be limited on who to invite. We really wanted to invite more of our close
friends and all of Mike’s siblings.
We’re hoping to have another party in the future to celebrate Jayson and
invite everyone!
Afterward we had a little fiesta. Our party was themed Little Guy in a Tie. We had
tie decorations and tie cookies. Today
was also Easter Sunday, so we had our typical ham dinner. We had blessing trees where people wrote a
blessing or a wish for Jayson.
Afterward, we all just spent time together and enjoyed one another’s
company for about an hour. We had a
no-touch policy with the baby, which I know was hard to follow since he’s so
adorable. But the family enjoyed just
seeing him.
I am so proud to be Jayson’s mom. I have a special blessing, hope and wish for
my son too. I wish him to be happy. I hope he continues to keep a positive
attitude despite the trials he may endure.
I hope he can stay strong and keep fighting. I wish for him to grow up and continue to
bless the lives of others and he is doing now.
The name Jayson means “healer”. I
hope he continues to bless and heal others’ lives and hearts and make them
better people. I hope he continues to
teach his parents amazing lessons every day and to show them what true,
unconditional love is. I want him to continually
beat the odds and do the unthinkable. I
know he will continue to be my little hero.
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