Newborn Pictures and Blessing

It took us a long time to decide on Vivian's name but in the end it was one of the two names that we started with. Her middle name is my paternal grandmother's maiden name. It is pronounced "la-bell" which means the beautiful or handsome but it is the old French/Romanian spelling.

Leone is completely enamored with Vivian and is so helpful/attentive and proud. Vivian only cries when she is hungry and is a cuddle bug. She loves to be held, and she loves to eat. At her two week appointment Vivian weighed in at 9lbs 12oz...usually at two weeks the doctor is hoping the baby is at least back to birth weight...so basically Vivian is rockin' it! 

Vivian has lots of hair and it's lighter than Leone's was at birth. Her eyes are also lighter than Leone's were and we're noticing a different iris pattern (Leone has the tree ring pattern like me but it looks like Vivian will have a burst pattern like Spencer). Vivian has the longest fingers and finger nail beds, I remember that was the first individual physical trait I noticed after her birth. I was just so surprised by their length.

 

Vivian was blessed when she was 11 days old while my parents were visiting. It was a perfect day for a blessing. It was a cool morning with a gentle breeze. Vivian wore the dress that I and my sisters and Leone and our niece Afton wore when we were blessed. Most of Spencer's family was able to attend.
Vivian was blessed by Spencer, our dads, one of Spencer's brothers (Trevor), our brother-in-law Taylor, and members of our bishopric Chris Delahunty and David Riddle. Leone was blessed at home so this was Spencer's first baby blessing at church and he was nervous but I thought he gave a beautiful blessing.
I love baby blessings. There is something so powerful and moving about a precious innocent baby surrounded and being protected by the priesthood.
Among other things Vivian was blessed with a desire to know our Father in Heaven's will, to follow the example of our Savior Jesus Chirst, to be an example to those around her in these last days when there is so much chaos in the world and so much good in the church, to be sensitive to the promptings of the spirit, and to find her mission here on earth and to fulfill it to the best of her ability.