Our little Katie was blessed by her dad, Jonathan William Day, on April 21, 2013 in the Davenport 2nd Ward, Davenport- IA. We named her Katelyn Emma Day. Katelyn we just like the name of, it's a pretty name and we liked that it can easily be shortened, and Emma after my mom Emma Bingham Rider. I got the first of my name "Emma"lee from my mom as well. My mom inherited a broach from her grandma, Emma Rich, that was carried across the plains by one of our pioneer ancestors. I'll get it from my mom someday, since I got her namesake, and then one day I'll give it to Katie, since she was named after my mom too- and me I guess. Also, my mom is just an amazing, awesome lady and I wanted to name my daughter after her!
We were happy that some of Jon's family was able to come down from MN to be with us for the baby blessing. Jon's parents, his brother Phil and family, and his brother Mark and his wife Jenna all came. It was fun to have family around for the weekend and great for Jon to have the support! Jon, Phil, Mark, Paul, Bishop Snarr, Justin Thompson, Stake President Cropper, and the 1st and 2nd counselors in the bishopric Greg Bredthaur and Brother Galvon all stood in the circle. It was kind of cool to have the whole bishopric and the Stake president participate even though I'm sure it made Jon kind of nervous. Jon gave Katie a beautiful blessing, and Katie looked and acted like a little angel. She didn't make a peep- just slept the whole time. She wore a beautiful white blessing dress made by my mom, Emma.
It was a great day all around! We had a beautiful blessing for our sweet little girl, it was wonderful to have family in town, and the weather was great! We all enjoyed sitting out on the deck and letting the kids play outside. Colton was actually pretty sick on Sunday with a nasty cold but he toughed it out the best he could. He is a trooper and a great big brother!
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| Notice how miserable poor Colton looks! |
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| Katie with her parents. |
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| Paul and the food. :) |
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| Family :) |
