Keeping in line with our last baby blessing, we waited a nice long while to do it. I'll be honest though, there are some pros to having a baby who is a little older when they're blessed.
For starters, pictures!
A baby who can sit up is much easier to do a photo shoot with. However, this baby wasn't only sitting up but also trying desperately to crawl away. I missed my photo shoot window - it will never be easy again! I will say though, that M is a much more compliant baby when it comes to having a camera shoved in her face. Jo was almost never up for that and M at least humours me briefly. What you can't see here are all the outtakes. She's got a red nose for a reason and it wasn't the cold. She really wanted to get away and was bawling her eyes out about being continually redirected. It made capturing the whole of the dress ridiculously hard. Luckily it's the same dress I blessed Jo in and I got some fun pictures of the dress without either baby in back in the day. This dress is actually an antique that my Mum purchased in Scotland back in the day.
I hope my girls aren't sad that I chose to bless them in this dress. I had the option to use the dress my sisters and I were blessed in and it was a tough call.
The other benefit of blessing baby at your own leisure is, let's be honest, convenience. We were able to bless M at her Great Grandparent's home and I loved being able to do it there and include them as well as the other family members and friend (shout out to Irene) who were able to come. We kept it small and it was special. Just like M. (I suppose she's only small to me, she's pretty much right around 50% for all her stats)
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