Andrus Family: Chantelle's Baby Blessing

This past weekend we blessed Chantelle. Instead of doing a family dinner after church on Sunday, we opted to do a family dinner on Saturday night. Between the obvious consequences of afternoon church and juggling three kids for 3 hours, we decided to de-stress the event by having our families (30+) over the night before. We are SO glad we did. We were able to come home and relax as a family on Sunday. I am becoming more and more in favor of family get togethers on days other than Sundays- probably becuase we have so much family around us. There is always something that needs to be celebrated!

So Saturday night, we got together and had soups and breads for dinner. YUM! The weather has finally turned cooler and it was the perfect dinner for a crowd on a cool evening. Unfortunately, before the evening really began, Chloe and her cousin, Luke, collided and she was out of commission for the entire evening. We thought she might have had a concussion because she was crying for so long followed by her dazed and "out of it" temperment. Right after the collision, I gave her some Motrin (I saw the accident from the window and she flipped right over him after butting heads. It was a loud crack, too!). Thankfully, no runs to the emergency room, but it did put a damper on the evening. Yet another reason I was grateful to do this on Saturday night instead of Sunday.

This was actually my dress. Chloe has some pics in it, too. She wore this Sat night. What a doll!

Cousin Bella loves to hold her

Charlie saw Bella holding Chantelle and wanted to hold her too

I think Chantelle has had enough of her sister

Getting consoled after her accident

Aunt Joc holding cousin Ella

Gma Wilma taking her turn- she had foot surgery and has been in a wheel chair for 6 weeks! What a trooper.

Sunday was a beautiful day. Chantelle looked like a doll swallowed up in lace. Kevin gave a beautiful blessing which she cried through the entire time. Of course. We took a few pictures before church and I am glad we did. After her blessing, Chantelle had a blow out on Gma Karen and totally soaked her dress. Thankfully, Renee had an extra outfit for Ella (4 wks younger), otherwise, Chantelle would have been my naked little babe for the rest of church.

Sunday- all our girls! That is a lot of lace!!!