Blessing Day

So the picture of Hunter in the dress is to show you how GINORMOUS the dress was. This blessing dress is special because my mom had a Ghanaian woman make it for Brooke. Well i dont know if this lady didnt realize it was for a baby or what because it was huge! when we got it in the mail we were like in shock of how big it was! so we put it on Hunter for scale. He of course didnt like being in a dress and was crying. Kind of funny now but wasnt at the time. i cried and cried because a) i just had a baby and my hormones were crazy and b) i was sad because my mom couldnt be here and the next best thing was this special dress which was too big. So thankfully we were able to take it to our dear friend Tanya who fixed it and it fit Brooke perfectly!! Mom also sent some handmade african beads and my mother in law put them together for Brooke's bracelet. So the beads were supplied by Grammie and Memaw made the bracelet, special.

We were soo appreciative of the friends and family that came and what a rare thing it is to be able to have both of Brooke's great grandpa's in the blessing circle. i didnt even know my grandpa's let alone great grandpas! We had a yummy bbq after church and it was fun to visit with those that stayed. Then we cleaned up and took naps!! It was a great day.