Cooper’s Baby Blessing in Utah-

- This is an outfit that Andrew's Oma made for Cooper


At two months we took Cooper to Utah to meet most of his family. We also did his blessing while there so they could all be a part of it. We were a little antsy about taking him on a plane just because he tended to be a little high maintenance, never liking to be put down and a little loud sometimes. But turns out he loves airplanes! Probably because you can’t ever put him down and the sounds and sights were lulling and fun and new. He smiled and talked for the first flight then slept for most of the others. On one plane there was an Italian lady sitting next to us who would give another baby on the plane who was crying a crusty look then turn to Coop and touch his cheek and say “belisimo belisimo”. I’m not so sure she would have been saying that if she had had to deal with him in the airport bathroom a few minutes prior. But we were glad that he was being “belisimo”

Coop n Nana


We arrived around midnight in Utah and headed to my family's house. I had told my mom to just leave the back door unlocked and we would sneak in since they all had to work early the next day. But when we pulled up at 1 in the morning my mom (Grandma Heather) was sitting on the porch steps waiting. She came to the car and patiently waited for me to get a sleeping cooper out of his car seat then clutched him to her and cried and cried she was so happy. Then Mckenzie, Gabe and Dad all came out and I think that was the last we held him all week. Really, if we were at my family’s house the only time I got to hold him was if he had to eat. They even wanted to take him in the middle of the night if he woke up. Blake showed up early early that first morning snuck into our room and whisked him away to play so we could sleep. I love how much my family loves babies. Even the big strong boys get all mushy and could care less who’s watching. They are all so comfortable and just love, love, love babies. That’s one reason it’s so hard to live so far away from them right now. He might end up being a little spoiled if we lived close but he would have this awesome big support network of family that he would know very well. We will just have to do our best to keep in touch as best as we can.

 The whole week in Utah was wonderful. We went back and forth between my family’s and Andrew’s. Opa couldn’t get enough and taught him how to take a binki. Thank you Opa! Debby (Nana) threw a wonderful blessing dinner party, probably fancier than any birthday party that he will ever have. A lot of Andrew’s extended family and family friends came. And all of my immediate fam except Milan, Briana and Dave were able to come. My friend that I worked doing movies with for years Jen and her husband came. All in all I think that there was around 45 people at the Provo town house for it. Andrew gave a beautiful blessing. He is such a loved little boy.