Carter's Baby Blessing

On Sunday, August 7th Steve blessed our baby boy, Carter Alan McGrath, at our ward building.  We are so thankful to everyone who came and supported us.  We really appreciate your love and support.  My parents came down from Idaho on Saturday and stayed with us until Monday morning.  All of Steve's siblings and their families were able to attend, in addition to two of my sisters, Rose and Pauline and their families.  We especially appreciate Steve's dad Dave coming considering his condition (he had knee surgery the month before and is still recovering).  Also my mom's foot is still healing, so we appreciate her efforts coming down as well.  We're so thankful to everyone who came that day, as I'm sure you all made a sacrifice to be there.

The men who stood in the Priesthood circle were:  Dave McGrath (Steve's dad), Grant Hegerhorst (my dad), Chris Grayson (Pauline's husband, so brother-in-law to us), Brandon Lake (Melanie's husband, another brother-in-law), Phill Monson (Stacie's husband, another brother-in-law), Ryan Hammett (Carrie's husband, another brother-in-law), Dave Thomas (our friend, used to be neighbor in our condos) and Steve who gave the blessing.  Steve did a great job with the blessing.

Baby Carter just before the blessing in our front yard.

Family pictures.  Nyles wanted to have his pliers with him in the picture :)

 My side of the family:

Back Row- Dad, Mom, Steve, Rose, Summer, Pauline, Ezra and Chris.

Front Row- Nyles, Penny, Carter, Sophia, Ava, Ali and Charlotte

Another family picture after the blessing at the church.

Cute baby Carter!

After Sacrament Meeting, we went over to a city park and had lunch.  Ironically, it stormed off and on, both being windy and rainy here and there.  Luckily we had a large pavilion to take shelter under, so it didn't bother us much.  We only had to catch a few paper plates from flying away and have the kids get off the playground at times when it down poured.  We cooked up a ham again (like we did for Nyles), and my dad smoked a turkey in his smoker oven he just bought.  Everyone brought something yummy to go with them like salads, fruit, veggies, rolls, and desserts.  We had plenty of food needless to say.  Thanks again for bringing food; we really appreciate it!

LuDean and Dave watching Carter while we eat lunch at the park.

Steve's side of the family: (we were only missing Brandon who was doing his church calling and couldn't get away).

Back Row- Chandler, Ryan, Penny, Aunt Diane, Phill, Conor, Stacie, Steve, Kim, Joann and Jeff.

Middle Row on table- London, Cameron, Isaac, Nyles and Alexa

Front Row- Carrie, Lynsie, Melanie, LuDean, Noah, Carter, Dave, Olivia and Ethan.

 My dad holding Carter.

Nyles eating a cookie with Grandpa Hegerhorst.

Carter had his 2 month appointment the next Wednesday as well.  He weighed 12 lbs 9 oz and was 23.25 inches long.  He also got 3 shots and an oral vaccine.  He cried for a bit, but was fine afterwards.  He's definitely grown since he was born.  He's such a happy baby most of the time though.  He coos at us, smiles a lot, and even started laughing recently.  He usually only wakes up once to feed at night, so we're loving that.  We're so grateful Carter is a part of our family.  He is such a blessing to our family and we are so thankful he's finally here.  He is such a joy!  We love him so much!  Thanks again everyone for your love and support; we really appreciate it ;)