Trifecta of blessings #2 & # 3

With Lindsay & family still at the hospital, on Friday we drove 3 hrs south to see Chad and family. It was a surprise to everyone but Chad. We got to see his newest - 11 day old baby girl - Annalese Diede Mahaffey (a girl named for Michelle's mother - Annette, her sister- Lisa, and my nickname - deedee but spelled similar to my first name! how fun, huh?

I love it when they snuggle... She was born on Monday, February 6, 2012 at 9:41 am -9 lbs. even and 20 inches even. She looks alot like all her other siblings! The next day we got the Trifecta Blessing # 2 - Landon, their oldest got baptised! So, we were there to see the baptism!

Landon got a new blue sports coat for his birthday so he would look extra spiffy for his baptism. Chad was sporting his custom made suit from Singapore.. so they both wore new duds!But I like them in THESE better:
Here is the baptism boy with mom & sisters Sydney and Keely:The girls sang "I Like to Look for Rainbows" at the baptism. They did it perfectly!The next day - on Sunday, we got Trifecta Blessing # 3 - Since we were there, Chad got permission to bless little Annalese at home so that Dad could be there to help. It was a wonderful day! Because we had so unexpectedly arrived, however, Michelle's sister Lisa had to overnight the dress to us since she was the last to use it.This sweet little dress has really made the rounds... both Michelle & her sister were blessed in it as were all of their little girls. The dress was also the one that Michelle & Lisa's mother - Annette and their aunt (Annette's sister) were blessed in. It is quite a family treasure.

We all had our turns to hold her:
I'm pretty sure she liked me best.... I'm just sayin'.....We left Chad's on Sunday morning after the blessing & drove back up to Lindsay's to spend a few hours then say our good-byes. We got up bright & early the next morning & drove 11 hours straight to Montreal, arriving just in time for the farewell dinner for our 2nd Senior couple to leave. The Florences are from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They were here doing digitizing of records.It was a wonderful, hectic, rushed, exciting, and blessed trip. We were so thankful to be there to see the birth of one baby, and see the 11 day other one, to be there for Landon's baptism, and to be there for the blessing of Annalese. We are so grateful to our mission president for allowing us to go & to our Father in Heaven for giving us superb weather in which to travel in the middle of February and the safety to return. Now... back to work !