Pierce's Baby Blessing

Pierce is already so loved! We had such great support for his blessing. Pierce was given a name and blessing by his father surrounded by the loving priesthood holders including Great-grandpa Sterling, Grandpa Brad Colton, Uncle Thomas, Jared, Uncle Steve, "Uncle" Chase, Nate, Scott Hugely and Bishop Wilcox. I am sure Grandpa Pierce was also making his presence and blessing known.

As a mother, I had envisioned this moment for years. My husband giving this powerful baby blessing, my beautiful baby wearing the perfect outfit and being presented to the ward smiling while the entire congregation awed over this precious little babe. Driving over to the church Pierce was smiling and cooing. All was going just according to plan. As the bishop announced that there were going to be two blessings that day and Pierce would be second, Pierce started crying uncontrollably. He apparently wanted to be first. Melanie rushed Pierce out to try to calm him down. I sat in the pew with Scott praying that he would calm down. My perfect vision was quickly fading as I could here to echoes of his cry out in the hall. As the first blessing came to a close, I noticed that Pierce had calmed down somewhat. The blessing commenced but before long Pierce started to wail. Scott amazingly stayed focused and gave a beautiful blessing although I'm not sure many people could hear it. Instead of a sweet smiling baby, Pierce had a pacifier in his mouth and was red faced from tears. Instead of my sweet white outfit, he was swaddled in a blanket to keep him calm. My first lesson in motherhood, you are no longer in control.