Tanner's Baby Blessing

 Tanner had his baby blessing at church today.  Spencer gave him a beautiful blessing with Chad, my Dad, Grandpa Lloyd, Uncle Ryan, & Uncle Steve in the circle.  Spencer and I have had many conversations lately about how lucky we are to have so much family support.  We had a lot of people come to support us (we took up two complete rows) and all of them have been positive influences on us.  We both bore our testimonies about the importance of families and how influential they are on children.  We couldn't ask for better Grandparents, as well as Aunts and Uncles for our children, and for ourselves.  We also talked about the Plan of Salvation and how much happiness the gospel brings into our lives.  We truly are blessed people.  I cherish the testimony I have and know that we have a Savior, Jesus Christ, who loves us and died for us.  I also know that the Priesthood is real and that families are united for eternity through the sealing ordinance in the Temple.  I am a happy and peaceful person--thanks to the gospel and my family.

After the blessing we had everyone come to my parents house for dinner.  It was wonderful to have everyone over to celebrate sweet Tanner.  My only request was mash potatoes and Costco's chocolate cake!  Oooooo, was it delicious!                                  

                                     Tanner Chad was named after Spencer's Father, Chad Miller. 

                                                   Chad and Nicki Miller (Gma & Gpa) with Baby Tanner. 

                                                     Candice, Charlotte, Nicki, and Tanner

                                         Mark and Karen Dunkley (Gpa & Gma) with Tanner

 Spencer had some kind of flu so he wasn't feeling well.  But, he still did an awesome job with the blessing.

                                                                      Proud mama!

                                        Great Grandpa and Grandma Lloyd (my grandparents). 

 Baby Tanner! He was so cute in church.  He was smiling and cooing just before his blessing.  Then he got SUPER hungry and so I had to leave to feed him.  While I was feeding him he totally crapped his pants.  I didn't bring a diaper with me so I took him back into the meeting hoping I could wait until it was over to change his diaper.  My plan failed.  His ended up having an explosion and his poop went through his diaper, white shirt, and pants.  Way to go Tanner!

                                                                  Silly Aunt Natalie.

                           Natalie attacking Nicole.  This is a typical scene between the two of them.

                                    This is me prepping Tanner for ANOTHER photo session.

                 Reece is constantly in Tanner's face.  Its a struggle to keep him from mauling Tanner.