Eli's Blessing

I've been meaning to post about this, but I just haven't gotten around to it until now. Eli's blessing day went very well. We were so grateful to have so many family members there supporting us. That is a great thing about living in Utah - there is a ton of family out here! My dad's parents and 5 siblings live here and Jeremy's grandma and aunt live in Provo/Orem too. His parents, sister and her kids, and 2 brothers were also here, and my mom came out too. So we had a big group. Jeremy blessed Eli and it was a beautiful blessing.

After church we had about 40 people over for a party! It was almost exactly split in half with Jeremy's side and my side. We had rolls and meats and cheeses and then everybody brought something, which really helped out. We had fruit and salads and veggies and chips and even homemade ice cream and fudge! Of course I forgot to take pictures, but Jeremy managed to get a few.
The Nowland boys (all but one). Jon, Jared, Jeremy and George (oh, and Eli of course. I already changed his clothes, oops.)
Some of the fam.
Happy Independence Day!
Here's just a cute picture after a bath the other day:
And since we were lame and didn't get any pictures of just Eli in his white outfit on Sunday, we attempted to get some yesterday. He wasn't in the best mood for picture taking, but we managed to get a few cute ones. By the way, we were planning on having him wear this cute little outfit that Jeremy was blessed in, but our little chunk was way too big for that. So we went casual with white shorts and a polo shirt. :)

Fuzzy but happy: (He smiles a lot, but getting him to smile for the camera is very tricky. We pull it out and he just can't do anything but stare at it.)
He loves to sit up (with help) now. He's a cutie pie.

My grandma made this white blanket and we were so glad to have it on his blessing day. He looked so sweet wrapped up in it. And he slept through the whole thing.