Olivia's Blessing Day

Olivia Ellen Barton was given her name and a blessing by her daddy on Sunday, December 4th.  Participating in the blessing circle were her daddy, Grandpa Barton, Uncle Chris Edmunds, Uncle Dave Barton, and Bishop Anderson.  It was a very special day with family, and we feel so very blessed to have this sweet, special daughter of our Heavenly Father with us in our family.

The Bishop shared his thoughts about the blessing during testimony meeting (teasing Rob that Olivia was looking at him the whole time and not her daddy, to which Rob jokingly responded he wouldn't have known because he had his eyes closed) and his wife emailed the next day as well.  She wrote, "Hope you had a GREAT day yesterday with your family.  Olivia did look so beautiful, and it was so neat to have a baby blessed in our ward – it doesn’t happen very often.  Dave told me again at dinner how amazing she was and that he looked at her and she seemed to look right back at him, and right through him.  He was really touched by it.  She is a special one, for sure."

All smiles heading to church...

But then she was completely OUT afterwards...

Olivia with Grandma and Grandpa Barton...

The three Barton cousins born in 2011:  Olivia, Jane and Violet.

Family of 7....wowzers!

Sweet big sisters... 

All the Barton girl cousins...

Olivia with Aunt Cheryl...

Daddy, Olivia and Great-Grandma Ellen Jones...

Too precious...