Calvin's Baby Blessing

Happy New Year's Day and Happy Baby Blessing to our sweet Calvin Walker.

We had all of Cory's family and Sean's parents in town for the blessing of our little angel baby Calvin Walker.  It was a special day for him and we are so grateful that everyone came out to share it with him.  Sean gave such a special blessing and I can already see some of the things he said being true about our little Calvin.  We had a great group of priesthood holders there to support and share their love and it was such a blessing to have them there to help bless this boy and welcome him into the world.

Sean wanted to share a little back story of how we chose the middle name Walker for Calvin:

Calvin's middle name, Walker, is my mother's maiden name and a tribute to her family. We didn't plan for him to be born on November 11th, but that date just so happens to be my Grandma and Grandpa Walker's wedding anniversary. It is also Veteran's Day, and my Grandpa Arthur Walker served in the Navy during WWII, stationed in the Pacific Theater.  It is special to me that Cal shares a name with these people who are dear to my heart.

The Priesthood Circle: (left to right) Dave Milich, Jake Tarabilda, Sean Gilmore, Mike Gilmore, Justin Hamilton (Bishopric 1st counselor)

The whole gang!  What a good looking bunch of people.  So glad to call all these people family.  Calvin already has so many people who love him.  Especially his big sister Emmy.

Sweet Cohen took some special time to welcome his newest cousin into the family.  We are so glad to have such a fun little guy for Calvin to get to grow up with.

It was an all around wonderful day.  We had everyone over to our place for lunch and dessert. It was crowded in our little apartment, but with family it is always nice to be close!