Jacob's Blessing

 

Adam got the opportunity to bless Jacob this morning in our ward. It was weird not having any family there. Noah had both sets of grandparents at his, and then Macie had my family, but Jacob only had his Daddy. A sister in our ward commented that we at least had the ward family with us. Which is true. I am very grateful for our ward family, since we are so far away from our families. But anyway, Jacob had a cute outfit my mom brought for him. When Noah was born, my friend's mother made an afghan for him. We used it for his blessing and for Macie's, and now we got to use it for Jacob. It's sentimental. Adam almost didn't take it up there, he's not much for sentiment. I assume that the blessing was a good one, however, I didn't hear a single word. Our ward is trying to go all high tech, and use wireless microphones. Yeah, it didn't work so much. They used the kind that you hook to your lapel, but it wasn't high enough for anyone to hear much. And then Macie decided to throw a huge screaming tantrum because she thought Daddy was taking Jacob away when he took him up to the front. So I had to take her out in the hall, screaming. I probably looked like the worst mother. I was pretty upset for having to leave during my son's blessing. I was pretty emotional to start with, and then I wasn't hearing anything. Instead I was covering my two year old's mouth trying to get her to be quiet, while bawling in the hallway. I probably looked ridiculous. It was quite a long blessing, and I'm sure very nice...I just wish I could have heard it..at least some of it. A few people offered to take Macie out for me, but I knew that would cause a much greater scene than had already been started. And then to make matters worse, bless their hearts, but people kept coming up to tell me how bad they felt for me, not being able to hear the blessing, which stirred up the emotions even more, and I was just a wreck all throughout church. Goodness. Two year olds. But, she is so cute, its hard to stay mad too long. She makes up for it with her big hugs and smirks. Jacob was a good baby, though. He didn't cry at all...didn't even fuss. He is only 2 weeks old, and still just sleeps a lot, but hey, he was still good. Today was his special day. Adam was able to recall the blessing, for the most part, I hope. But it still won't be the same reading it as hearing it firsthand, but that's okay. I signed up to be a mother, and I have to take what I get.