Meilani's Blessing Day

Last weekend my parents, and 2 little sisters came to California for Meilani's blessing.  We had a fun filled weekend and as church approached I started to get a little nervous.  Meilani is still pretty attached to me and at times if she doesn't see me she will cry endlessly until I come back in sight.  I was really hoping she would be good for the blessing and the night before Pila warned me that if she was crying her blessing would be short and sweet.  Even before the blessing started she was crying, Pila was conducting in sacrament that day and I'm sure he was probably thinking...."OH NO!!" as he announced the blessing. What do you think she did?  Cried the entire time!! She has the same "holding her breath" problem that Mana does when he cries, and she cried that bad at times.  Her dress was very slippery and when I handed her to Pila I handed him a blanket also, at one point in the blessing she almost slipped out of their hands and they had to readjust her flailing-crying-slippery self. I'm sure I was cringing the entire time as was Pila, but he made it through and of course did great.  After the blessing Pila got back up to the pulpit and commented that he hoped this wasn't a sign of things to come with this little girl.  I took her to the mother's lounge to feed her and as I took her dress off she calmed down immediately, maybe it was too itchy on her legs, and maybe she just doesn't like to wear dresses:) All in all it was a good day and this will give us something to talk about and remember as she gets older.