Marc's baby blessing!

My little Marc had his baby blessing today. We had family members come all the way from Lethbridge, Taber and Edmonton to celebrate with us, this special event. Even Marc's good friend Dyson came. After sacrament meeting, we left so that the ones that travelled from southern Alberta could leave at a decent time. It's always so moving to witness the blessing of a child, even when it is not your own.

Today, I was especially moved when he was 'officially' named. I always wonder why people seem so appalled every time we tell them what our son's name is, as if there was something wrong about naming him after his father. We didn't run out of name to choose from.

Marc was the first name both Marc and I felt strongly about when we found out we were having another boy. A few weeks before our son was born, a couple other names came to my husband's mind BUT when he thought about it again, he strongly felt that it wasn't right. And when our baby was finally born, we knew his name had to be Marc Hereiti.

About Hereiti. I always wanted to give one of my children this name. I loved it ever since I was younger. When the doctor said that he only weighted 6 LBS, I knew that it was meant for him to be called Hereiti (little love in English). I truly felt that when his dad said his names during the blessing, it was what our Heavenly Father wanted us to call our baby. To us, it is really special even though for some, it seems like it is laughable. At the end of the day, we really don't care, lol. We love our son, and are proud to call him Marc Hereiti Bennett.

Marc and his sons. He just LOVES being with them.

In this photo, he is playing with Yann while trying to cuddle with little M.