sunday best.

i had to take a couple shots of miss lucy on her first day to church (6 weeks old). she looked so fancy thanks to nana, who brought her this darling little outfit back from bonpoint in london before she was even born. it's one of my absolute favorites and i put this outfit on her every chance i get so she can wear it a lot before it's too small. i made the silly headband, which turned out too big, but whatever. i already lost it. these pictures crack me up, her expressions are so goofy in every single one!

these little mary janes were mine as a baby. they're suuuuper tiny and were still a little too big at 6 weeks. my babies have miniature feet. =) i love having some things of mine to hand down to her.

i know a first day at church probably isn't that big of a deal, but it was a really special day for me. of course i loved introducing her (aka shamelessly showing her off) to my friends and snuggling my baby girl in church the whole time. but i also just had a really special moment during relief society (the last hour class at our church and it's just women) and we were singing the spirit of god. i was suddenly so overwhelmed with love for this sweet girl and felt so blessed to be a mom and to have a daughter. it feels like a very different task than raising a boy and i felt that little whisper that i need to step it up and be ready to teach lucy the things she will need to know in life. i sat and thought of all the women who had done the same thing, singing the same song and rocking their own babies, many of them in more difficult situations. i thought of my mom, danny's mom, our grandmothers, and all the women before us who raised their daughters and made great sacrifices so that i could have the opportunity to know of the savior and his plan for me. it was such an amazing realization.

sorry to get so mushy gushy- but man, so much happens in this crazy life of ours, and i don't ever want to forget this... i went back and read a bunch of posts from when max was a baby, and there were so many things i had forgotten about and i was so grateful i wrote them down. i love you lucy girl, and i'm so excited that i have the privilege of being your mom!