We planned Jet's baby blessing for the end of March since it would be Spring and I could take him to church after cold/flu season was over. What was planned was inviting plenty of friends and family to Sacrament Meeting in our church building. Jeremy's parents were going to fly in from Washington. After church, we were going to invite everyone back for a light luncheon in our backyard.
What really happened was this. We still had it the end of March. We had a small amount of people come (and we don't feel any less love from those that decided not to come or couldn't. We hope those we didn't invite don't feel less loved, either. Under normal circumstances we would have invited you). We had Sacrament Meeting in our backyard. Jeremy set up chairs so families could keep a socially acceptable distance from each other.
He had hand sanitizer available for those Priesthood holders who joined in the circle to bless the baby, both for before and after the blessing. Jeremy's parents were advised by their doctor not to travel so they were able to listen in through Jeremy's phone (we talked to our bishop about all these arrangements beforehand).
We had the Sacrament. Jeremy wore gloves and had bread and water separated out for individual families so people wouldn't be taking from the same trays and Joshua wore gloves while he passed the sacrament.
Jeremy bore a beautiful testimony.
Afterward people could grab a bagged lunch to go if they wanted or eat it there. Jeremy spent a lot of time preparing those with a lot of plastic glove wearing again.
We don't know if anyone had anything they could have passed on (it's been a couple of weeks and our family doesn't show any COVID-19 symptoms) but it's better to be safe than sorry. We felt it was important for Jet to be given a name and a blessing and felt it shouldn't be put off any longer.
Plus Jet's blessing outfit which we ordered through Amazon (with all the other children, we took them to a store so we could check sizes) fit perfectly. If we were to wait until this is all over, it wouldn't.
Family history. This will definitely make a good story to tell Jet when he's older.
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