Laycee Lou

I have had some thoughts on this sweet little girl I wanted to remember.  My little niece Laycee was baptized this last weekend.  To say she was excited about it is a major understatement.  I offered to take some pictures for her.  My favorite photo shoots to do are baptism ones.  The little girls are SO excited to be there.  They are more willing to smile and be silly.  They love their dresses.  It's so fun.  I didn't do much when Ty turned 8 but you but your buttons I will for Blake and my other kids.  Boys wont be as fun though because girls love the attention. 

When Laycee was born she was missing the part of her heart that connects to her lungs.  When she was 6 weeks old she went into cardiac arrest and a nurse pumped her little heart by hand for 45 minutes doing CPR.  We all went down to the hospital that day to be with Bryan's sister and husband and to say goodbye to her.  I'll never, ever forget going to her little "room" in the NICU and hardly see her little body under all the tubes and cords attached to her little body.  You could just see this little diaper under it all.  She has had multiple open heart surgeries since then and her little heart is still pumping.  We are grateful for every day we have with her and hopefully there are many, many more! I love her so much! 

She was so excited the day of her baptism.  She gave us a little fist pump right before she went up for her turn to be baptized.  Her mom told me this story so I hope I get it right.  She really wanted to bare her testimony the next day at church.  So her parents went over things she might say and reassured her they would be there to help her if she needed it. She went up there and instead of ratting off some memorized thing she started to just speak from her heart.  She said that she loved the feeling of the "ghost" (holy ghost) and she liked being able to shake everyones hands after her blessing.  She also said that when she came up out of the water she let out a big gasp and said she the holy ghost told her "I love you Laycee."

Bryan loves her to pieces.  He posts so many pictures of her on facebook that some people thought she was our kid. She has so my life in her little body.  Congrats Lou Lou!