Yeah, I know I just posted, but I figured it will be blog update day! I’m not great at updating, but I’ll catch you up with this post. Plus, I finally put my pictures on the computer, so I have a bunch to share! Beware, this will be a really long post!
First off, baby showers! I have to say a huge thank you to everyone who has thrown me a baby shower over the past couple months! You have all been so thoughtful and great and I appreciate your love and friendship so much!
My first shower was a surprise shower that the kids at school threw me (thanks Susan and Sherry for helping them pull it off!). They were so cute about it and surprised me one afternoon with presents, cupcakes, and balloons. They were all so excited about it and that made it even more fun. They stocked me up of cute outfits, bibs galore, and bottles and pacifiers. I don’t have digital photos from this shower, so imagine it in your head :)
My second shower was that same day after school with the faculty and staff. Thank you to Pam, Lori, and Shirley for putting this all together. This was especially fun because it was a double shower with Kay (it was nice to share the spotlight!). Thank you to everyone who was so generous and helped me stock up on all the essentials I will need. It was also super fun to have ice cream as our refreshments because it was SUPER hot that day. I don’t have photos from this shower either, but I promise, it was super cute.
My next shower was in Atlanta and was thrown by my mom and 2 of my sisters, Linzee and Andee. If you know anything about my family, you know they love to entertain, and they did not let down. The invitation said their would be lots of desserts with a side of lunch, but there was lots of lunch and lots of desserts, so I totally pigged out! Here are some photos from this great shower. Thanks to everyone who came and helped me ensure that this little girl will be very well dressed!
Me opening gifts
The dessert table…yes, that is chocolate cheesecake, chocolate cake, banana cream pies, chocolate and candy dipped frozen bananas, cookies, and chocolate mousse cups, and candies. All homemade, except the candies.
The beautiful towel cake, made in the colors of the baby room…yes, my baby girl’s room is blue! They even made one of the towels a cute little hooded towel!
The diaper wreath with cute little baby goodies on it. That little pair of shoes is the only pair I have for this girl. Do babies need shoes? I couldn’t figure out if I needed to go out and buy baby shoes or not. But these ones are definitely sassy! I love them.
The next shower was more of a party for pregnant women. You see, 4 of my close girlfriends from MSA (group for wives of medical students) are all preggers right now and we’re all due in the next couple months. Well, actually, Hannah and Kristin already had their babies on July 1st, so technically, we’re not all pregnant anymore! Anyway, the fantastic Jessica wanted to throw us a shower, but we felt a 5 person baby shower might get a little crazy, so she hosted a “breakfast for dinner baby party” for us. We ate lots of good food and exchanged names so we just got a gift for one person instead of bringing 4 gifts to our own party! It was so fun to sit around and talk pregnancy stuff and baby stuff (not that we need a party to do that because we do it all the time…Jessica will know everything about being pregnant by the time they decide to have kids!). Anyway, here’s our pregnant ladies picture from the party.
Me (due end of July), Hannah…had baby Ellie last week, Lindsay (due in October, Jessica (our wonderful hostess), Paige (due in August), and Kristin…had baby Avery last week!
And my last shower, hosted by my dear friends Amanda and Tracie, was here in Augusta with friends from church. This was also great because Rob’s mom was able to come down for the day to come to this shower. Its great having them live closer now! Amanda was amazing with this shower because she couldn’t have had more going on that week. About a week before the shower, Tracie had to have unexpected back surgery, so Amanda had to put all the last minute things together on her own. She also had her daughter in and out of the hospital for surgery that week as well. With all that going on, she was still able to throw a beautiful shower. Here are the photos from the shower.
The delicious food! I especially loved all the fresh fruit!
Me and my mother-in-law, Sherie
Opening gifts
The super cute diaper cake Amanda made. This thing was LOADED with cute little goodies like rattles, pacifiers, spoons, toys, and of course, diapers! It is lined with darling little blankets.
PS…don’t look at my ankles in these last photos…that was the first day I got majorly swollen ankles! I have no idea why. It was so sudden that we went to the grocery store to check my blood pressure to make sure nothing was wrong. All is okay though, just the normal swollen pregnant woman feet. I am spending much more time with my feet up now, though. Also, exercising helps a lot too along with sleeping on my side (so hard for me to do!). I hate my fat feet!
Now for the other random pictures…I told you it would be a long post!
Pregnant women picking strawberries…don’t ask me how we used to be able to squat down and pick them. This was a couple months ago, so I can’t even imagine getting up and down that much right now. I would probably go into labor….
Appreciation cakes we made with the girls at church. The flowers are oreos with frosting for petals and candy leaves. The ladybugs are my favorite part…red m&m’s with dots of frosting. This is the sample cake Tracie and I decorated. Here are some pictures of the girls and their cakes.
2 comments:
Everything looks so fun- I was totally bummed to miss out on your shower, but I guess that's what I get for living across the country!
love all the showers! lucky lady! and i'm sorry i missed out on all those yummy desserts your mom made--they look amazing! the diaper cake and wreath were so cute to, love the turquoise color :)
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