Well, now it is April on this journey. Several doctor appointments, lunches, shopping trips, and prayers later.
I have gotten all my ducks in a row- well, with the exception of figuring out how much chicken salad one prepares for such a growing crowd. (The shower RSVPs are up to about 45 at this point!!)
All the gifts are wrapped and awaiting (for both showers - I like to be organized). The house is clean, vacation items are ready to go, and now it is SHOWER TIME!!!!
It was a beautiful, hot, sunny day, and a beautiful shower. The mom and dad-to be were so blessed. We had an absolutely awesome turn out. I am so grateful for all the friends and family who showed their love and support. They did not eat enough chicken salad, however. LOL.----- BTW-- for future reference--- 10 lbs. of chicken is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much for 50 people. HAHAHAHA.
It was an awesome, tiring day, and though I have yet (yes, even now) to see what all that sweet girl got that day, it was an overflowing abundance of blessing.
Rach's brother and his friend, a college friend, and a college roommate were all able to go back to their house and set up the nursery for them. More blessings. They, in turn, received a dinner cooked by Robert. Yum!
I was so blessed to have my BFF and her daughter come down from VA to join us. It meant so much to me that she did that. I was also blessed to have to many friends help Gail (the hostess) with the shower. Robyn bought fruit trays, Rhetta and Cheryl did veggie trays, Jamie and her mom, Sandy, did the punch. We found a lady on Facebook, who was local, to do the cake, and another friend, Shannon, jumped in with cute bootie favors. The day could not have gone so well without their help, no doubt.
My cousin jumped in and did so much - she was definitely irreplaceable. She made adorable pacifier balloons, a cheese ball, a centerpiece wreath, and the corsages for the shower. Funny how we just really started hanging out together in the past couple of years and have discovered that we have so many things in common, though she was raised in a local orphanage, and we only saw her a few times a year if then. So many of our likes/dislikes, hobbies, etc., eerily similar. But, it has been fun re-connecting with her. :)
It was fun having a cake that was different, and the diaper bassinet, that no one had ever seen 'in this neck of the woods' to give the shower a bit of a twist out of what one normally sees/has at a shower.
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| diaper bottom cake |
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| diaper bassinet |
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