Showered with love

Last weekend i was completely humbled and tremendously showered with love like i haven't been before...especially at one time...by an incredibly beautiful and elegant baby shower to celebrate the soon arrival of little Silas. From gorgeous decorations, to delicious food, to the fellowship of close friends and most especially, the ability to share it with family. My sister, Annie, left her vacation from Gulf Shores to be able to make it (and she lives in St. Louis!) and Scott's mom came in all the way from Arkansas, so both of them being able to be there made the day so much more special. It was not quite complete, since my other sisters could not be there, but they were there in spirit! It's really hard to put into words how wonderful this celebration was, so i'll just try and illustrate below with some pics taken.


Showered with DELICIOUS food!

Showered with the love of my sweet family (from left: my mother-in-law Peggy; my mom; me; and my sister, Annie).

Mom and Annie with me (and Silas in the middle-though you can't miss that big belly :)).

Showered with love by such dear friends. Here are three of the four hostesses (from left: Jennifer Froehlich, me, Jennifer Croxall, and Jenni Miles. Allison Haupert is not pictured).

Showered with blessings beyond belief! Jen had set out a jar for ladies at the shower to write notes of encouragement, advice, or just whatever God laid on their heart to write to us as we near this journey of parenthood!

Showered with party favors! Not only one favor, but TWO for each lady who attended. One was a candy bar with an adorable little wrapper on it that matched the invitation AND the whole color theme of the shower, and the other was a handmade soap, compliments of Good Fortune Soap, created by my good friend Jennifer Jack (sorry, have to plug here because this stuff is awesome...check out www.goodfortunesoap.com for all kinds of deliciously scentuous soaps, lotions, oils, sprays, etc.) :)

And, yes, showered with gifts. This is a VERY COOL baby wrap that my sisters gave me, but as you can see, i need a little practice before i try and place my newborn in it! :)

A HUGE thank you, gracias, danke, graci, merci, mutsumesc, asante, any way i can think of to say it....to everyone who made this day so special for me. I truly can't put into words how wonderful that day was....which is probably why it took me a while to post about it :) I do seriously think that the two Jennifers should go into business planning things together....they have such great ideas and incredible taste!!


BTW....those will count as my 32 week pic (though it was not officially the date i turned over to 32 weeks, but it was the day before, so close enough) :) And, here i was at 31 weeks (sorry, a little late in the posting!)
Be back soon with a 33 week pic.....