Sunday, February 28, 2010

Baby Shower

Yesterday was my baby shower. It was so much fun! There were lots of monkey items as I refer to the babies as monkeys. Like many other things these days, it was emotional for me. I had a whole speech planned out in my mind to talk about how special this was because it was long awaited and we have appreciated all the support of everyone through this long, but totally worth it journey. Instead, as the last gift was unwrapped, I struggled to find words, started crying, and then all I could get out was "thank you for coming." It really did mean a lot to me and I wish I could have kept it together to say so, but I just couldn't! I also announced the names to anyone who didn't know, which was mostly met with silence. :)

I will entertain you with some photos:

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Pink and blue carriage "Here We Come" cake.

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A beautiful diaper cake, complete with monkeys of course.

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The boy and girl Cabbage Patch wreath on the front door. I had a Cabbage Patch that I dearly loved as a child named Abbadrew so I thought it was a cute idea.

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My lovely 5 year old assistant and I unwrapping gifts. She spent the night with us last night and it gave us a little glimpse into parenthood. The bed was crowded so hubby ended up on the couch. She woke me up this morning and told me her tummy hurt and then barfed all over my bed. Three times.

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A silly shower guest.

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I had to throw this in there. It was taken the night before the shower. My specialist said almost three weeks back that I have reached the stage where the belly will grow every day, almost noticeably. He was right! This is only two weeks after the previously posted maternity photos. Crazy!

So, we have all the baby stuff, now we just need the babies!

5 comments:

  1. Your belly looks so great Ashley!! I can't wait for Ocean and Ever to make their first blog appearance! (outside of the womb that is!)

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  2. You look great! I'm glad your shower went so well.

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  3. I'm sure your tears of joy expressed all your love and appreciation to your guests! Sorry, I am laughing at your house guest puking on your bed this morning. Poor you! Oh, I mean, poor little girl!
    Beautiful belly shot!! And I love you in the mountain of gifts!

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  4. Awesome belly pic!! So glad your shower was a success!! (Sorry about the bed barf!!! motherhood is calling!! ;)

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  5. Aw, great picture of you among all your gifts! What a great day! I'm glad it was fun! Our 3rd shower was back home when Rachel was 2 months old as that was the first time we could travel on an airplane with her. It was very emotional for me too. My mom had an incredible amount of people show up and seeing everyone holding my daughter and just the outpouring of love and support...very emotional. I know how I get, so I actually typed a heartfelt thank-you on pink paper, sealed it with an "It's a Girl!" sticker and set one at everyone's placesetting before the shower started. My Mom and MIL thought it was unnecessary because I mentioned the journey and IF in it, but I had so many people come up to me and hug me with tears in their eyes. I think they totally understood that had I tried to say any of that aloud...the dam would have burst and tears would have flowed freely and plenty of them! I got emotional just thanking them for coming to see us and to meet Rachel:). It had been years and years since we had seen some of them...(sorry so long)...Big Hugs, Lori

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