If anyone is still hanging around my little blog after my recent absence, a few notes: 1) I’m still here. I am alive, though currently not so well. Sinus crud and nearing the end of my pregnancy are taking its toll. 2) Thank you to those who have stuck around. 3) I am struggling to find my energy and inspiration, so hang in there with me a bit longer, please!
I promised to post about the recent baby shower our wonderful church family hosted for us on the 22nd of April. The photos are finally edited, the gifts sorted if not put away, and I’m working on the long list of thank yous. Aaron and I were truly humbled by the outpouring of love, support, and generosity of our church family last Sunday at the shower. The decorations were lovely and had just the right amount of personal touches from ideas I had suggested, the food was scrumptious, and the company superb. I can’t say thank you enough to the many ladies who put forth so much time, effort, and energy into making the shower such a wonderful success and memory.
There were many photos taken, and I tried to take a few at home of just some of the fabulous gifts we received. I’m going to put most of the photos in gallery format to save some time. I hope you enjoy the pictures and the sneak peeks you’ll see of the nursery in progress!
- The guests arriving and waiting for the shower to begin.
- Since the nursery didn’t have a theme, I said an elephant would be cute and keep with the gray and yellow color scheme.
- Guests could leave words of wisdom, wishes, prayers, or advice for Kasen on the Wisdom and Wishes Tree
- The delectable dessert array: Cake, cookies for guests to take home, and two kinds of cupcakes, Lemon and Chocolate Mint
- The adorable diaper cake based on the book we read Kasen, “Oh Baby, the Places You’ll Go.”
- Micah was so excited when he saw the stork plane lit up and played music.
- The sweet cake for Kasen. It was yummy
- The delectable arrangement of food
- I loved how colorful the food table was. I could have eaten the whole bowl of strawberries myself!
- A friend found and made the Sausage Pinwheels (far right) from my food board on Pinterest. They were delicious and the only downside was I only got one!
- Aaron and I
- One of the gifts Micah received at the shower was his new Buzz Lightyear Fedora! He LOVES it!
- Overwhelmed by the generosity!
- 33 wks along and adoring the fabulous gift of a personalized cross for Kasen. You can get your own through Dragonfly4 Design’s page on Facebook.
- Another lovingly made and beautiful quilt for Kasen, and my wonderful shower assistant, Miss Ella.
- My mother-in-law (Mama Tiger) and Micah with his new Buzz Lightyear Fedora
- A little view of the adorable and so soft quilt my mother-in-law made for Kasen
- The amazing cross with Kasen’s life verse, Phil. 4:8
- Kasen’s lovingly-used crib. His big-brother was more than happy to pass it along!
- Hand-sewn crib skirt and Diaper stacker courtesy of my wonderful mother-in-law. Sticking with the gray and yellow, but an eclectic mix of patterns.
- A close-up of the crib sheet from Carousel Bedding
- This was hand-knit for Kasen. So soft, and I love the angel design.
- Hand-made block rattles and mighty cute monster shoes
- Another sampling of some of the precious gifts we received for Kasen
- Just a sampling of the adorable items up close
- This is one of the adorable hand-knit hats we received.
- Love Pampers Swaddlers! Very excited to use my new Moby wrap.
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