Well of course I have to blog about the baby shower separately from my weekly blogs :) I just don't even know where to begin! My sister came into town Saturday night and that's when I got to find out the theme of the party was Hello Kitty (my favorite!!) Her and I worked on the party favors while Jamesy and Joli helped. She had a bunch of different little lip glosses and we tied pink bows around them with an E and a heart on the bows for Emily. The kids helped us sort through a few bags of letters to pick out each E and heart. It was a little time consuming but lots of fun and I know they loved being able to help. My poor Momma was stuck vacuuming and cleaning the house while we chit chatted and "worked" on other parts of the shower. But in my defense, I at least steam mopped the dining room and kitchen :)
Sunday morning, Joli and I went to get our nails done down the street. She was so excited and got to wear Hello Kitty clothes to match the shower theme. Poor James had a pregnant cow on the war path who wouldn't even let him eat at the house for fear of making any sort of mess. I kicked him out by 10am and he called me a baby shower-zilla. And I kinda agree with him. I was a little out of hand :) Anywho, when Joli and I got back from being pampered I was greeted with chips and salsa and got to pig out while watching my Mom, sister and best friend Jamie decorate. They also helped me get dressed and Julie did my hair and make up which I loved! My sister got caterers who were there cooking in the kitchen and setting up tables. They were so awesome! They had a menu displayed with lots of good food and a table for drinks (yes, everyone got to booze it up!) Jamie did really awesome center pieces for the tables and there was lots of Hello Kitty balloons. And the cake!!! The cake was amazing! It was huge and had Hello Kitty decorations on it. Plus the caterers brought brownies and mini cookies. Everything was so good and I'm glad I have a bunch of leftovers :)
There were so many gifts and people who came! I couldn't believe it. It was really overwhelming to see so many people. My great Aunt Jean came who I haven't seen in years and one of her daughters, my cousin Kathy with her two daughters Laura and Shelby. I held Shelby as a newborn and she's got to be in her 20's now! And a good family friend Kathleen came and it was just so nice to see old faces I haven't seen in so long. And all my friends and family were there. It was AMAZING! I got lots of homemade blankets and clothes and those meant a lot. I can't even cook toast so I'm in awe of people who can actually knit. Another friend made me a memory box with a homemade scrap book. It was just so unbelievable! Of course I have no room in the house for any of this new stuff but I'm sure I'll figure it all out :)
And I'm really proud of myself because I only cried twice! I thought I'd be balling all day but luckily my hormones were somewhat in check. I think it was because I was too hot to be emotional. haha And 3 of my girlfriends that came to the shower are pregnant too and we're all having girls!! It was nice to swap stories and advice. But I think my favorite part of the whole day was after everyone left and the place was cleared out. My friends Jamie, Marcie and Amber stayed behind for a few hours. My mom heated up some leftover appetizers and chips and salsa and we all sat around and reminisced of our high school days and laughed and ate. My poor Mom had to hear a lot more than I'm sure she wanted to but that's to be expected with us girls! Jamie read me the advice cards that everyone filled out and aside from two cards all the advice was great. It helped remind me how much I really will love being a Mom and how much I have to look forward to with Emily. It also let me know that I will have help if I get too overwhelmed. I'm sure it will be fine and I'll quickly find my niche and routine with the 3 kiddos in the house but I do have some fear about trying to juggle it all and I just want everything to go perfectly. James keeps having to remind me that there's no such thing and it will all work out on it's own. And I know he's right, there's no such thing as perfect and people won't judge me if I have a dirty house or dishes in the sink. That will be a hard thing to overcome but I'm hoping I can put all my craziness aside and just focus on my beautiful family.
The main girl to thank for such a wonderful baby shower is my sister. She planned it and kept calm and kept me calm through the whole process and did it while living a whole state away and while traveling a lot for work. There aren't enough words to thank her. My mom was so helpful too and she kept her calm through the whole weekend and day of. She even cleaned the house last night and it's all back to normal :) My best friend Jamie was awesome too!! I loved her center pieces and the mason jars with candles was beautiful! She kept track of the diaper game. Even after I tried to ruin it by "helping" pass out numbers. hahaha It was such a great experience that I will never ever forget and I just can't even thank everyone enough. There aren't enough words or hugs or tears that can express my gratitude. Emily is so lucky to have such wonderful people in her life already who will love her to pieces and I'm the luckiest Mom in the world to have those same wonderful people in my life too.
Love, Diana :)
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