Okay--so for those of you who couldn't make it to the shower, let me recap the day's events. Today marked exactly 2 weeks until the wedding, so of course we hosted a bridal shower! The day started with s. Medy, Maria and Jenny coming over around 9:30 AM and setting everything up, including all of the food Maria made for us. We seriously couldn't have done it without these people! They were amazing. So I came downstairs with Alex and these 3 were running around like crazy and screeching at one another to get stuff done fast. It was pretty funny to watch. I just sat in the corner and held Alex, who looked more shocked than I've ever seen him look! LOL. His eyes were wide and he was just staring silently at our "visitors". People started arriving around 11 or so and they came bearing gifts, which is always nice. So let me stop there and give a run down of the gifts--my favorite part next to the food! Ms.Medy (Abe's Mom) got us a grill (Yay!), a grill care set, and some baking /muffin pans (I guess that means I have to make stuff now. lol). Maria, Aaron, Dylan and Daniel got us a measuring cup, cookie sheets, a pyrex glassware 21 pc. set (great gift!), and a mixer. Mary, Dave, Matthew and Julia got us a coffee maker (will come in handy when I start back to work), an ice tea maker (which Abe has already successfully put to use), and a set of mixing bowls (Awesome!). I bet that's Julia's first time buying someone a present! LOL. Ms. Noreen (Aaron's Mom) got us a gift card to Bed, Bath and Beyond. Corinne (Aaron's Sister), Freddie, Tristan, and Rebekah got us a gift card to Kohl's (We love us some gift cards:). Ms. Shawn and Ms. Dottie (From Medy's Work) got us a coffee maker, and some Dunkin Donuts coffee to go with it (We'll be making A LOT of coffee in this house. LOL.) Abe's Best Man Ralph gave an undisclosed amount of money (Big thanks to him!). My friend Mike from Stricker got us an awesomely huge mixing bowl, which I am sure I will mix many cakes in. Maria's friend Doxia gave us two cute outfits for Alex and a serving plate set. My maid of honor Jenny and her family got us a blender, and some other stuff that is being mailed from bed. bath and beyond. So when it's all said and done, we know that we are very blessed to have so many caring and generous people in our lives to help make our bridal shower a success. It's noce to know that people are still excited for ur wedding and still treating us like a "normal" couple about to get married, even though we certainly didn't do things as traditionally as most. I wouldn't take anything back though. We had our son before the wedding and he was really meant to be. Sometimes things just happen for a reason. On a side note---I hav to have a freaking route canal on Wednesday!! Yikes! I'm a little nervous about it, but praying that it makes this horrible pain in my tooth stop. I told my dentist it hurt as bad as labor and she laughed and was like "okay, you defintely have a problem there. I'm giving you some strong Ibuprofen." Tomorrow begins a new week and the search for a new daycare for Alex begins!! I hoe we find someone as good as the lady we had before. I'm getting a little worried because I only have 4 weeks now until school is back in session, so I need to work quickly and pray there are spots open for him. Okay, I posted many pics below from this week and out bridal shower today!
Our shower favors--food and drink mixes
Our Living Room Packed with Shower Guests
Our Beautiful Blue and Yellow Cake
Me with my Maid of Honor Jenny
A Very Strange Self-Taken Family Portrait
Daniel with his Plate of Food
Ms. Noreen, Corinne (Preg. with baby # 3, a girl--due in Sept.), Rebekah (almost 2) and Anita
Matthew and Dave
Matthew showing Alex some love
Jenny holding Alex
And here's the scene after the shower..good thing someone is awake in this house to take the picture!
Little Miss Julia Sleeping the Day Away
They're so easy when they're newborns!
And they turn into this! LOL. He's so cute though, isn't he?
Look at that ornery smile!
He's such a little ham for the camera
Daddy has invaded his space
Alex's new trick is grabbing his fet
You forgot to mention how a bunch of the kids were singing "twinkle twinkle little star" to Alex while you were trying to put him to sleep!
ReplyDeleteThanks again to everyone for making Sunday really special for us :-D And all of the food was just fffannnttassstiiicc!!