Shower for the Little Birdie
Oh. My. Goodness!! I'm so behind here, but I'm still in awe over the amazing baby shower that was thrown for Wren and Josh and I! It was almost 2 months ago, yet I am still digesting what an emotional and surreal day it was for us. To think, for going on 4 years, that we may never have the opportunity to have a day devoted to celebrating OUR baby, it still brings tears to my eyes to think that we actually DID get to do it! And we were surrounded by so many women who have been such a great support for us...they've prayed for us, they've been shoulders for me to cry on, they've gotten mad and frustrated with me and for me, they've listened, they've shared their own miracle successes. They were there through the struggle, through the excitement and joy of celebrating Mya, and the subsequent heartbreaking loss that we endured. And they were there to celebrate Wren, our little miracle. I'm still overwhelmed by the love and pure excitement shown for us and for Wren. She's truly one lucky little girl.
So this will be a picture-heavy post, but I can't let one detail go unseen!!
My sister pulled together an all-star planning team. No joke, they had several planning meetings, complete with minutes and projects and WAY TOO MUCH spoiling of me!! So to Shell, Patty, Bub, Wendi and Laura--again, THANK YOU!! It was beyond my wildest vision of how wonderful a baby shower could have been!
Here's a picture of my little throne and Wren's bedroom painting, along with the cute gift table:
The food was DEElish!
The little birdie cupcakes were TO DIE FOR! I was so excited that my sister got her friend to make the cupcakes. She is the one who made the cute little drunken mouse cake for my birthday last year, and my mouth still waters thinking about her delicious cakes!!
Even Ronnie got in on the planning! Remember that we were living at Ron and Patty's in between houses during this time, and I knew there was a triple-top-secret project going on in Ronnie's garage, but I didn't find out until I walked in that he had actually built a ton of little wren houses for game prizes! They are beyond sweet and such a great addition to the bird theme!
Here I am with Bub and Shell, so thankful for them in my life!! They're two very proud aunties, that's for sure!
Here's a closeup of Ronnie's wren house:
So this will be a picture-heavy post, but I can't let one detail go unseen!!
My sister pulled together an all-star planning team. No joke, they had several planning meetings, complete with minutes and projects and WAY TOO MUCH spoiling of me!! So to Shell, Patty, Bub, Wendi and Laura--again, THANK YOU!! It was beyond my wildest vision of how wonderful a baby shower could have been!
Here's a picture of my little throne and Wren's bedroom painting, along with the cute gift table:
The food was DEElish!
The little birdie cupcakes were TO DIE FOR! I was so excited that my sister got her friend to make the cupcakes. She is the one who made the cute little drunken mouse cake for my birthday last year, and my mouth still waters thinking about her delicious cakes!!
Even Ronnie got in on the planning! Remember that we were living at Ron and Patty's in between houses during this time, and I knew there was a triple-top-secret project going on in Ronnie's garage, but I didn't find out until I walked in that he had actually built a ton of little wren houses for game prizes! They are beyond sweet and such a great addition to the bird theme!
Here I am with Bub and Shell, so thankful for them in my life!! They're two very proud aunties, that's for sure!
Here's a closeup of Ronnie's wren house:
The "Friend of the Year" award goes to Jessi (right), who flew in especially for my shower all the way from Florida! Jenn is on the left and I'm sad this picture doesn't include Mom Jaye. These three women have taken me into their family and treated me as a sister/daughter and given me so much love in the time I've known them.
Here are some pictures of the beautiful guests:
This picture makes me laugh. Everyone was really excited to try to win the bird houses and Denise gave her most dramatic expression of excitement when she won one!
Loved the little clothesline! It's one of my signature baby shower projects and I was so excited that they did it for me!
This picture makes me laugh. Everyone was really excited to try to win the bird houses and Denise gave her most dramatic expression of excitement when she won one!Loved the little clothesline! It's one of my signature baby shower projects and I was so excited that they did it for me!
Here is Daddy unwrapping Wren's Wyoming onesie. Hopefully she'll bring them some luck!!
There should seriously be a law against making a huge pregnant lady turn sideways while all of her non-pregnant friends get to face forward! I'm a giant, but that's okay! From left to right, here are my wonderful, generous, creative hostesses: Wendi, Patty, Laura, Bub and Shell:
And here is the only good picture (aka Josh doesn't have his eyes closed, Christina still looks like a moose!) of the two of us together:
Here are some pictures of the aftermath! It was INSANE. Everyone was beyond generous and I think really enjoyed spoiling the heck out of Wren! Like I said before, we were living with Josh's parents at the time, so our gifts took over their bonus room. I tried to be very strategic about unpacking and making sure that I didn't unpack anything until the thank you was written. Needless to say, it looked like Babies R Us exploded in the room! Luckily, I had my thank you's done in about 3 days so it wasn't like this for long!
Once I wrote the thank you, I tried to organize things on the pool table. You can see a bit of the finished product, which was then boxed up, ready and waiting to make it to Wren's house!
Here are some pictures of the aftermath! It was INSANE. Everyone was beyond generous and I think really enjoyed spoiling the heck out of Wren! Like I said before, we were living with Josh's parents at the time, so our gifts took over their bonus room. I tried to be very strategic about unpacking and making sure that I didn't unpack anything until the thank you was written. Needless to say, it looked like Babies R Us exploded in the room! Luckily, I had my thank you's done in about 3 days so it wasn't like this for long!
Once I wrote the thank you, I tried to organize things on the pool table. You can see a bit of the finished product, which was then boxed up, ready and waiting to make it to Wren's house!
Everyone loves to buy baby girl clothes, that's clear!
And they also suggested everyone bring a book for Wren if they wanted. We are SO beyond excited for her book collection. We both love reading so much and we're excited to share that love with Wren. She's certainly off to a great start. Daddy is still reading to her pretty much every night, so having all of these new books really allowed him to expand his horizons! (And it gave me a break from hearing How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? ONE MORE TIME!) :) No, really though, we are so excited to work on her playroom and get her bookshelves together!
Like I said, I'm still digesting this day! It was emotional and surreal and we will never ever forget it! I hope I was able to express to everyone who came that though the gifts are fun and they mean a lot, we are most appreciative of the excitement and support that everyone showed. We will forever be grateful for the prayers.
Like I said, I'm still digesting this day! It was emotional and surreal and we will never ever forget it! I hope I was able to express to everyone who came that though the gifts are fun and they mean a lot, we are most appreciative of the excitement and support that everyone showed. We will forever be grateful for the prayers.