with gifts that is!!
So I think I'll recap on how it all went down. Before the holidays, my mom and I were discussing when would be a good time to have the baby shower. We obviously wanted to wait until after the holidays because of everyone's hectic schedule. So we decided that sometime in January, maybe the 10th, would probably be best. Well, the shower was never spoke of again, at least not between myself and anyone. So the holdiays came and the holidays went and since my mind was no longer preoccupied with buying Christmas gifts, I began thinking about the shower. Wondering when it would be, where it would be, would the nursery be done in time, etc. Well, the 10th of course jumped out and since my sister-in-law, Tara, from CA was in town, Erin was going to be in town and my other sister-in-law, Laura, was coming to town, I thought, "It has to be on the 10th!" It makes sense. Well, I made the mistake of mentioning this to Erin and my mother and the wheels in their tricky little minds began to turn. Both of them played it off like I was way off with my date, telling me to go ahead and make plans and not to reserve that day for anything. Now the reason Erin was coming into town was because it was her parent's anniversary, so she invited me to their place Saturday afternoon and then my mother-in-law invited Greg and myself to her place for dinner. Since it was Tara's last night, it all made sense. So now I was thinking, maybe the shower is going to be at my mother-in-laws tonight and she's just using "dinner" as an excuse to get me over there. Well, I pulled up to Erin's parents on Saturday afternoon, flowers and card in hand to commemorate Lucy and Pat's 33rd anniversary. Erin greeted me as she usually does, we walked into the house and.....SURPRISE!!!
There in front of me was 26 very familiar faces and an enormous pile of gifts! They actually pulled off the surprise, thanks to the tricky minds of my mom, Barb (mother-in-law) and Erin! You ladies are good! Anyway, to say the least, this shower was exactly what I needed. We had some bad news with house inspection a week earlier (I won't go into detail because it looks like we can put that behind us) and I was really starting to get depressed and nervous that the nursery was not going to be ready before the baby came, not to mention the fact that we had absolutely NOTHING for the baby! So my mind was racing and I felt like I might lose it, but then as always, my wonderful family and friends swooped in to save the day! Thanks to everyone's extreme generosity, we got just about everything we need for the baby's arrival!! My mind was finally put to ease.
To to my mom - Words can't describe how thankful I am to have a mother like you. Someone who knows what I need when I need it and delivers, no questions asked. You truly are the best!!!
To Erin and Barb - Thank you so much for your parts in the planning and carrying out of this wonderful surprise!! You both never cease to amaze me.
To Lucy and Pat Callahan - Thank you for opening up your home, once again, to help in celebrating this wonderful part of our lives. We are truly thankful.
To Tara - Thank you so much for the adorable invitations...they couldn't have been done better!
To Mandie - Thank you for putting so much thought into the cake. What an absolutely fantastic display of your creativity...not to mention, it was DELICIOUS!!! And THANK YOU to everyone who attended and/or blessed Greg, Baby Davis and myself with your generosity. We are so blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives. All our love to all of you!!
