Baby Shower!

I’m so excited to finally share some pictures from my amazing baby shower last weekend! I can’t express how much love I felt by everyone who came from near and far and by the amount of planning that went into creating such a perfect party! I am blessed with the world’s greatest aunt, who has not only spoiled me my whole life, but who stepped right in after we lost my mom to make sure that all of my big life events would be celebrated just like they would if my mom were here to plan them.

Amazingly, everything but the date was kept a surprise! I knew it would be New Year’s Eve day since my Mother-in-Law would be in town visiting then. I am so thankful that so many people were able to come even though it was a holiday! Matt did an awesome job keeping the location a surprise until the very end, when he and Auntie Kathryn tricked me into thinking we were stopping at Walmart for napkins, when really we were pulling into the Stoneforge restaurant, which was beautifully decorated for Christmas and such an awesome, intimate space for the party (and the brunch was fantastic)!

It was so exciting to see everyone and celebrate Baby’s upcoming arrival! Baby and I were VERY spoiled with gifts, and my favorite part was that each person was asked to bring a book instead of a card. Now our sweet baby has an amazing library of books from friends and family! Auntie and Matt created an amazing woodland creature theme (our nursery theme) and everything looked perfect, from the adorable invitations, to the coolest cake I’ve ever seen in real life to the sweet diaper animals that my Tia Maria made! Seriously, so much love and effort went into this party!

Okay, onto the pictures, because I know that’s what you really want to see!

(All of the perfect details…seriously, look at that cake!!!)

(SO MANY gifts!! Some of these gifts were so beautiful and personal…a special cross stitch for Baby’s nursery from Kathleen and the blanket that Matt’s mom made and used for each of her children’s baptisms and his grandfather’s baptismal gown…not to mention my VERY fancy diaper bag and lots of sweet, snuggly, silly adorable things for Baby.)