Baby Shower!!!!!!

thrown for a 'new' friend, with some 'new' friends.

it was a BLAST.

it made me miss my 'old' friends.

the ones I've been throwing baby showers for and with for the last five years.

but, they were there....oh...they were there.

all their fun idea's I've stolen or ideas I found when planning their showers...you all were there.

diaper bouquet:

 Coffee Punch:

  

a cake...not one of my best but I'm a real girl who occasionally makes a mess of my cakes, so here ya go:

 THE NEW MAMA!!!!!!!!

(ok, maybe it's baby #3, but the other two are boys so it's 'new' in it's own way)

 THE funnest relay game E.ver.

 Shannon may have spit her bottle out all over the table because she was laughing at me chugging my bottle...that was being held by someone else, while I was changing the baby doll's diaper ;-)

I, as a rule, cheat at baby shower games....it's what makes them fun.

you should try it ;-)

Sometimes new mama's need extra hands!

 Sometimes I'm called "The Baby Tranquilizer"

 All the hostesses and the guests of honor:

(I know, it looks like the baby's mine but she was asleep and we'd worked really hard at that so we just went with it.)

Little Miss Leia:

Did I mention she was adopted!?

Born on Mother's Day, picked up 10 days later.

Miracle...I LOVE ADOPTION...it's what Christ did for me and I get to tangibly see it in those precious little eyes.

So honored to be a part of this little girl's story...