Say What You Mean To, Sa!: Let It Rain!

Back in July/August when I first found out I was pregnant, one of my best friends, Sherry, broke out her planner and we picked a weekend to have my baby shower. We picked a weekend in January and at the time it felt like it was a lifetime away. We talked about it here and there, but for the most part we knew that it was months and months away. Well months and months turned to weeks and weeks and then suddenly it was days away. So on January 15th, Leslie + Sherry hosted a FANTASTIC shower at Big Shotz Tavern in Winston. I knew that Leslie would be 37 weeks pregnant and Sherry has two little ones and I didn’t want either one of them to have to worry about cleaning their house or cooking a bunch. So this just seemed like the easiest way to have a really nice baby shower without anyone having to be stressed out or having a ton of work to do. Leslie did a great post with the pictures she took here. I think there are more pictures out there, so when I get them I’ll post them, also. It was a great afternoon with family and some of my dearest college and Winston friends. The presents were OVERWHELMING but phenomenal and I was SOO glad I was able to give into my nesting urge and wash clothes and towels and wash cloths and bottles and everything else and find a spot for it. One of the funniest parts of the shower was that half of the people there had children (most have pretty young kids) and the other half aren’t even married yet and kids are far away in their plans. So I would open something and the moms would all ooh and aah and talk about how much they loved whatever it was. Then the non-kid people would all stare at it and then ask, ‘What is that?’ It was fun to see both sides of it. There was also some pretty fierce competition with the word scramble! Thanks so much for a great shower, Leslie + Sherry!

The next weekend, January 22, some of my mom’s closest friends, Pam, Bobbie, Jean, and Amy, gave me a shower in Wilmington. It was another GREAT afternoon and it was absolutely hilarious. Jean was in charge of the entertainment and it was a hoot to watch all of those women do relay races! We had a nice brunch with delicious food and some great time to catch up with everyone and an awesome cake! After everyone was full, we got down to business with the games and then I spent a lot of time opening some GREAT presents!! The craziest thing was that the whole time we were there, it was SNOWING!! I left Winston to head east and it snowed! It was beautiful!!