THE Shower :)

.....First of all I have to say that as happy and excited as we are to be celebrating this joy in our life, so many of my friends (blog friends, RESOLVE friends, and others) are suffering through the holidays just as I have done the last 7 years. It’s one of the most difficult times of year and the pain, disappointment and sadness that is present is sometimes unbearable. Will you pray for them please….for their strength, peace and encouragement?......Thank you ~

I only have a few photos because once everyone began arriving my sister took over taking pictures and I haven't gotten those from her yet. :)

It was a beautiful day.....I never knew what my day would be like when it finally arrived, but it was a day filled with love, support, emotion and more emotion, laughter, celebration and thankfulness. As intensely painful, disappointing and difficult as the journey has been to get to this point, I feel blessed to be the one who gets to grow my family through adoption. I am a better person because of the trials I have gone through to get here and I will be in even better mother. For all of these things I'm grateful.

My mother worked so hard to make this day perfectly decorated.....I was born in Oregon and this baby will be born in Oregon ~ we love hydrangeas and she had probably 10 or more baby blue hydrangeas shipped directly from Oregon! :) They were huge beautiful fragrant flowers and I wish they could last forever! She had everything decorated in blues and greens and intertwined the magic feel of the holiday season in with it all ~ it was beautiful. :)

Thank you to everyone who helped make it such a wonderful day!