Surprise Shower!

I meant to put this post up last week, but of course, I never got to it. On July 20th, the Saturday after hubby got back in town, I was surprised with a wonderful baby shower by our church family. And boy they got me good!

So some weeks back, I caught wind that they were planning a shower for me. I came to realize that it was going to be a surprise and clearly I wasn't supposed to know. Well, things got quiet after a while, but I still figured they would have one. Why? Because I'm Lauret! Lol. On a more serious note, they had a shower for a lady at church who was also expecting and I knew they were planning showers for both of us. Side note: The lady had her very handsome baby boy already. She is one of the really cool people I've met since I moved to good ol Bentonville. Love her family. Back to me... :) More time passed, plus hubby was in and out of the country so nothing happened. Meanwhile, they were planning my shower the whole time! Funny thing is, the shower took place at our pastor's home! So for two weeks while I was there, his wife was having conversations and one of the planners even visited to talk through things and I had no idea! Thought I paid more attention than that!

I was back home the Friday night hubby got back in town but they got me by telling me I was coming for a women's meeting. There was a program sent out and they had me on to do the closing prayers, which turned out to be my thank you speech after the event. Lol. Hubby did really good too keeping it a secret. I signed up to bring fruits for refreshments at the meeting, and he offered to take me, so we stopped by the store on our way and bought the fruits. He took it a little too far though because we also stopped by Chick-Fil-A before heading to the "meeting". There was no food at home, considering we'd both been away for two weeks and I was really hungry after waking up right before the meeting. Point I'm trying to get to is that I barely ate at my shower! And there was a lot of good food! Lol

I had a really great time even though I was still battling the horrible cold I caught from MoMo. We were showered with lots of gifts too! Well, lots of diapers, wipes, and clothes. I started to make a registry when hubby suggested I should a while back, but then I stopped because I realized I had everything already. Having your babies back to back pays off. Lol! I'm waiting to receive the pictures but here is a picture of the cake I took with my phone...

In related news, today at work, my team also had a shower for me! It really blew my mind because I didn't know it was going to be as elaborate as it turned out to be. I thought everyone would just sign one card, put money together and get me one gift card, we would have cake and punch and then go back to work. It didn't happen that way... well besides the going back to work part. Lol. They had decorations and hubby and I sat down and opened several gifts. I really felt the love. Here are some pictures...

I know I say it over and over, but I really can never say it enough... I am one blessed girl. God has been too good to me and most days I'm not sure why, but I'm really thankful! 

My very DEEP appreciation to my church family, coworkers, and other friends that put in their time and resources to celebrate with me. May God bless each of you abundantly. THANK YOU!!!