A long time coming (continued)

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Sorry about that (last night), I know many of you are waiting for updates, particularly since I can’t post all about my shower on the message boards I frequent because someone is out to get me here (not really, but seriously?).  So here it goes…

First of all, a picture of me and my wonderful shower hosts, Kristy and LeAnn (photo taken by Ann)…

And the proud mommy and daddy-to-be (photo taken by Tara)…

And look at this – a cloth diaper cake made by my good friend, Beth…

PRESENTS!!!!!!!

And mimosas (that’s Mary in the background and Ann filling her glass – AGAIN - but give  her a break, she has three kids under 3 1/2!) and food – YUMMMMMM!

More decorations – they had strung up onesies all over the back wall.  It was SO CUTE!!!!  These are my friends, Sarah, Kate, Molly, and Liz.

Yesterday was absolutely more than I ever could have asked for.  LeAnn and Kristy worked SO HARD to make my shower day special for me, since it wasn’t exactly under ideal conditions.  But  honestly, aside from not being able to get up to hug my friends, and getting really tired from opening all of the wonderful gifts my friends got the BoGo, I didn’t really even think about it being in the hospital. 

When they wheeled me into the waiting room, I was absolutely blown away.  There were decorations EVERYWHERE!  Blue and brown (the color of our nursery) were intertwined with black and white, and everything looked so clean and crisp.  LeAnn made the CUTEST cake (with homemade frosting I might add) that was my favorite, yellow cake with chocolate frosting.  It had two little duckies on top of a blue pool of water.  I will have to wait for someone to send me a picture of it, because I don’t have one.  Kristy (and her husband, Joel) worked incredibly hard on the shower favors, which were a compilation of lullabies for the BoGo (and some of mommy and daddy’s favorite songs).  I just know that all of my friends will love these CD’s – what a clever idea!  We played two games – one was a celebrity baby naming game (that Tara and Steph tied for first place on), and the other one was a game where LeAnn asked Jeff and I which person we wanted certain characteristics to come from for our boys.  For example, “Whose nose do you want the boys to have?”  Answer – “JEFF!”

I hope all of my friends had a good time, and I do want to apologize that I didn’t get a picture with everyone before the “fun police” (aka my nurse) came to take me back to my room.  I am a little glad I got taken away because I was EXHAUSTED, and I really did need to rest a little bit.  They hooked me up to the monitors after I got back to the room, and the babies were going crazy! 

Too much excitement for them, I guess.  I was contracting pretty hard, so they had me just lay down and relax, and before you knew it, I had a two hour nap under my belt.  When I woke up, I had to fumble around for my camera to catch this beautiful Colorado sunset from outside my window…

I need to take another nap before my afternoon monitoring (and the few visitors I’m expecting today, including my dog – YES – Rex gets to come visit today, so I will leave you with more pictures of my kick-ass friends and I from one of the happiest days of my life…

Jeff and I with his mom (on the left), and my mom (on the right)…

Beth (left) and Liz (right)…

Steph, Deb, and Kresha (these are some hometown buddies I’ve known forever!)

This is (from left to right) Mary, Tara, Katey, Ann, and Lanie, some of my favorite Nesties!

Kari, Jaime, and Lori

Laura and Peyton

My wonderful neighbor, Nancy, and I…

These are my first friends I made here in Colorado (we all worked at the Macaroni Grill), Biz, Dayna Rae, and Maureen…

Tiff, Katey, and I

My work  buddies, Angela (left) and Steph (right)

My BFF (without the double-chin), Tara, and I

Wow, do I feel loved!  This is (from left, counter-clockwise) Liz, Mary, Lanie, Kate, Sarah, and Molly.

And I’ll end with the tiniest of guests yesterday.  This is Charlotte, another product of love (and IVF) from our favorite RE, Dr. Swanson.  Her proud parents are Catherine and Doug, and Jeff and I couldn’t be happier for them!

Thank you to EVERYONE who made yesterday so incredibly special for me (and Jeff).  I knew I would have a hard time putting my feelings into words, but just know how much Jeff and I appreciate everyone’s love, support, and friendship.  We love you!!!!

Kerry