Happy Panda is hosting a giant Baby Shower for Janice and Susan at 5m4m. They are twin sisters who are were pregnant at the same time. Little Olivia was born this week and Sophia is due very soon! So, to join in the fun (and gifts!) of the shower, I’m going to share a little of my baby story! They’re asking everyone to share a picture of their baby bump, their birth story and even a l&d picture. (I don’t have one of those…)
I loved being pregnant. I felt beautiful even while my body expanded! It’s fun because everyone else is so excited. I didn’t even mind people rubbing my belly. I wanted them to love my baby! And I felt so loved at my baby showers. My sisterchicks threw me the most fun one–a pink & green shower. Everything from the decor to the food was pink and green to match Lydia’s bedding. The guests were instructed to wear pink to the shower! They even made a scrapbook–from everyone at the shower to Lydia. Each person signed it and wrote a note to Lydia about me. What a precious gift.
Then my psudeo-mom in Birmingham threw me a shower (they call it a Tea in Birmingham, y’all!) and it was just precious. It was decorated to rival anything of Martha’s. I felt so special.
I remember looking in Lydia’s room after the shower–there was no furniture, just mounds of presents, gobs of giftbags! It was like Babies R Us had exploded in there. I loved looking at all the precious gifts. They were little pieces of love to me.
My birthstory was pretty normal. I had an check-up on Wednesday, they kept me because the amniotic fluid was low, my water broke Wednesday night. I started having contractions about midnight. And she was born at 9:31am. And I was in love. Here’s a picture of when we first got to hold her for a long period of time. You can see her little hands are still blue. The blood had not even made it there yet! She was brand new!
My first ultrasound story is more exciting than the birth story. And here‘s how we broke the news to our fam.
Anyway, that’s a little of my baby story. If you click over to 5m4m you can join in the baby shower by reading more baby stoires, sharing your story and hopefully win some fun prizes. (Uh, like a million fun prizes. Including a few of my favorite things I’ve ever owned. And a ton of stuff I wished I had.)
Your baby showers looked fun! I also had more than one baby shower…two in Florida and one in Oregon! They were all a blast!
Love that last picture. GORGEOUS.
Hey, you look AMAZING in that photo. And you had just given birth! Way to go girl!
Ohhhh it is so hard to believe that it has been almost 2 years ago since our doodlebugs blessed our lives. Love the photos!
What a sweet picture! And I know exactly what you mean when you say the shower gifts were like little pieces of love!
I also love your story about announcing it to your family. I love it when you make an announcement like that thinking that you are being totally clear and everyone looks at you like, what?!?
BTW, any news on the Oprah front? Do you think you’ll get to take your 30th birthday trip before you turn 40? 🙂
What a beautiful photo! Thank you so much for sharing and wow what a baby shower. Good Luck
Seriously, how can you be so beautiful after giving birth?
Just loved your description of the number of gifts – “It was like Babies R Us had exploded in there.” Sounds fantastic!
What a wonderful celebration for the birth of your child! The scrapbook sounds like such a wonderful idea to remember the event. I have actually made scrapbooks for people I know for slightly less life changing events, and the people who received them love them.
There is nothing like the sound of the little one splashing in the kitchen sink. Opps too soon. Maybe next month.
Oh this is just such a good story!
And the decorations were absolutly lovely. Same with the picture of the little baby. SOOOO cute.
I love how the lamp post matches the decorations 😀 😀 :D.
good post 😀 Hope to read more!
I was googling and found your blog. How precious and lucky–congratulations! I love babies! For very cute and stylish baby stuff I like to shop online and avoid the crowds…
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