Your First Baby Shower - Family and Gifts

Baby Girl,

In the last letter I shared with you pictures of the decorations and food at your first baby shower.  I didn't get to tell you about all your family and friends that came to celebrate this special day with us.  Of course, all female family members were there, as well as close friends (that will be like family), and friends that have prayed for us and with us as we have made this journey.  The shower was very laid back since Mommy was still on bed rest, but it was more then I could have ever asked for.

Here are your mommy, my mom, and Nanny before the shower.  And another picture of your mommy and my mom.

This is Mommy and your Aunt Reagan.  She helped out so much during the shower and gave up a lot of time to make this day special for you.  The next picture is your "Aunt" Christen.  While she isn't a blood relative you will spend a lot of time with her and her family.  They have a little girl named Mary Hyatt that is very excited to meet you and become friends.   Your mommy and "Aunt" Christen have been friends for a long time and are excited about many years to come! 

Here is a picture of all your aunts on your mommy's side.  Aunt Dinah, Aunt Jenelle, Mommy, my mom, and Aunt Reagan.  They worked hard all weekend to decorate our house for the shower.  The next picture we added "Aunt" Christen.  She came over and helped decorate as well as baking cookies for the shower.

Finally, here is a picture of your Uncle Dusty, Aunt Reagan, and Uncle Bogan.  Uncle Dusty and Uncle Bogan traveled a long way to be a part of this special day for you.  They even stayed for the shower with all us girls.

The first picture shows Mommy opening a gift from a friend at your shower.  Next to me is your cousin Gracie. She helped open all your presents!  The second picture is Mommy and Gracie and Sarah Whitt.  She is a friend from Mommy's school.  She also helped open your presents and is excited about meeting you.  In fact, she thought she was going to get to meet you at the shower!  She says your name is Dewayne.

Here are some more pictures of Mommy and Gracie opening your gifts.  Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of everyone that came to the shower, but I have kept all the cards so that you can see how much you are loved and how excited everyone is to celebrate this with us after our long journey to get you here.

I can't wait until we can have parties which include you.  With all the work that went into this shower I know your birthday parties will be fantastic!!  These pictures are just a window into our lives to show you how many people are thankful you are on your way to our arms.  They have all prayed with us, sent kind words, texts, or made phone calls to help us get to this point.  This was a great way to celebrate where we are today and has helped us look forward to what will happen sometime during the next 8 weeks.

Love,

Mommy