pampered in the sweetest way!

amelia and i were treated to a wonderful diaper shower last week by kristie and other sweet friends in my church. what a blessing it was to celebrate amelia's birth with these ladies! some of these women remember when brian was born, so it is incredibly special to share our third sweet baby with them. kristie was the hostess with the mostess, as usual! look at these adorable heart-shaped cupcakes! with strawberry hearts and everything. :) i'm not really a cupcake kind of girl, but i ate one so i didn't hurt her feelings... (ha! you know that's a big fat lie! i think i ate at least FIVE!!!!) i've been told that our church used to traditionally only hold a baby shower for a mother's first baby... well, let me just say that things have surely been different in the last few years! we have been overwhelmingly blessed with a baby shower for each of our children. and this time, we were pampered with tons of pampers!! i know diapers are really no fun to buy for someone, but coming home with an estimated three months' supply of diapers is truly a wonderful gift! and some ladies couldn't resist showering amelia with some girly gifts, which i loved, too! here's a couple of shots of me in a sea of presents...



we had a fun time eating the beautiful food and playing some entertaining shower games! one of the games was for the guests to guess what was in my diaper bag... now ordinarily, this would be quite interesting, for the bottom of my diaper bag has a history of housing some forgotten items, including a very very rotten avocado! but in my nesting frenzy, i had just cleaned out the backpack before amelia was born, so the contents were pretty boring. sorry ladies!! back to the food (ha!)...look at this perfect cake!



amelia slept through the entire party, and everybody enjoyed passing her around. she came dressed to match the party: red and pink! :) i couldn't resist taking a few shots of the party girl...



and since both of us were actually wearing something other than our pajamas, i jumped at the chance to take some pictures with my sweet amelia!



yes, there were other people at this shower besides amelia, me, and kristie! but we had fun taking these pictures after everyone left. auntie kristie loves her newest niece! i love this one of the three of us...



and here's our loveseat packed full of diapers and gifts! everytime i open a new package of diapers, i will be so thankful for all of you that have blessed our family!


praise God from whom all blessings flow...