Here I am sittin' on my throne lookin' kinda girthy! This is the only pic I got of my belly @ 31 weeks. I watched as so many of my friends and family started coming through the door. It was wonderful to see so many people that I loved! It really sank in that I was going to be a mom when Shanna came over to have me fill out a name tag for myself and she told me to write MOM on it, and I think John felt the same when he wrote DAD on his....reality check....but it is so exciting!
John and Shanna were secretly plotting something for weeks before the shower and I had know idea what it was...but they were coming up with this beauty...Shanna put it all together and John did the drawing...it turned out great...and I thought it was hilarious! In this shot it is John and I (Dad and Mom)!
This is the only picture I got with my mom during the shower...but it is priceless!
The Cake!
The yummy spread! (thanks to all who contributed...it was GRUB!)
The family behind the magic! Shanna, Justin, and Abigail...this beautiful event could not have happened without you guys...I will never forget how special it was...thanks a million! Shanna worked diligently to coordinate and plan everything....she is awesome! And thanks to all those who helped her make such a great day possible!
Me and Abi!
Abi and Grandma C!
The beautiful M ladies (I try not to put last names on the blog) and of course my handsome husband! It was so great to have Grandma M, Aunt Andrea and Lizzy come from so far to be at my shower...it made me feel so special! Aunt Alisha, Gracie, Aunt Mandy, and Emma came as well...it was great and it would not have been the same without you guys!
(John, Grandma M, Lizzy, Aunt Andrea, Aunt Alisha, and Gracie is chillin' on the floor)
Here are some C family and I was so lucky to have so many cousins and other family come it was awesome...and a special thanks to my Aunt Debbie she let us invade her beautiful home and she is always the most gracious host. We love you Aunt Debbie!
(Shelby and daughter, Megan, and Aunt Debbie)
Represetin' the "Burgh" ! It was so cool to have so many of my fellow Pittsburgh friends at a shower in a totally different state! Who knew back then that we would all eventually end up living close again!
(My sis Chel, Denae, Jen, Kim, Moi, and Danielle)
(Julia, Christy, and Josy)
(Sarah and Linda)
Sorry I couldn't find pictures of everybody who was there but it was great to see family from both sides of our family and so many other great friends we love you all and we thank you so much for being part of such a special day!"PRETTY PRETTY DRESSES EVERYWHERE"!
I couldn't fit all of my shower gifts in one picture...so I thought it would be fun to take a pictures of groups of things...some of the other photos didn't turn out so great but I thought it would be fun to take a picture of all of the beautiful dresses for the twins! It is so fun having girls! But there were many many other beautiful gifts and some great new mom essentials that were given to us and we just appreciate you all so much. Thank you, Thank you!
This next phase of the makeover I wanted to show Chel what just a little eye makeup can do for a lady so I showed her half and half and pointed out how much it brightened up her face....by the way I think Chel is beautiful with or without makeup...but I loved that she wanted me to teach her how to enhance her already lovely features!
We went and saw Justin and the new work that has been done on the house! It was cool to see how much had been accomplished since we had last seen it.
