A blessed surprise

Life has been VERY busy for the last week and a half - for a very very very good reason :) I was thrown a surprise baby shower, which also included the biggest shock of my life: my friend Mary Frances flew in from Seattle to surprise me at the shower! She is like my other half and finally made Colorado feel complete by being there. So many people coordinated to pull this thing off and line up schedules, I will never be able to thank everyone enough. I thought I was meeting a few girlfriends at our church to carpool to the Melting Pot for a little "girl's night out" to celebrate someone's birthday. I was definitely fooled because that was never actually the plan. Here are just a few of the key "story telling" pictures...

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Everyone waiting in the half-lit church to surprise me. Kim is very excited that she's on video camera duty...

Robin and Tyson and Robin's mom, Kathleen, hiding at the back of the church to be part of the surprise.
Lisa (most amazing shower planner EVER) telling me that she has a surprise - my first time ever even thinking that the Melting Pot might not be happening.

The party set up at the back of the room! And a very special someone waiting in the very back to hand me the biggest surprise of all.

My sneaky, sneaky friend waiting with baby Owen in the back while I went through the first surprise of being thrown a shower.

Lisa and Anna telling me they have one "timely" present to give me before the shower starts.

Aaaaand my face of pure shock as Mary Frances walked out of the back room. I have never been, and probably will never be again, that happy and surprised in my LIFE. Not the most flattering pictures of me, considering I'm crying my eyes out, but they tell the story well...

Refusing to let go of Mary Frances just in case I blink and she's not really there.

More babies and fabulous friends showering blessings on me!

Cutest handmade onesie and matching headband EVER! Abby, you're amazing.

So in love with girl clothes it's not even funny.

Anna's brilliant idea to pile all of the "loot" into the church's crib to wheel it out to the car.

Aaaaand the sneakiest liars and best surprise shower throwers ever :) Could never put into words how they blessed me that night. Thank you 1,000 times over for all of the planning and emailing and scheduling and preparation that went into pulling off this amazing surprise!!

Definitely pink!

Well my oldest sister has been patiently waiting for pictures of Jersey's bedroom, so this post is dedicated to her :) We painted the walls and are doing a green and all colors of pink theme in the room. Currently it is "furniture-less" because Tyson is using the crib, changing table, glider, and lamp! So all Jersey has for now is a rug and some wall decor (poor thing).

We decided to borrow a crib for a few months to use for Ty so we can hold off on moving him into a "big boy bed" until Jersey is a few months old - one major transition at a time is enough for me to think about! We also need to buy a new lamp for Ty's room that will sit on TOP of his shelving unit where he can't reach it. Because 1), his current floor lamp matches Jersey's green themed room, and 2) because no amount of discipline can keep him from touching it (it's a touch lamp, to make matters worse) and unplugging it all the time. So...that's the plan for now! I'm going to make a mobile to match Jersey's pink and green theme and will post more room pictures when we have updates! For now, here's a sneak preview...

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Cutest tu-tu outfit EVER from Auntie TT :)

Picture-less frames, for now :)

A wardrope sneak peak...looks very different from the colors in my son's closet!

Couple of "key" girly items!

And this is her entire wardrobe for 0 - 18 months...a little sparse so far but at least we've started!

And that's all for now, folks! More to come as we get ourselves organized and finish getting ready for this baby girl.