a shower of the baby variety.

You have been warned...word-E post, with lots of pictures. Oh, and before any of you say it...YES I am that short, my friends are not giants...I swear. AND I have the pregnant face (double chin and all), and I am very LARGE. mmmkay. Let the post begin.It was months ago that Vanessa, Emily, and Quinn approached me with this question "Can we throw a baby shower for you?" It still makes me emotional that they all wanted to do something so sweet, and something so special for me and our Vin. Leading up to this weekend I was overwhelmed with the love that I felt for all of my friends. I got random IM's, e-mails, and phone calls asking what we needed for Vin, if they could help with food, and most importantly if Van would be in attendance. From the bottom of my heart, I want to say THANK YOU.

I cried multiple times. Driving to Vanessa's house I got emotional, and let's not forget greeting people as they came bearing lots o'gifts...I may have cried then too! It was the perfectly planned event.

Vanessa had asked all of my friends to submit a song that reminded them of me, and made a mixed tape for party favor's...it was absolutely the best idea! There was those adorable "Vin cupcakes" Emily spent hours slaving away on. The perfect decorations that Quinn had hanging from the ceiling, arranged on the tables, and everything was all centered around the colors of my blog...even the cups. Oh, and I can not forget the food...you know that is my weekness. It was Mexican food, and I could not stop eating. I even brought home left overs, and ate some more right before bed. =) Sam Jo made a guest sign in book, and I will adding all of these AWESOME photos to where you signed it. I just have to also throw in there that there was even pebbled ice courtesy of Camille. I have been known to drive far for a cup of pebbled ice, and she had bags of this sweet stuff brought to me.

Thank you to Vanessa, Emily, and Quinn for putting this all together for us. It gave me something really exciting to look forward to. It made me all sorts of giddy inside, and made me realize what good friends I have. Thank you to everyone that brought food to help. Thank you for all of our fun gifts. Thank you for driving from long distances to be with us, and to celebrate our Vin. We are officially ready for him to make his sweet debut, and it is feeling like it could be any day.

*sidenotes*

I have lots of mixed tapes that I brought home that were extra. If anyone wants one or didn't get one...e-mail me.

A few of you were sneaky and I didn't get my picture with you. Shame on you, really. Now you have to come to my house and see me...

If you wanna see pictures of the decor, opening of presents, etc. Come back when I get those all from someone else. =)

kthanxbye.