Celebrate

  Our newest baby is my fifth. I have five children now. It seems surreal. I feel like the first time you have a baby if you have any friends or family in this culture I live in there should be something called a baby shower. It is a beautiful time of celebrating the new baby held by family and friends. There is food, gifts and fun. Sometimes only the first baby is really celebrated in this beautiful way and subsequent babies are passed over. However I believe each child deserves as much celebration as possible and so when a sweet friend offered to have a baby blessing shower for my sweet baby I was so thankful.

 The week leading up to this blessing shower was particularly exhausting as our house hold got hit with a particularly violent flue. I was up all hours of the night taking care of sick ones while nursing the baby in between vomiting sessions of others. It was intense. I felt like I was floating I was so tired. My feet just were not anchored on the ground, and yet my feet hurt so badly my body was like lead. It made no sense and it felt very unpleasant.

  Therefore on the day of the baby shower I was so ready to just be present and feel joy in amongst the tiredness. I was so beyond encouraged, strengthened and lifted up by my sweet friends and so thankful for them in my life. I felt like my precious baby was celebrated and loved on and it was a beautiful way to welcome her into her life. Thank you to all of you who put time aside in your day for me. Thank you for being my dear friends xo

My three girls ~ before I was expecting my girls and I got matching dresses. When I was pregnant I saw the matching dress in baby size to what we already had so I bought it hoping we would have a girl.

The love and care in the smallest details that went into this baby shower brought me so much joy. Thank you Cheryl!

            I love giving gifts and I love being given gifts  ~ generosity fills my soul.

                                Weeping willow branches and roses adorned the lights ~

                               This beautiful sign beckoning us inside was a labor of love.

                                   The beautiful details everywhere ~ my heart was full

  Life is lived better when there are kindred spirits to take part in it. I am thankful for those who have chosen me to call their friend. I am someone who feels every little thing so deeply and my love for these ones is deep. They hold me up, help me keep on, and remind me that I have value. I am so grateful.