Baby's First Shower

Friday night was my first baby shower and it was so much fun! 4 of my friends from Mariners threw it for me, and every last detail was so personal and beautiful. They had my favorite flowers, candies and the baby's colors everywhere in all the decor. About 35 friends and coworkers came and I felt so blessed and honored that they all came to celebrate our little one. Here are a "smattering" (as my best friend Kristen would say) of pictures from the evening:

The hosts: (From left) Cristi, Trisha, Michelle and Jodi

The pregnant girls! Remember how I've said I have a lot of pregnant friends? Here are just some of them! (From Left) Kelly (due the first week February), Debbi (due in May), Me, and Tristina (due February 12th).

The hosts hard at work---the food was so yummy!
One of many adorable, pint sized presents! (Ps--I just found out Quiksilver started making infant sized clothes starting at 3 months instead of 12 months! This is a 3-6 month tshirt that came with cute little shorts too! Baby will get to dress just like his daddy!)

Well, we are down to about 2 weeks left of work before I go on maternity leave. I can't believe how fast all this is going! I guess that's good since everyone says your last month drags on as you anticipate the baby's arrival any day. I am taking about 3 weeks off before my due date ( my work covers 4 weeks of disability maternity leave before the baby is born, and if you don't use it before the baby comes, you can't use it after. So it kind of inspired me to for sure take some extra time since I'm sure I won't feel much like working!) I am planning on "fading out" (as I've been calling it) sometime in that week of February 3rd. I've been able to transition a lot of things at work over to other people already, so I feel good that I can walk away and not look back and focus on the things to come!
Ok, I'm off to try to put our new Bob Jogger Stroller together. (Everyone at work pitched in and bought this for us---so generous!) Its a good thing I love putting things together because it looks like a challenge!