The Baby Shower!

Wow! Where do I begin? The baby shower was on Saturday and it was amazing! It was such an honor to be surrounded by friends and family who cared enough to take hours out of their busy schedule to come and help celebrate the twins. I have to admit I was quite nervous about the whole thing leading up to it. I have absolutely no problem being in front of lots and lots of people for professional reasons (e.g., a speech), but the thought of 20+ people taking time out of their day just for me, bringing gifts for our future children, and watching me open everything was a little intimidating. When my mother in law walked in, one of the first things she said was, "Are you overwhelmed?" I replied, "Yes!" and she said, "I can see it in your eyes!" LOL So, yes, I was a bit stressed at first. :)

There were five people on the "planning committee" and they did an amazing job, down to every detail. The theme was "two peas in a pod" and it so cute! There were peapod nametags, handmade peapod cookie party favors, a peapod cake, peapod plates and napkins, peapod prize bags, and peapod invitations. We received many wonderful gifts that will be immensely helpful to us in getting ready for the babies. Several people even made things! We received about 1,000 diapers from the diaper raffle, which by my estimations should last 2+ months. :)

I got all teary on a few occasions, which was quite embarrassing, but I know people understood. There were a lot of teary people in the room after I played a little movie I made. I wanted to put something together to show our ultrasound photos, so I made my first ever slideshow. I added transition slides for each week they were taken at. Unfortunately, the printing looked too small on our TV so not everyone could see it. When we got to the first slide everyone said, "read it!" so I turned down the volume at each of the printed slides to read what they said. I wasn't prepared for that and immediately got choked up on ... sentence 2 of the whole thing? lol I was thinking, "how on earth will I make it through this now that I have to read it?" It turned out fine and I actually only had trouble on the first and last slides - the first being a description of our IVF process, and the last being a big "thank you" to J for making the day possible. :) After that, I gave J a keepsake we had made for her to commemorate the shower. It's a little hard to explain, but it was a silver wall frame with 3 frames hanging down and a silver "plaque" at the top that said, "You have forever showered our family with love." (Get it? "Showered"? A baby shower keepsake? :) We will give her the picture of the four of us when they come in from the studio to put in one, and then one of each baby when they come to put in the others.

I was going to post the video here, but it is too big of a file. Maybe if B can find a way to shrink it, I can share it here.

It was an amazing day I will never forget, thanks to many special friends and family. Here are some pictures:

Party favors - on the cookies, there are two peas in a pod!

The cake:

Two amazing diaper cakes my sister in law made! They are filled with diapers and wash cloths, and hats, and rattles, and all kinds of sweet little things!

B and I at the end of the day: