In the morning, the girls met at Laura's house for a mix and mingle brunch. It was so good to catch up with so many friends whom I haven't seen in a few months since moving to VA. Abby and Laura did a fantastic job of hosting and providing so many yummy treats for the brunch.
Bianca put together a book of encouragement for me. Each of the women had the opportunity to write an encouraging note or some words of wisdom for me as I am on this journey. I've already enjoyed reading through some of the notes and know this will be a HUGE lifesaver when I'm in the midst of newborn life!
Sweet friends for MANY years! It's so great to walk through life together with these special ladies.
The sweet hostesses and bestest of friends!
All of these ladies have known each other through our Young Married class - beginning when we were all NEWly married and now with kids!
Friends that I worked with at the bank for many years also came!
Below is my BWF (best work friend) and partner in crime - Shelia
A few hours later in the afternoon, we met together with Mike's family and some close family friends to be showered once again. This one was a little more relaxed with the husband's and kids invited too. The warm weather last weekend allowed us to even get outside too.
Mike even learned a few techniques to use when having boys...
Actually, I think he and Seth were trying to get leaves out of Reed's hair! The boys had a GREAT time throwing leaves at each other, running around the yard, and playing in the mud.
Dirty boys = Happy boys!
And, finally on Saturday night, we ended with a "Family" Dinner. We are blessed to have so many wonderful friends from Raleigh but two families are like our family. It isn't too often where both the men and women of three families are all really close and the kids all get along so well! We try to get together for family dinner every time we are back, even if it is a crazy last minute kind of thing. I can't wait to get our little guy in the mix and introduce him to the kids who I'm sure will be like cousins to him! Maybe one day we will get a picture with everyone...usually the kids are upstairs playing the whole time and the adults are chatting away at the table.
These are the kind of special friends that are lifetime friends. They are the kind who don't mind if you drop in or come to the dinner alone when your husband is overseas. They are also the kind that plan an early Thanksgiving dinner (pictured below) - like in June - when they know said husband will miss Thanksgiving because he is overseas. We are so blessed to have them in our lives!
Picture: June 2011
This week has been a fun week of sorting through all of our gifts and "shopping for free" with the gift cards and money we received. It is amazing to be encouraged and blessed by the generosity of our friends and family! We truly were overwhelmed by the love that was poured out to us. I think we are closer to being ready for our new addition to arrive! It's crazy to think we only have about 6 more weeks!!
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So fun! love seeing all you ladies together. Neat!
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