Showered with love!

At some point, when I get on my work computer, I'll post the shower pics of the great surprise lunch/shower Natalie threw me in July.

But for now, here's some pictures of the shower held at my mom's house from late August

My mom worked very hard on all of the little details

My friend, colleague and Toby's mother-in-law, Ursula, prepared the most delicious spread! Here she is getting the chocolate fondue station ready... yum.

And she gave me this cute little bouquet made up of little baby clothes to loook like roses.

Some other little details...

But the BEST surprise of all was my sister-in-law Monica's surprise visit from Texas! She flew in that day and out the next morning- all to be a part of Baby M's shower. What a sweet sacrifice! Love you, Mo!

The guests dutifully playing along with the games

And Baby M made out like a little bandit!

He's got a nice little library of books started- thanks, English faculty!!

And here he is!

Thanks to everyone involved for making me feel so loved and for spoiling the little guy already :)

A song for baby

Before I was pregnant, I used to hear this song and the lyrics would always make me think about future children for me and Andrew. I know it's actually a love song from a man to his future lady, but the sentiment rings the same: when the time is right, we'll meet the person who will become part of our family- someone we never knew we could do without.

So now that I am expecting the newest member of our family, this song resonates even more with me, and has sort of become the anthem for our little baby. Here are some lyrics that feel like they could be about Baby Mitchell:

"Wherever you are, whenever it's right,
You'll come out of nowhere and into my life"

"Baby, your love is going to change me"

"I promise you, kid, to give so much more than I get,
I just haven't met you yet."

We should be meeting him in about 6 weeks! And once he's old enough to dance with Mama, we can still have it be "our" song.

Have a listen!