A Week of Celebrations!

Tuesday was my 25th birthday. Charley took part of the day off to spend it with me! He got me the most beautiful braclet, and a new jewelry box since my other one was literally falling apart. Then we went to Target (stopping to get me a white mocha on the way! :) and picked up a few things for Eden's room. I forgot how much I like that store. It's on the other side of town, so we don't go there very often. Then, Charley had to go to the office for a little while, so I went and had lunch with a friend. Later that afternoon, he took me out to dinner. Here's the tasty dessert we shared. Apparently, Charley told them it was my birthday...




Then, Saturday, my close friend Crystal, and another friend of mine, Renae, threw me an incredible baby shower! Those two worked for months on this event, and it was truly amazing! The decorations, cake (made by my precious friend Stephanie and her sweet daughter Michelle), devotion (also given by Stephanie), food, games, etc were PERFECT! I was so humbled and blessed by everyone's kindness and love to put so much work into making my baby shower so lovely. It completely and drastically exceeded any expectations I had. I think the best part of all, however, were all my friends (about 30 women) who showed up to share that time with me and celebrate the upcoming birth of this little girl! Having all of those ladies who have invested in my life all in ONE PLACE was overwhelmingly wonderful! I was overcome with gratitude and joy. God has been so good to me and has brought so many precious women into my life to minister, encourage, laugh with and cry to over the past 7 + years. Anyways, it was a special, precious time. Here are some pictures from the shower.




In other news. I woke up the other day with a bad soar throat. As if I don't have enough aches and pains as it is at 36 weeks... please pray I start to feel better and that it doesn't develop into strep or something.