Our Lil' Sweet Pea's Shower

On Saturday March 9th I woke up filled with excitement and feeling sooooo very blessed and anxious! It felt like it was my birthday, but so much more special than that... it was a day of celebration just for me and our sweet little Sweet Pea! What a neat feeling it was to share in a celebration that was planned for Mommy and Daughter together! I knew we had about 47 of my nearest and dearest girls coming to the house to share in the celebration together, and 5 of my closest friends had been working for months to plan the most perfect Lil' Sweet Pea Shower imaginable. The day was more than I could have dreamed of and more than I could have imagined! It was beautiful and full of fun, laughter, and love...and the best part was that it celebrated our Lil' Miss Kiss! 

My Amazing Team of Hostesses...
Amber, Lesha, Ashley, Maggie, and Shannon

These girls made my dreams come true! 

The Sweet Little Details for Me & Lil' My Sweet Pea....

A Diaper Cake complete with a tutu for
Lil' Miss Kiss to wear made by Amber!

Sweet Pea Banner and Gray Yarn Wrapped K (for the nursery)
made by Super Crafty Amber  

Look at all of that FUN!  

The "Peas of Advice" Station...I absolutely loved all of my
sweet messages! 

Sweet Little Sweet Pea Set Up...complete with baby pictures
of little me! 

Gotta love the fun, frilly arrangement 

The tasty food with my favorite of all favorites...Bundtinis! 

Yummy yogurt parfait station with donuts and sausage rolls!

The gorgeous flowers...my favorite green
with a little spritz of PINK for our baby girl!

Mimosas with Barefoot Bubbly (not for this Mommy though)

Tissue Balls Made and Fluffed by Ashley

Sweet Napkins for the Baby Girl

Sweet Little Kisses for Our Sweet Guests

They served Mimosas and on one of the bottles...the
expiration date was our Sweet Pea's estimated due date...
May 7, 2013!

Our Sweet Pea's estimated due date May 7, 2013 was the
expiration date! How fun is that?

The Amazing Array of Gifts from our loved ones 

Some of our Sweet Pea's Special Guests...

My Mom/ Kinsley's Grammie and Me!

Me and Kinsley's Aunt Katie

Kinsley's Grandmas...Grandma Debby and Grammie! 

Kinsley's Aunt Jenna and Grandma Fonda! 

3 of Kinsley's Great Grandmas! 

Kinsley's Auntie Rachelle

My Sweet Audrey who I taught in First Grade!

Shelly, Kennedy, and Tammy

Audrey and her mom Traci filling out Peas of Advice

Tiffany, Me, and Sara...love these girls!

Kinsley's Aunt Jenn, Great Aunt Kim, and Aunt Cathrine

Me and Ashley...we've been through it all
together...so glad to have had her here and
a part of this amazingly special time! 

The L. A. Nelson Elementary School/ Denton Crew!
Love these teacher friends of mine! I will so miss them! 

Lesha and her mom!  

My childhood neighbor crew...Shelly, Melinda, Tammy, Jess,
Emily, and Lindsey! I love that they could all be here for
the fun! 

Some of my teammies from first grade!

Holly and India...sweeeeettt girls! 

Krissy, AJ, and Amanda...love that they came for the fun! 

Me and My Sweet Pea...

I love my little pea in the pod already more than words can say!

My 2 Lil' Sweet Peas! 

Some of our Sweet Pea's Special Gifts... 

Her first little swimsuit from Ms. Holly!

She's ready with her summer hooded towel from Ms. Amanda! 

All of her bath time treasures! 

Most adorable Dallas Cowboys leggings! 

Best and sweetest book of all time!

Monkey Boppy from Auntie Rachelle and Uncle Jeremy!

Sweet Elephant blanket from Grandma Debby

Adorable shopping cart cover from Grandma Debby

Sweet Pink Bookends for all of Kinsley's NEW books from
her Great Maw!

A Happy Birthday Kinsley Cake plate hand painted by
Ms. Rachel's mom to match her nursery! 

If I Could Keep You Little Literally, a book EVERY parent
should read and OWN...I was in tears when I read it! 

My Adorable TuTu diaper cake...I don't think I will ever
take it a part... I am too in love! From Ms. Amber! 

Again...way too cute to take apart...Love the headband bow!
From Ms. Nicolle and Ms. Sandy!

As we were opening...my L. A. Nelson teacher crew formed an assembly line up the stairs! They definitely got their work out bringing ALL of the gifts up stairs and not to mention ORGANIZING it all! What an amazing group of girls! Leave it to the teacher friends to bond together, collaborate, and organize! 

When I got up to the room after the shower...this is what I came in to...ALL of our gifts sorted and organized...I was in heaven! 

Blankets and Burp Cloths

Our little sports fan...Future Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader! 

Bottle, Pacis, necessities....OH MY!

Bathtime fun...tub, toys, lotion, thermometer and wipes! 

Toys and Taggie blankets!

Personalized Burp Clothes with a KISS from Ms. Krissy!

She is officially ready for SUMMER with her snazzy swimwear!

And what summer sweetie would be complete without
a BLUE JEAN SKIRT...Ms. Amber knew Kinsley would
need a blue jean skirt to match her Momma this summer!

All of her books organized on her bookshelf with here polka
dotted PINK birdie bookends! 

Our NEW book collection JUST for Kinsley....everyone was
so sweet in all of the books they picked out for our little lady!

The book EVERY parent should have...
If I Could Keep You Little. It brought tears to my eyes the first
time that I read it! It truly made this whole pregnancy seem even
more real! We received 4 copies including 3 of them from
my like minded 1st Grade teammate friends! 

After the shower...Katie and I got to work to put together their amazing gift to us...our Pack 'n' Play! We were so excited to put it all together! I love having it set up down stairs because it brings the idea of Kinsley's arrival to our every day life!!! 

 

And then we were off upstairs for some drawer and closet organization!

Sweet little shoes and socks!

The beginnings of a diaper drawer...with other randomness.

Ummm....the random paci, bib, burp cloth drawer!

Her nighty night clothes to snuggle in after bath time! 

Her fabulous onsie drawer organized by size. 

Fresh Towels and Wash Cloths just for Kinsley!

The comfiest blanket drawer you will ever see (and feel)...
complete with regular blankets and swaddle blankets too!

And her beautiful new yarn wrapped K and diaper cakes
I just don't think I will ever take apart! 

The Hedgehog mobile is alive...
however, our crib railing is too thick to hold
it up so we have to come up with a creative
way to mount it! :( We shall see!

Overall, by the day's end I was absolutely EXHAUSTED! However, I was left feeling beyond blessed and so excited that our Lil' Sweet Pea will be arriving soooooo very soon! We are truly blessed to be surrounded by so many loving family and friends and we are truly excited to share Kinsley with all of them!