Baby Shower

Oh dear, I just realized that I forgot to post this!  Oh well, better late than never. :)  Because of our last-minute craziness with the move and renovations, we decided against a conventional baby shower for Elliot.  Some of my precious friends offered, instead, to put together an unpacking party in Elliot's honor.  Yay!!!

Casey helped to organize:

Along with Nicole:

They even brought food... a pregnant girl's dream: food AND help!

I bossed everyone around so they'd know where to put things (do you like my painter's tape labels for my cabinets? And look at that enormous belly!):

More bossing around... I look a little scary, don't I?  I promise I was nice about it! :-D

Matt and Philip even came to help Chris clean up the yard... SUCH gems!!

I'm telling you, my friends worked hard!

Nicole and Lilly unpacked and organized my linen closet:

Audra (who also helped organize) and Mariana unpacked dishes:

Sweet Ashley even cleaned up the spilled peanuts!

Shannon led the shelf-decorating effort:

Even sweet (and pregnant!) Courtney pitched in... I'm telling you, I am SO BLESSED to have such wonderful friends!

Oliver found ways to occupy himself after his nap:

And when he needed a little help staying out of the way, Casey took over:

And there you have it...  Three days after we moved in (and 4 days before Elliot was due to arrive), we had every single box unpacked and put away.   INCREDIBLE!  Thank you, friends!!!