My Baby Shower...

I looked around and saw all my family and friends who came out to celebrate and I was happy. My mom came all the way from Ethiopia, my aunt from Los Angeles, my cousin from Charlotte, my sister and brother from Detroit and my other brother from DC. I felt so special that everyone had dropped their schedule to fly and see me...all of them having played a special part in my life in one way or another. I just got the warmest feeling looking around the room and I realized how lucky I am to have such dear family and friends! I had the best time catching up with them all.They had a game planned which was answering questions about baby names, how many diapers are needed for a year and so on; my smart aunty was pretty much answering them all, not giving anyone else a chance to answer:)

Then everyone showered me with the most amazingly precious gifts. I got ALL the big and expensive stuff bought off my registry which always helps:) And my baby girl has more clothes than I do ALREADY. In fact, I am thinking of adding an extra clothes pole in the nursery closet! While I was opening my presents, unexpected guest arrived and surprised me…my brother with my little nephew. I was not expecting to see him at all since things didn't work out and he wasn't planning on coming. I was sooooooooooooo happy to see my 22 month old nephew who I haven't seen in a while. Then my other brother followed in from Detroit….I was so happy to see them all there. The moment reminded me again how lucky I am.

Then the day came to an end. I didn't want it to be over as I saw everyone heading out one by one. It made me realize even more how important the close people are in your life and that we should all try to find the time to spend with those special people.

So, thanks BIGTIME to my FAMILY and FRIENDS and SPECIAL thanks to everyone who threw the shower and gave me one of the best days in my life! And thanks to all my other gals who took time out of their busy schedules to be there. I realized how crazy I have been lately and I need to stop and smell the roses more often. So I have made a vow to do that (somewhere in between the diaper changing, burping, breastfeeding, and blessing of a very, very special little girl about to come into my life:)