NC Baby Shower!

Last weekend, I had another sweet baby shower. This one was thrown by Natalie, Carrie, Ginna, and MIchelle! It was at the Clement house in Oak Ridge- the same place I had my wedding shower.. and where we had Ginna's wedding shower, and Michelle's wedding shower, and baby shower! We usually throw a shower there least one a year. :) 

We drove up to NC the morning of the shower- My parents were actually making the drive back to the east coast that weekend to move back to their house in FL. They stayed with us on Friday night, and then we all drove to Oak Ridge on Saturday for the shower. It was such a fun day with so many friends! 

I loved the invitation! 

The decorations were adorable and the food was so yummy! 

 The hot chocolate bar was a hit! Salted caramel was my favorite!

Natalie made these GF sugar cookies in the shapes of onesies for favors, and her husband Dan decorated them! I was so impressed! 

Everyone wrote little messages to us on diapers.  :)

I loved all the babies that came to the shower! Michelle and Reagan drove down from Sparta...

Nina and baby Will drove up from Charlotte...

And Aunt Joy Lynne and baby P's cousin Meg drove up from Atlanta!

We all sat around on the back porch for gift opening... Baby Parker got so many special things! 

 Baby stuff is so fun!

One of my mom's friends gave her a grandmother gift- one of the books was "Walter the Farting Dog". It was pretty funny.

And appropriate since she has a dog named Walter! 

It was so special to have so many of my friends in one place.

Love these girls! And William of course!

My friend Angie is also pregnant! She was 26 weeks and I was 36 weeks.

It was so fun to spend time with my mom that weekend.

It was pretty cool to spend the day with these girls who I ran a marathon with an exact year ago from the day of the shower!

This baby is so lucky to have my sister as his aunt!

Hamilton Lakes girls group shot! I felt so blessed by everyone who came to the shower- Our baby boy is already loved by so many! Thanks ladies for everything you did to make it such a special day!

GA baby shower!

Back in the summer, when we found out we were expecting, my sweet friend Anne asked if she could host a shower here in town. I've been looking forward to it for so long! I started working closely with Anne last year, and she has become a dear friend. I can't say enough about the shower. I am still overwhelmed by how wonderful it was. The people, the food, the decorations, the gifts... Anne knows how to throw a party! It was fabulous, and I felt so blessed by everyone who came! This baby is already loved by so many! 

My mom, sister, and sister-in-law, Shelby all came in town for the shower. This ended up being an O'Steen holiday weekend- it was the first time we had all been together in two years! I'll post more on that later, but here are some pictures from the shower.

 Aunt Natalie! 

Shelby, Mom, me, and Nat

The decorations and details were so lovely.

Look how cute this diaper cake is! 

The food was so yummy! 

Baby stuff is so fun! 

Loved this fox pillow Julie made!

Me and Kristin.. So thankful for this friendship- I don't know what I'd do without her! 

Julie and Susanna! (Baby Parker's future girlfriend) 

I love these ladies so much. Anne (who hosted the shower) is on the left and Krissy is on the right. They make my job easy and enjoyable. They work full time in the self contained moderate class at school, and I'm the SLP who serves those students. It can get a little crazy at times, but those are the moments we find ourselves laughing to the point of tears. I am so thankful for both of them!

Joy Lynne, Meg, and Susan

 Both of baby Parker's grandmothers! 

When we got back home, we unloaded the gifts in the nursery and just looked at everything. It was so fun imagining our little baby wearing all the cute outfits and playing with the toys. Natalie and I kind of wanted to keep these hats for ourselves. :) I can't wait to see them on our little boy!

It was the sweetest shower and such a special memory. Thanks to everyone who was a part of it!