With us living in VA, V's family in SC and mine in PA, we had to get a little creative as to how we were going to give everyone the opportunity to celebrate V's pregnancy and Justin's arrival. With that, the only solution that didn't have us zipping up and down the east coast with V eight months pregnant was to have one of the 3 showers after the baby was born. A little unconventional, but in hindsight I have to say that the trip up north this past weekend (July 27-30) went incredibly well. Justin's behavior was stellar throughout the day (we were a little worried with it being such a long day, and outdoors at that). Granted, they didn't get to see the how fantastically beautiful V was while she was pregnant... but everyone was ecstatic to not just bless us with gifts, but to also be able to meet the recipient himself for the first time... a huge bonus ingredient that was missing from the first 2 showers for obvious reasons.
In all, I was once again overwhelmed by how much love everyone brought to the table, and just want to say thanks again to everyone who attended... Aunts Doreen and Audrey; Cousin Eric, Cousins Nicole, Kenya and their families, Grandma Esperanza and Cousin Stephanie; Uncle Henry, Aunt Gina, Amir & Akil; Vanessa Ortiz and family; Anjail and Eva; Dave & Myra; Shanee and Lawrence; and my mom's Keller Williams co-workers Dawn, Naomi, Stephanie, Wendy, and Tracey (who almost stocked Justin's closet all by herself). Between all of the money and jazzy outfits that Justin got at the shower, I'm not sure if we'll be able to keep him from going out on Friday nights anymore.
As always, you can find a few more photos in the photo archive.
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V--You'll have to change outfits twice a day to get through all those clothes before he outgrows them. :-)
J--Looks like another home project for you...Baby Walk-in closet!!
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