'Tis So Sweet: For This Child She Has Prayed...

Sunday, April 19, 2009

For the past nearly three years, I have struggled through infertility. However, for the past year and a half, I was not alone. A dear friend of mine struggled with me following a miscarriage two years ago. Felicia has encouraged me, cried with me, cried FOR me, and been such a wonderful friend. She deserves the very best, and she shall have the very best, sweetest, adorable baby boy in less than 6 weeks! It's so exciting and encouraging to see her tears of longing and loss turn to tears of joy and excitement. Pat and Felicia will be wonderful parents, and I cannot wait to meet little Toby!

We hosted a baby shower for Felicia today, and it was a huge success. She got SO many great things for her nursery and for Toby. It was fun watching her open gifts. I had the wonderful job of recording the gifts. Have you ever tried to politely and properly record gifts at a baby shower when you have no idea what they are!? Nursing bra pads - seriously!? A high chair tray - nope, it was a bathtub for the baby! What in the world? When Felicia gets home, she will laugh for hours at the names and descriptions I gave each gift so as not to stop the shower and say, "What in the world was that?" Love that job, by the way! I sure learned a lot.

Me and Felicia before the shower - cute diaper cake in the background

Precious cake - and yes, we took the cake apart at the end to see if that rattle was solid chocolate. It was hollow. Ha!

As a last minute idea, I grabbed this tub at Kroger to transport her gifts from the shower. It can also double as a toy bin. It was full. She also got a high chair and activity center.