This post is about five months late, but better late than never, right?
Shortly after Blake was born, my visiting teacher gave me a baby shower. We invited all my friends from the ward. It was the most overwhelming beautiful, amazing, supportive baby shower ever! I have an amazing ward, but I still completely stunned at the generosity. The shower was open-house-style, the decorations were gorgeous, the food delicious, and tons of people came. And the gifts! It took me over an hour just to open all the gifts. Sadly, I forgot to take my camera to the event, but after getting home we laid out all our gifts and I just basked in the love I felt.
And many of our friends outside of Colorado sent beautiful and thoughtful gifts: crocheted blankets, hooded bath towels, boxes of hand-me-down clothes, and more.
Just to explain how incredibly blessed we are, we didn't have to buy a single diaper for Blake until he was 4 1/2 months old, and we still have three boxes of diapers in the next size up when he grows a little more.
I haven't had to buy Blake even one single item of clothing. I have bought him Christmas jammies and a sweater vest for Easter, but those were just because I wanted to, not because he actually needed anything. And I have a full box of clothes in every size until he is over a year old.
And one sweet woman gave us a changing table/dresser to use that has been so handy.
I feel so blessed and so loved, and I wanted to remember always how much that meant to me.
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