After choir practice today, I was ready to head downstairs to the basement at church for lunch, but M tells me that lunch for the English choir was upstairs on the second floor. Not thinking anything of it, I proceeded up the steps. Once I opened the door, everything was pitch black and I was about to tell M lunch was in the basement when I hear "SURPRISE!" and all the lights came on. Apparently, my surprise baby shower has been in the works for about a month now, much to my oblivion. I couldn't believe M succeeded in keeping this from me all this time, not to mention everyone at church! Or maybe I am just so completely out of it that they could've been talking about it in front of my face and I wouldn't know. Either way, it was a wonderful surprise, and once again, I am reminded of how blessed I am to have so many friends in my life to share in the joy and love of our upcoming baby.
Like my first shower, this one was limited to just the ladies (with the exception of M). All the husbands, fathers, brothers, and sons were sent down the basement (they really were serving lunch down there). Again, everyone was overly generous with the gifts. Between family and friends, this baby now has more clothes than I possibly know what to do with! I'm afraid she won't even get a chance to wear half the stuff she got. Instead of a diaper cake, I got a onesie cake this time (which I've never seen before), made with tons of onesies for our little one, some trial size baby shampoo, baby body wash, baby oil, baby powder, a bib, a binky, and a wrist rattle. Her closet is so full now that M and I are talking about going to Ikea next week to pick up a dresser for her. That way, we can also stop by Babies 'R Us to buy the remaining necessities for her and save a little on tax (3.5% tax in Elizabeth as oppose to 7% everywhere else in NJ). We'll have to see how late it gets after our church's 120th anniversary celebration next Saturday.
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