Oh Baby....

We had a great trip back to St. Louis - exhausting, but great! It all went by to quickly and we were busy every second we were there. I still feel like I need a few more days to recuperate and catch up on my sleep.

Saturday consisted of two baby showers - a brunch in the morning at our old church and then a co-ed BBQ in the evening with all of our closest friends. We came away feeling so blessed. We seriously got so much stuff that our car was absolutely packed! Here's the gifts in the baby's room after we came home - and this isn't even all of them!
We also got completely stocked up on cloth diapers, which is HUGE! Several of our friends work at Cotton Babies (the makers of Bum Genius, Flip and Econobun), so it definitely has been a major blessing to us!

Most of all though, we just enjoyed being able to see our friends. Usually when we go home to visit it's such a whirlwind of a trip that we leave feeling bummed that we didn't' get to see everyone we wanted to, but this was so great to have all of our friends together. I was soaking up every minute!
Two of my favorite people ever!

We had a great time and came away feeling so loved and blessed by all of the people that we love and miss so dearly. Steve absolutely loved the co-ed BBQ idea and so did I! We both got to see all of our friends in a laid back atmosphere where it didn't feel like all of the attention was on us so much (I hate being the center of attention). What's better than beer and burgers for a baby shower? Thanks Missy and Nadia for one rocking party!

Opening some cute little gifts!

Steve relaxing on the couch after unloading all the gifts. Check out the cute cradle Dale & Missy gave us (thanks guys!) !