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Monday, August 13, 2007ShoweredYesterday was my Big Baby Shower Day. No signs of impending labor, no last-minute disasters. Unless you include the fact that my right foot decided to swell to inhuman proportions, rendering me completely ankle-less. Even my toes were swollen, like a row of mutant grapes. I couldn't wear the sandals I'd picked out to go with my Baby Shower Outfit. I slipped them on an hour or so before the scheduled arrival of my hostesses and was chagrined to see my right foot slopping through the strips of leather like some sort of biological silly putty. It was disgusting. So I stayed quintessentially Barefoot and Pregnant during the shower. Which was apropos, since one of my sweet hostesses is Korean and never wears shoes in her home. Disfigured foot aside, the shower was most certainly the most beautiful, most meaningful, most delightful baby shower I've ever had in my long history of Having Babies. My hostesses worked like a well-greased machine -- I felt as though I'd hired professional caterers for the affair. The spread was wonderful, complete with a beautiful fruit pizza and cashews in an antique, pedestaled bowl. Fresh flowers were placed on my coffee table, a balloon tied to my mailbox. I didn't even have to answer the doorbell when it began to ring; I simply sat there with my swollen foot and greeted my guests like a queen in her royal lying-in chamber. I felt amazingly pampered and blessed. My Oldest Friend since my move to Tennessee was there -- Fran, whom I've known for over nineteen years now. My Newest Friend since my move to Tennessee was also there -- Nicole, my beloved doula, whom I met in March. And all the friends in between. Some I hadn't seen in years. Some I'd seen recently, even had coffee with. All arriving with shining faces and bearing thoughtful, generous gifts for my new baby. Each one receiving a deeply sincere hug. And nobody seemed to notice my edema-ridden foot. (Well, except Nicole, in whose face I stuck the offensive extremity with a "Look at this!" As if she had a choice. Poor girl. She didn't realize when she took me on that I'd expect her to make everything right.) Yes, there are pictures. They are cozily tucked inside the digital camera, where they will unfortunately stay until Somebody is kind enough to dump them for me. Once they've been freed, I'll share a few. And now I must go take a wee nap. As if one big celebration wasn't enough for this sorta-slowed-down pregnant mama (and I haven't even mentioned the shower-after-the-shower that my husband and children surprised me with!), today is Eric's and my nineteenth wedding anniversary, and he wants to take me out tonight. I hope he doesn't mind if I wear flip flops; my foot is morphing again. So I continue to limp along toward the Big Day. Coming soon: a Guess the Birth Date and Size of Baby Contest, complete with a modest but delightful prize! |
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8of my readers are feeling chatty:
Happy Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Boehme!
What a delightful-sounding shower! I have never ever had one, I think I'll keep having babies 'till someone throws me one. LOL!
:-)
YAY! Happy Anniversary to you two! I hope the kids give you the gift of a couple of hours alone!
All the best!
ken
Sorry to hear about your poor foot
:( I hope it decides to return to normal soon.
Congrats on the awesome baby shower, what wonderful friends you must have:)
Happy Anniversary! Enjoy the LOVE!
Happy Anniversary Jill & Eric!
Glad to hear the much fretted about shower turned out to be somethin' akin to magical.
All my best!
- TKT
Happy Anniversary
Good luck with the leg. Erica has been dealing with swelling herself lately, as she has been working horrendous hours on a scrapbooking project with my sister.
Cool about the baby shower, it sounded very nice.
I sell sterling silver baby rattles and other cool baby stuff if you want to talk someone into getting it for you. LOL
Happy Anniversary!
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Happy Anniversary! :)
Your baby shower sounded wonderful! Mark's family threw one for me when I was pregnant with Ty'Lain, never had one with Mathyn, but it was so much fun! How sweet of Eric and the kids to throw you a surprise shower too!
Happy Anniversary, glad the baby shower was so lovely. I have never had one, I got gypped lol.
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