Baby Apricot’s Surprise Shower!

On Monday night, my friends threw me a surprise baby shower for Baby Apricot!  The entire shower was so incredibly sweet and beautiful!

I loved the Baby Apricot bunting banner!

Everyone got a chance to predict our baby’s birthday and gender, as well as write notes of encouragement for me to read during labor (how sweet!!).

The girls each picked a color of ink and stamped footprints on the calendar day when they think Apricot will arrive!  We pretty much have the first two weeks of September blocked off, so someone will be right!

The food table was gorgeous!  (And, of course, the food was delicious!)

There were so many adorable touches, like this cutlery holder and the baskets of apricots!

One of my friends has a cookie business and she made these precious apricot sugar cookies!

They even made Apricot Lemonade for us to drink, as well as coffee and sweet tea.

I felt so incredibly blessed to be surrounded by friends who wanted to help me celebrate the birth of my fourth baby!  Their kindness was so overwhelming.  I don’t have a picture of it (I think Whitney got one!), but they all surprised me with the gift of a double stroller!  We can’t wait to use it!  Tad helped me assemble it last night.

Oh, and did I mention that Whitney (hostess), on the left below, is having her baby in about two weeks?  Our babies will be such good friends!

God has been so faithful in providing friendship and community at our church, and I’m incredibly grateful.

Thank you, sweet friends (including those who weren’t able to make it to the shower!), for helping me celebrate Baby Apricot’s (hopefully) soon arrival!