My Surprise Virtual Baby Shower

Where do I even start? I guess the only way to start is to explain that some of my best friends are people I've never even met in real life. Some would say I may never meet some of these friends but I refuse to believe it.

To be honest, it doesn't even matter if we ever see each other face to face because these ladies know me. They get me and my weirdness and my obsession with food and my rambling. They don't care when I talk about peeing my pants or nipple leaks. They laughed and cringed and sometimes cried when I told them about the muffin top diagnosing me with cancer. They don't even mind me gushing about B.



Knowing all this about them I shouldn't be surprised with what they have done. Oh but I was soooo surprised. It started when I got up at 1 am and clicked onto Blondiensc's blog to see how the new mama-to-be was doing.

Only I was confused because a picture of me was on her blog. A picture of me being a weirdo :) I kept reading something about a surprise virtual baby shower and I still couldn't quite comprehend what the heck was going on. Eventually it began to sink in and I felt like a kid on Christmas.

I eventually went back to sleep and woke up about 5 hours later just itching to get on the computer. B was really cuddly and he was having his morning bonding with baby (I'll tell you all about that later) so I tried to be still as long as humanly possible.

I still had no idea the extent of this virtual shower. Apparently Jana, Sasha and Becky got together to plan this surprise baby shower for me and there were sooooo many lovely ladies who participated. They wrote kind words about me and shared advice and stories that will stay with me forever.



They made me laugh and cry. They are actually showering me with gifts and love and it's so overwhelming I could just burst. This baby, this Peanut of ours, is coming into such a wonderful world. He is so completely loved and we are so lucky to have pieces of all of you surrounding us.

All of these lovely ladies have written wonderful posts about welcoming the Peanut but also about how children change your life. They are a very varied and unique group of women. I love them dearly and I just know that when you go visit them, you'll be just as hooked. Go see how witty and wise and talented these women are.

Sugar, Spice and a little bit of Life

Lemonade Makin' Mama

Farmgirl Paints

Stop Her She's Knitting

Mimi Rickets

Crumbs

Rural Revival

Buckeroomama

Thoughts and Whatnots

Cottage Girl

Blondiensc

Flat Creek Farm

Traveling Longhorns

Kitchen with Kids

Come Sit By My Fire

Thank you, my dearest of friends, for all that you have done for me. Thank you also to everyone who commented on their posts, I love your advice and thoughts. I could go on for days about what this meant to me but I don't ever think I could really capture this feeling into words.

I will never, ever forget this. I'm still reeling. I'm floating on cloud 9 and floating is really very hard for a woman this pregnant to do.