After Johnny and Holly left, my mom stayed on through the end of the week. Her most important accomplishment during this time was to keep me exceedingly well fed with her delicious cooking—not a small feat! Having a full belly definitely helped me sleep better and just feel better overall. Mom was also able to finish up a cross-stitch project to decorate the nursery with (I'll post pictures when we get around to hanging it), and on Wednesday she helped me celebrate the big 3-2 (thanks for sharing her on our birthday, Dad!).
At the tail end of Mom's visit, we attended my first baby shower, which was hosted by a group of my wonderful college friends: (left to right) Amy, Lisa, Becky, Andrea, and Kristen. The girls did an absolutely fantastic job, preparing a lovely spread, coming up with non-cheesy shower activities (thanks, guys!), playing Beatles lullabies, and even finding decorations with four baby faces on them! (The cake replicated the design; isn't it so cute?)
I can't tell you how blessed I felt by the girls' hard work and attention to detail (everything was perfect!), as well as by all the friends from different parts of my life who came together to celebrate the upcoming arrival of these four babies. All of your love and support, plus my family's visit during the past week, mean the world to us. Ted and I truly couldn't do this without you guys!THANK YOU!!
Woah, crib city!
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Yeah, before I knew who's picture this was I thought it was someone's visit to an orphanage. Then I realized it was just another day in the Thompson house. I can't wait to see it with the babies in it! Do you think you'll have to put them all in the same one at first to help with separation anxiety from each other?
ReplyDeleteHA! I was thinking it looked like a daycare, myself. :) Yes, we hope to have them sleep two and two for as long as possible. But I wanted to put up all the cribs for two reasons: (1) to see if they all would fit! and (2) in case one of the babies needed to have his/her own crib for some reason (like if they came home with a CPAP machine or something).
ReplyDeleteWow! Four cribs! I bet that was a reality check. ;-) hehe Glad to see they all fit. That way you can still have a guest room for all those volunteers, right? :-) Hope you're feeling good. You look great in that picture from the shower. Are you feeling them move a lot yet?
ReplyDeleteThat looks amazing,great shot of most of those full size cribs. I also thought it was a orphanage nursery it came up on search l thought I would leave a comment. I also work in a dayhome we have 14 baby cribs set up in the space in basement & 7 change tables n foam vinyl change pads.
ReplyDeleteAll our full size baby cribs have inner coilspring Crib Mattresses in them.love to see more pics of each crib n mattress with babies in them as well. Have a fun time with those babies.😊