It was a "Rosie Day"!

Today was a baby shower for Rosie that was given by my dear friend Nita and a lot of the "China Moms" and a few other special friends. It was absolutely the sweetest shower. The theme was just darling and was all throughout the house, and even outside, too! I cried the minute they opened the door to let us in. There was so much love and time and energy that went into this day. I can hardly express my gratitude for everything. There were homemade pink butter mints in the shapes of baby bottles, booties and hearts. There were "pacifiers" that were made out of Lifesavers and a pink jelly bean. There was the cutest, most delicious cake to welcome sweet Rosie. There were balloons and flowers and teddy bears. And our own personalized bottled water!

There was a yummy lunch of sandwiches, fruit and veggies..........I could go on and on. It was just so much fun. I let Tia stay home from school to go with me and she really enjoyed it, too. She had one other friend there, so they had a good time playing and also helping with the gifts and games. We played the "guess the poo" in the diaper (which was actually melted candy bars) and that created a lot of laughs! We played a couple other fun games, too. Everyone was so generous with the nicest gifts. I am just so touched. In April it was exactly 6 years since we started paperwork for this sweet girl, so it's still pretty surreal that all of this is even happening. It's been a real rollercoaster, but we are getting closer to getting her home and finally being a family of 4. We are still waiting for travel dates, but are hoping to maybe have them this week. That will be a fun post! :-))
So, to all of you there today...................thank you, thank you, thank you. I am so grateful for all of the friendships and love that was shared. I am one blessed and grateful girl! Enjoy the pics!