Showered with LOVE

Our family and friends poured into Greensboro at the beginning of February for our Baby Shower weekend! We had family dinner at my grandfather's on Friday night and received one of our big ticket registry items...our stroller! I can honestly say that we put more research into this piece of equipment than I think either of us put into our college choices, car purchases or home buying. I must have folded and unfolded, pushed and picked up DOZENS of strollers and car seats....all on top of endless hours of research. There are so many great choices out there, but at the end of the day we felt this little baby would be the best fit for our family. 

THANK YOU Papa and Corky....we know our little nugget will LOVE his Orbit stroller!

After a wonderful Friday night dinner to kickstart the weekend, we picked up friends from the airport and called it a night in preparation for the eventful Saturday ahead. My bests from Florida hadn't seen me in person since October/November, so needless to say they were pretty shocked to see a whole new body (BELLY) greeting them at the airport that night!

We woke up Saturday morning to the smells of monkey bread and breakfast casserole. :) Then our housefull of guests got Baby Shower ready and headed out to celebrate.

The whole Boynton crew made a special appearance....these were some of my favorite books and characters from when I was a kid!

And these were the gifts in place...BEFORE the guests started to arrive! I can definitely say that we are ALL SET and ready for this baby when it comes to STUFF. We are so lucky to have such supportive and generous friends and family...they took care of our entire registry! It took several car loads to get things home and now our dining room is filled from top to bottom. At some point, we're going to have to find a place for it all. :)

Tyler's family came in town from Florida and NYC and some of my family came in from Atlanta and Philly. And my wonderful girlfriends made the trip from Charlotte and even from Florida for the weekend as well. It was so wonderful to be surrounded by so many loved ones!!

Here is a fun picture with some of my favs...and you can also follow this link to see (and POST if you had a camera) some other great shots from the shower: http://babykey.snapfish.com/snapfish

After a great afternoon, we had a delicious Italian dinner back at the house. Tyler and I are so grateful for everything surrounding this new member of our family. We really can't wait to meet him!