A Heavenly Shower

My beautiful sister-in-law Heavenly is expecting her first child in August!  We are all so happy for her and wanted to show her some love by throwing her a baby shower!  Heavenly is carrying a little baby girl who will become the 12th grandchild in Damien's family!  We are all looking forward to meeting her in August!

Heavenly just came back from London, England where she had been getting her Masters.  We are all so happy she is back and love seeing her and her ever growing belly! 

The theme we chose for her shower was An English Tea Party.  I actually have to give all the credit for the theme to Lani.  It was a good one!  The shower was going to be hosted at Marlene's house which has the perfect yard for an outdoor tea.  On the invitation it said hats encouraged so it was fun to shop for the girls and find them a cute hat and dress to wear! 

Heavenly looked beautiful.  Pregnancy certainly suits her well!  She was so gracious and you could tell she felt so blessed by the love that embraced her.  Between the sister-in-laws and Marlene, we split up the duties of the shower so no one had to do too much!  We had tea sandwiches, salad, pastries, lemonade, and hot tea.  It was such a nice shower. 

Everyone sat in the warm sunshine, shaded by their hats, and watched Heavenly as she opened gifts from everyone.  It was really wonderful!  My favorite part was her speech to all those in attendance.  She thanked everyone for their support and let us all know how much we mean to her.  We love you Heavenly!!!

Claire and Emily had such a wonderful time today.  Both Emily and Claire were a huge help with the set up.  They loved setting out the plates, saucers, cups, spoons, napkins and favors.  At the shower, Claire tried her darndest to win the game where you try to hear people say the word baby and then steal their little pin.  Although it was a valiant effort- she came in second. No bitterness there (please, sense my sarcasm).

We are so happy for Auntie Heavenly, or Henrietta, as Claire calls her.  We know what a wonderfully strong, beautiful, and amazing Mom she will be to her little girl.  August can't come soon enough!