she is definitely one lucky little lady!

Saturday, July 18th, was such an AWESOME day!  The Ya-Ya Brigade came out in full force to celebrate Caroline Leigh's arrival.  Aunts Amanda, Brooke & Emily threw her an amazing shower with so many incredible details that it made us all a little weepy.

Aunt Emily's idea of M&Ms with Caroline's name on them was a magical touch that had Mimi in tears!!

So many cute little chocolate treats reading "Sweet Caroline" and "09/03/2009"...

 incredible!

The set up at Aunt Emily's house was beautiful!  The food table was impeccably decorated and there was SO MUCH food, Mommy even got full.  

Aunt Jessica even brought her famous bacon wrapped crackers (and Mommy had to sneak a few extra so that Mimi wouldn't give her a hard time for eating things she shouldn't!).  There were balloons everywhere - even in the bathroom and the girls made sure that PINK was NOT the prominent color! :)  As soon as everyone came in the door, they were supposed to address an envelope to themselves--a very nice thing when Mommy got the thank you notes...made writing them MUCH easier!!!

Everything was so tastefully done (well, of course...the master party-planners were involved) that Paula Deen and Ma

rtha Stewart would be proud...maybe we should consult for them???

Mommy's friends came and brought Caroline some pretty amazing little things...take a look:

           

Miss Jessie showed up and and so did Miss Jamie from Mommy's work.  Jess & AJ came and so did Daddy's friend, Miss Rachel (London's Mommy)!  Great Gram Josephine, Aunt Leigh, Mimi & Nana were there and Miss Julie drove all the way from Macon.  

Aunts Amanda, Brooke, & Emily made everyone taste baby food and it was pretty gross...also, everyone tried to unscramble words (Mommy wasn't very good at that!)  It was all really fun and I think that everyone had a great time (Mommy really did!).

All & all...this shower made Mommy realize one the most important things:  even though her family doesn't live here, she does have family -- Amanda, Brooke & Emily are Mommy's family while Mimi, Leigh & Coach are in Savannah and they are going to help Mommy and love Caroline...which makes Mommy realize once again, how important friends are.  She is so lucky to have wonderful, beautiful friends and can't wait until their little ones arrive so Caroline can show them the ropes!  Thank you three so much.  I love you more than you can ever imagine!