back row: catherine, jo, christine, lara, sarah lyman, emily
middle(ish) row: tara, trish, amanda, sarah mac, smith, lane, jen
front row: kim, holly, courtney, ali, lo, desmond, me, laura, lyla, jessica
photographer: amy
only leslie would plan a surprise baby shower smack-dab in the middle of her wedding weekend! she was smart to get across to the other side of the room before i could smack her. luckily (for her, that is), it took me a minute to understand what was actually happening. my poor little mind was so darn confused! and then i almost burst into tears - thank goodness i was able to push that urge aside, or i would have been a huge mess! there are so many thank you's due here!!
- camp girls, at my baby shower, no way!
- scrippsies, why couldn't i spend more time with you!?
(ps next year at reunion i will be able to drink, so watch out!) - high school friends, at both my bridal and baby shower?! means so much!!
- to the BOB stroller crew - beep beep! thank you!
- to everyone who packed gifts and flew to california with them, thank you for flying with extras!
- for the amazing cupcakes that were ordered!
- to those who made the scrumptious food the night before or brought it with them!
- for the vacant house left in our hands!
- for the darling decor
- to the special meanings and thoughtfulness of the gifts! (e.g., the book i read to amy when i babysat her like 10 years ago, handmade quilt, booklet demonstrating how to use the baby wrap carrier)
- to the coordinators - wow
- and to everyone who came to help celebrate baby larkin - or celebrated from afar- it was amazing!!!
i am still trying to grasp it!!
what a special morning! i won't ever forget this baby shower!
ps i am so super awkward opening gifts in front of groups of people, so you guys really pulled a number on me!
what a special morning! i won't ever forget this baby shower!
ps i am so super awkward opening gifts in front of groups of people, so you guys really pulled a number on me!
laura and baby shay (11 months?)
beverages
food and food coordinators
i believe sarah was cooking a sausage bar
look at lyla (14 months?) across the room from her mom, in a chair, like the ladies - ready to play games!!
lyla borrowing lucy's outfit (sarah was kind enough to bring it out, probably because sarah borrows it sometimes too)
cayuga!
team whs!!
(minus emily who had just left)
scrippsies (minus katherine's photo)
13 comments:
you were so cute.
in the car: do we have to go in to get her? (thinking we were picking up smith)
at the door: looks like they had a party
inside: or it's going on now
*group yells surprise*: oh!
what a wonderful surpirse. for a wonderful mom to be.
that is hilarious jen! i love that she truly had no clue what was going on! pretty amazing considering how many people were in on it! adorable pictures devon. i'm so glad you enjoyed yourself!
i loved your cute reaction when you walked in! so glad we were able to keep it a secret, hehe :)
aw come on! where was i?! :)
those are awesome pictures! and this was an amazing recap! i'm so sad i missed out on it....
and i am SO impressed with how many people were able to be there!!! look at that group photo and the love for baby larkin that is there!!!!!!
i'm gunna start really working on my running skills so i can join you and baby larkin in the bob :) lakefront, here we come!
and as for reunion... you THINK you'll be able to drink... but perhaps you'll be knocked up with number 2... never say never... hahahahahhaha!!!! (evil laugh here)
LOVE YOU!
Really dev, it is not so hard to trick you =) We all know your oblivious ways (but we still love you nonetheless!!)
what an awesome weekend surprise!
you make my house look so pretty!! I'm so glad you had so much fun and you are a darn cute pregnant woman!! so sorry I missed the fun!!
Glad you had fun!
yay! it was so fun seeing you girls!
Devon, it is a costant joy to see how very, very loved you are!
Also, I really want one of those cupcakes.
your FACE! hilarious!!
i took off running to the other side of the room as soon as we got in because i could totally tell a punch was coming. but the entire morning was a heart-pounding, hand-sweating couple of hours. both
-jen AND amy were carrying potentially surprise-ruining props.
-we were aimlessly driving through the streets of santa monica to a unbeknown-to-you locale in santa monica; a neighborhood you are pretty familiar with.
-you had the gall to, at the last minute (in my mind), not stay the night with us downtown which temporarily threw me completely off the tracks.
-you HAD to ask where we were going and ask who smith was living with and...can't remember what else, but i was like, "oh my god, dev, shush!". kept having to remind myself that they were relatively innocuous questions and to play it cool.
much more. should post about it, huh? :)
SO GLAD YOU WERE SURPRISED!!
The large photo of me in the group scares me. I could really go for a cuppy cake right now. Those look amazing!!
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