A Fun Surprise

Last month I received such a fun surprise! A box from my older sister, Alyson, was delivered book rate and it was very heavy. I thought she was her organized self and already sent our Christmas presents. I opened it up and saw a "virtual baby shower" invitation on the top and read it and started to cry. I was so touched to see that all my aunts, sisters, cousins and mom had sent Alyson books so I could start a library for Taylor. Since we all live across the country (NY, London, Chicago, DE, Utah, Michigan, AZ, VA, NC, CA, Boise, did I get them all?!) this was such a clever way she brought all the wonderful women in my family together. And John was in the know as she asked him to make sure he documented the event with pictures to post. Thank you so much!!!


First she gave instructions to decorate with the items she sent. We held the "shower in a box" in the nursery - which was originally a study so the book shelves are already in place for our library collection! Then she instructed us to eat - we loved the dark chocolate covered Jo Jo's (oreos) from Trader Joes - thank you!!!

Then the fun began as we opened all the books. I was so touched - there were so many books, everyone was so generous! And the only duplicate was the all time favorite, The Hungry Catapillar, but one was the full sized book, and one was the small board book for a baby so it was perfect! I have started reading the books, just because they are all such great stories! I wrote in each book who it was from so I can talk about that special person each time we read one of the stories.

Perfect! - I call Taylor "love bug" or "bug" for short all the time!

Taylor fell asleep but here she is with Masie!

A little Asian culture at an early age!

Aunt Eileen loves cows!

Can I say THANK YOU enough?!!?!