Woot Woot!!!

Today is my baby shower, I can't even tell you how long I have been waiting for a 

baby shower that is all mine! My whole life I am sure. For some reason I LOVE baby 

showers (maybe 'cause I love cute little baby things) and have hosted quite a few in my 

lifetime. I feel really blessed that I finally get to have this day after such a long wait, 

it's hard to believe that I'm really at 34 weeks. I remember when my friends booked the 

date for the shower I was thinking "oh gosh that is SOOOOOOO far away" now I can't 

understand where the time went. Nothing in my life has ever gone so fast, yet so slow 

all at once. 

I don't think I am having a typical shower, mainly because I don't have very typical 

friends. 2 of my closest girlfriends are hosting and one of them is an event planner and 

the other is quite an artist. The theme of the shower is Wine and Chocolate and it's 

actually in the evening rather then afternoon. I know it sounds weird to have wine at 

a party where the guest of honor can't drink but my real goal for this event is to have

a party where all my friends get together and enjoy themselves, to me wine seems 

fitting. I will be quite content with cute little baby things and chocolate, besides 

I'm an east coaster, I have drank enough in my life :) 

Speaking of being an east coaster, I am feeling quite homesick as the shower approaches. 

I currently live in Toronto and my family is quite a distance away. I'm no longer able

to fly so I won't be seeing them before the big day. In Nova Scotia I have all my childhood friends, my cousins, my aunts, and mother. I am having a hard time imagining my baby 

shower without them (to me, baby showers are about them). My sisters are also very far 

away, my youngest sister lives in Quebec on a Farm and my middle sister lives in B.C. in 

the country as well. My sisters and I are incredibly close and it breaks my heart to think

of them not being here for this, or even being here to watch my bump grow. I won't have 

a single person at my shower that knew me before 2003 or a single blood relative. 

I know what your thinking "boo hoo, just shut up and be grateful you get to have a baby 

shower" and I think that is good advice, so I will take it. I am SO grateful this day has 

finally come and I am going to cherish it forever. I will take pictures and open gifts and 

finally feel like I am part of this whole pregnancy/parenthood thing. I am going to 

jump in with both feet and enjoy myself and trust that all the gifts and good wishes are 

for this little bean who will safely be here in 4-8 weeks :)