Showers and Nursery Glimpse

I have the greatest friends out here. All the teachers at work did my very first shower for me and it was a blast. I am so bummed that I didn't take any pictures till the very end and most of the gals had already left. The food was awesome, great games, and while I opened gifts.....get this....they massaged me for 5 minutes each!! So I got like a 45 minutes massage! Can you believe that? I was feeling so guilty but it was heaven! I can't believe how kind and generous people are, I got the neatest gifts. We were just sitting there chatting after I had opened everything up and they wheeled out a stroller and car seat combo. I couldn't believe it, I started balling! I was just so in shock that they would do something like that. Scott and I had just talked about budgeting the night before and I was stressing about a stroller/car seat. It is a huge blessing and I am so grateful for it. They are the best. My dearest, bestest friends out here threw me the greatest shower. I'm telling ya, they are just the best. The food was marvelous and I am so sad I don't have pictures of it all because it was a sight to see! Beautiful huge salads, fresh fruit, fondue, delicious punch with all these fresh berries inside, amazing desserts, you name it. It was amazing. We played the funnest games and they had one where they typed up my name "Teddy Jane Cannon" and "Dennis Scott Elder" and they had to see how many girls names they could come up with out of those letters. AMAZING I'm telling you! There were 100's! No lie! It was a kick in the pants. A few of the girls pitched in for a Baby Bjorn which I'm totally psyched about. Love these gals.My dearest friend Ali made me this cake out of diapers, bottles, bibs, socks, bath toys, onesies, you name it. It was amazing and I can't bear to take it apart yet. Last month I was going through some major withdrawls from my mom. I think Scott felt like he was married to some emotional crazy woman because I cried to him quite a bit about missing my mom. I begged her to come out and visit and begged...and begged.....and begged...and it worked! She came out and we had the best time together. She got me whipped into shape and we got all the nursery set up and organized, bought a dresser for all the baby's clothes, and the closet all organized. We totally owned Home Depot, Target, you name it. We got a TON done together and it was great because it's one of those thing where I didn't even know where to start. But we are set. Drawers are all assigned and all her little dressers are hanging up. We are so on top of it! Here is just a glimpse of the nursery. Not done yet but you can get an idea, and sorry it's so dark.
Isn't that rug adorable? I LOVE it, it was the greatest find. It's just what the hard wood floor needed to cheer it up. Still need to hang things on the wall and add a few more things but it's so fun to walk in there. I go in there all the time and just look through her clothes and look at all her stuff. It's so much fun! When is she coming??!!