Best Surprise Shower Ever!!!

Okay, so I've been meaning to post about this and just haven't had the time to devote to it. You'll notice that the last few posts are very poorly written (what? You didn't? You mean I write all my posts like that? Hmmm) and contain very few pictures (this part is DEFINITELY true). But I have to take the time to tell you all about my A-MAZE-ING surprise baby shower that some friends of mine threw for me!!! It was INCREDIBLE! Just how incredible was it, you ask? Well, let's just say it was "SUPER" incredible. Ha ha, you'll understand my hilarity in a moment. ;) So here's the story:

A few weeks ago my friend, Jenny, sends me a text that says "I want to go to lunch with you! No Babies!" This text came on a day when I was completely frazzled, we had just finished tiling the majority of the Master Bathroom, Sophia had been her little devilish angelic self all day, and I had mounds and mounds of dishes, laundry, and randomness covering my house, so of course I jumped at the opportunity! I told Jon that because I helped with the tiling when I really probably shouldn't have (as it left me unable to walk by the end of each day) that he owed me 1 afternoon of no kids to enjoy lunch with my friend. After telling me all about his study schedule and how much stuff he has to do for school all the time, he finally says yes (not that I gave him much of an option). So the date was set, and I was SO excited to get away from everything for an hour or two (shoot, I was even thinking of sabotaging the whole thing and eating a bite an hour to make it last longer!) The night before the lunch date, Jenny texts me and says when she'll pick me up and that she'll be taking me to a hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant with some amazing bean dip. Mmmm....bean dip... Oh, and that another friend might be coming as well, but that she hadn't said for sure. At this point I'm so excited I'm thinking I'll go all out and even straighten my hair for it! But then I got tired...so I settled for going to bed "early" instead.

The next morning I hurry and get Sophie fed and dressed, get myself showered and dressed, take my time putting on my makeup (hey, this is the most excitement I've had in a long time!) and give Jon his instructions for watching Sophie while he rolls his eyes at me and teases me about getting so excited over lunch. When Jenny comes we hop in the truck and go to our friend Emily's house to drag her away from her children and her computer and force her to come relax with us. So we get to the front door and Jenny walks right in (they have that relationship, so I don't think anything of it) and I see a bunch of red and blue and yellow streamers and balloons and think "Oh, maybe it's Cohen's birthday?" (Emily's son). Of course then I see all the people there yelling "SURPRISE!!!" at me, and it still takes me a minute to get it! I'm looking around thinking "Oh crap, I just crashed a surprise party!" when I finally realize it's for me and make the dumb mistake of even asking "For me?" out loud because I was simply confused.

After they all laughed at me for a minutes (which I would have done as well!), we all go in to THE FEAST!

Holy crap!!! Have you ever seen this type of a spread at a BABY SHOWER before???? It was incredible! (Especially since I was expecting to go out to lunch, so I was STARVING!) :) And then I saw the part that just about put me over the edge (I was already on the verge of a pregnancy meltdown of tears and uncontrollable sobs because I was so happy, and this almost did it!)

Um....CUTEST STINKING THINGS EVER????????? I seriously almost died when I saw these! Captain America, Superman, Batman, Spiderman, and Wolverine onsies!!! And then Jenny showed me all of the other things I had missed during my period of shock. If you'll notice 2 pictures up there is a framed picture? Well here's a bigger version of it:

A Batman/Bruce Wayne picture!!! LOVE! And then there was...

The Superhero alphabet! There was also a bib that they had made that said "These Fools Put My Cape On Backwards!" Ha ha, they know me too well. :)

So we ate some food, played some games (we got to shoot the Joker in the face with a Nerf Gun!)

(Why yes, I do realize just how sexy I look in this picture! LOL!) We opened some presents (LOTS more superhero stuff!!!)

And of course, a lot of me making weird faces. (Have I mentioned how much I miss having a chin? At least with a chin I could pull off the weird faces! LOL!)

And what's this? What could Mindy possibly be so shocked/embarrassed by?

Oh it must be good - she's pretty embarrassed!

It was quite possibly the funniest part of the whole day! They had been writing down things that I said while opening presents that supposedly were "Things I said on the night my baby was conceived". I. Almost. DIED! LOL! So without further ado, here is the list:

 Yeah...you can see why I looked so funny in those last few pictures! Ha ha!

Basically, I had the best shower I could have possibly imagined thanks to the wonderful friends I've been lucky to have since moving down here to AZ. They had been planning this for 2 months, and were up until 2AM the night before just decorating! I am one lucky girl to have friends like this, that's for sure! Thanks again Emily and Jenny and everyone who came to surprise me! You're the best!

 Now we just have to wait for the Ninja to make his arrival so I can play with all of his fun new things!!! :)