Showered with Love

Today was Just Older Sister L's bridal shower.  It was down on the coast, close to where she and soon to be brother in law M will be married.  The day was absolutely perfect (70 and Sunny-a rare sight for the month of March in Maine!) and L seemed to be pleased with her day.  As one of her eight bridesmaids, it was part of my duty to shower her with love (and create her ribbon bouquet that she will carry down the aisle during her rehearsal). 

After the shower all of the immediate family and bridesmaids secretly headed to the lobster pound to surprise L and M with a mixed family gathering.  There have been many times throughout the previous weeks that we thought L might know about the surprise, but even after seeing our cars in the parking lot, she was still unsure of what was happening. Success!  There was a wonderful "two piece band" playing live music which J absolutely loved. He only danced a little but was sure to clap and shout "yayyyy!" after every song!

J was about as good as he gets, I honestly can't remember a single tear.  It was a welcome surprise as he was wide awake and ready to run starting at 4:30am (he also called his Aunt KeeKee all by himself at 5:55am. She was pleased, I'm sure!) He napped for just over an hour during our two hour drive to the shower and instead of crashing on the way home as I thought he would, he talked mine and Grandma's ears off!  We sang songs, got him saying any word we wanted him to (including "Grandma") and got through half the alphabet and letter sounds.  And how could I forget the yelling of "ya ya ya ya ya ya!" for a straight seven minutes? (Yes, I watched the clock until it ended!) Better than screaming and throwing a tantrum though!  As soon as we got back to Mom's house he took of running and playing with his Pepere!  He was as wired as an (almost) two year old gets!  The sip of iced tea Pepere secretly gave him probaby didn't help the matter.  As soon as I wrestled him into his pajamas though, he was ready to give kisses and head to bed.

All in all it was a beautiful day with family and friends celebrating the soon to be marriage of just older sister L!

Peak: J's behavior and getting to see so much of my family all in one place.

Pitt: Grandma's car doesn't have cruise control. After a busy day on heels, the last thing I want to do is press a gas pedal for 2 hours on a boring highway.

Andre Update: I officially have the sweetest husband in the world. He called from his military cell phone while I was on my way to the shower. He said he just needed to call real fast because he was really missing us and wanted to tell us he loved us.  I love you, A!  Always missing you, it was so good to hear your voice.