I am just going to start by saying I have really amazing friends (and my sister:). We moved to Hawaii when I was 24 weeks pregnant. We were in the hotel for 2 weeks before moving into our house and then the moving in took a bit of time. Regardless of how pregnant I was/am, it takes time to meet people and make new friends in a new place. Too long to make friends who want to throw you a baby shower, not that I really needed one anyhow. Baby 3 and another boy means we can use all the same old stuff. We did decide to cloth diaper, so I have bought some things for him in the diaper department. I also bought him some things that will be just his own, like an adorable swim shirt and swimsuit that I found on sale. I am not sure Jackson and Max ever made it into a pool when they were as young as this baby will be his first time at the beach:)
Anyhow, I was not too overly sad about not having a party for this baby, except maybe in the mourning of showers in general. I have lived away from most of my family and friends when each of the first two boys were born, so I never got to celebrate their up and coming lives with those I love from my family and friends in Michigan. They all spoiled us immensely from a distance, but I am sure having an actual "baby shower" with them in person would have been something I would have enjoyed.
Baby 3 really does not need much. I bought him a few things, just so he would have a few things bought specially for him. The first two had that, and I felt he should too:) Despite our not needing much, a special group of friends came together to let us know we are loved. I now have friends in a number of states and more than a few in another country. Apparently, one of them had an idea to do a long distance shower, with my friend Sonia (who also came from the Azores) being the point person here in Hawaii.
They facebooked and emailed and got money together. They got me way more than the baby, lol! They are treating me to some kind of service at a spa, before or after baby... I will probably want a massage and I need this belly out of the way, so I will be waiting on that. And then they got me all kinds of new clothes and nursing stuff for after the baby is here, which is just so nice. I think it would have been harder to put together without Sonia, who did a fabulous job of shopping for me. Some of these awesome friends also sent videos of themselves with personal messages for baby and me (and the boys too).
Sonia had asked me about going out to dinner for a girls' night before the baby gets here, something I was not at all suspicious about because it is something we might just get together and do. So, the night we planned to go out, Sonia enters the house with all these bags in hand and her Iphone held up in front of her pointed at me. Took me a minute to realize something more than dinner out was going on. She videoed my reaction to realizing they had been up to something. We watched the videos that friends sent and then headed out to dinner, which they also took care of.
We came back to open gifts, which was fun, because, well, presents are fun right? We joked about how we don't understand how Targets in Hawaii stock winter stuff, even though barely goes below 80 degrees in the daytime here. Even people who live here have to shop for summer clothes only in the summer, at least if they are shopping at Target.
This was dessert at the restaurant, Paradise Pie. Oreo cookie crust Kona ice cream pie with whipped cream and hot fudge. OMGoodness. I would go back to the restaurant just for this pie, but the food was amazing too.
Presents from the girls
Watching one of the videos... Can you tell my nose is a little red from the tears that kept welling up? These girls are so good to me and I miss each one of them so much.
Not sure how quality this will be, but this is a video I made to say thank you to the friends who contributed to this special night and all the gifts. You all rock!! Thank you for being such a special part of my life and for loving me and this baby!!
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