there shall be showers of blessings...

 I have amazing friends.  Seriously I do.  You'll agree with me when you look at these photos.  There was a shower for little Tate and I tonight.  It was so fun, many of my favorite ladies from church attended, and showered me with lots of gifts.  I can't wait for Tate's little hands to play with the toys, his eyes to see the picture books, and his cute little feet to where the socks and shoes.  So exciting!  There were lots of thoughtful Ethiopian "touches."  It was an educational experience as well as precious.  I will hold it in my heart for years to come, thank you ladies.  You know who you are.

A precious cake made for the shower!

Here I am looking like an excited mommy!

Little baby Tate sleeping on the cake!

Ethiopian cultural touches added so much to the shower!  Educational too.

I made a slideshow of our 1st trip as well, everyone really enjoyed it!

Sharing a bit of the journey with everyone, I updated everyone on 

where we are at in the process.

My AMAZING friend Tiffany opening up the time together.

We were spoiled.

The colors of the Ethiopian flag.  The whole thing was themed this way!

Opening a cute and cuddly gift!

The centerpieces on the tables.  Their were coffee beans (Ethiopia is it's birthplace) 

and Kolo an Ethiopian Snack.

A little book of encouragement and prayers written by women at the shower.

Minuet still THINKS she is in charge around here.

A close up of some of the gifts.

We got so many useful things!

Can't wait for Tate to get his little hands on those toys!

Those little bean bags have the colors written in Amharic!  I love them!!

A sweet woman crocheted a baby blanket, such nice things!

Clothes galore!

LOVED these shoes.  Can't wait till' his feet are big enough!