Surprise!!!

Wow, what a morning!  We woke up, ate breakfast and got ready to go to the Feria (the local farmer's market by our house).  A normal Saturday morning for us.  We finished our shopping at the Feria and heading back home.  Cohen opened the garage door for us to go in and we noticed that our front door was wide open and Rosa's shoes were outside.  Rosa always takes off her shoes before coming into our house, but why was she here on a Saturday???  She was supposed to be picking up some boxes (for packing) for us so maybe she just decided to go ahead a drop them off at our house. 

 

Samuel walks up to the doorway and says, "There is a bunch of people in our house!"  At just about the same moment I stepped into the doorway and saw a room full of ladies sitting in our living room and they all shouted, "Surprise!!!!!"  I think I backed up a few steps out of shock at this moment :-)  The first thing that crossed my mind was that this was a surprise for Cohen since his birthday was just the day before.  It didn't even really dawn on me that the party couldn't be for him since the room was full of ladies, but that is just what I defaulted to :-)  I looked at Cohen as to say, what is this, and he said, "It's a baby shower."  No way, a baby shower for me!  I could hardly believe it.  A baby shower had not even entered my mind.

 

What a blessing this party was for me (after I got over the shock of course)!  As it turns out, Rosa had been talking to Cohen for about a month trying to plan a shower for me.  How so very sweet of them!!  Not only that, but our friend Mishelle had a big part in it too.  And, many of the ladies brought yummy food for us to eat.  It was truly a blessing being surrounded by many of the great friends that the Lord has put in my life this past year!

 

Of course, we played some games too.  My favorite was the one with the chocolate melted in the diapers.  Yes, you read that right :-)  Diane had four different diapers with four different kinds of chocolate melted and smashed in them.  The object of the game was to pass around the diapers, smelling each one and trying to figure out what kid of chocolate was in them.  I wish you could have seen us playing this game.  And some of us were even smelling the chocolate and saying, "Mmmmm, que rico!"  Which means, how delicious :-)  We had a great time being silly and sniffing diapers.

 

Also, a very special part of the party was when Cohen and Rosa prayed for me and Nathanael.  And, each lady at the party wrote a special prayer for us on separate little cards that I can put in Nathanael's baby book.  These things were very touching to me and will always be remembered.

 

Wow, what a blessing!  Thank you Cohen, Rosa, Mishelle, Diane, Glynis, Christy, Marge, Gabi, Esther, and Clara.  You gave me memories that I will remember for a lifetime.  I love all of you very much!  Thank you for giving me such a special day!  And thank you Father most of all for all these great people you have blessed me with!

 

What a great day :-)