Three showers and three weeks to go!

The Hawkins family had a VERY busy "Valentine's" week and I want to blog these photos before time runs out... First of all, I was treated to 3 "showers", and ALL THIS WEEK.

First, some girls from church set up an adorable brunch at a little restaurant in town on Sunday and treated me to 2 1/2 hours of dining on french toast with strawberries, cheesecake, and all the labor and delivery / baby talk a girl could ask for. It was very sweet and girl time is JUST what I needed. Our friends Mark and Lauren Snodgrass happened to be in for the weekend and Lauren and baby Paul were able to join us while all of our husbands played a round of golf...poor things...they couldn't find anything else to do? Then secondly, the ladies from the church hosted a wonderful shower for baby Noah and Matt and I, at which we received SO many wonderful things that we needed...and then the very next night, the teens joined us in celebrating with another "shower"--of course this one included teenager games like eating/feeding a partner pudding with a blindfold and Matt and I hanging up laundry while holding a baby doll and talking on the phone, (see Matt, photo, and note--baby, upside down...). We feel very blessed and thankful for such a wonderful church family... but I must say that after all of these parties, Matthew and I needed a weekend away.

So...we took off to Orlando Friday night and celebrated what may be our last date night out together before the baby. Dinner at Macaroni Grill, sleeping in, and shopping the next morning was a treat, a perfect Valentine's day with my sweetheart.