Showered With Love!

this past saturday was our very first baby shower, and it was so wonderful. the hostesses, Linda, mom and Britt, definitely worked their little booties off because it was perfect! we had several people travel from out of town to be here, and it just means so much to us! Miss B is already so loved and we are incredibly grateful for our wonderful family and friends!
here are some pics from the day:

the beautiful spread

the gift table and cute little spot for everyone to write Blakely some well wishes

the parting gift was little mason jars filled with grapefruit-scented shower gel. The lid reads, "from our shower to yours!"

i had the most handsome helper while opening the gifts

 
check out all of her loot! like Aunt Amy said, it looked like a baby boutique in there.

the hottest grandmas around

my fabulous hostesses

all of the Alston girls 

Ryan even came and loaded up all of the goodies (and picked out a few of his favorite items)

the invitation asked everyone to bring a book instead of a card to help fill Blakely's bookshelf, and it was amazing! she received so many wonderful books. i actually went home that night and read nearly half of them to her so she becomes familiar :)

she received several adorable blankets customized just for her

here is a shot of almost everything after we unloaded the car. i'm not too sure where to put it all... i may need to talk Ryan into getting a bigger house