Today we celebrated a baby shower for a mom in our homeschool group.  Her baby was born at 32 weeks and weighed 4 pounds at birth.  He is a fighter and getting stronger each day.  He is still in the NICU so he couldn't be with us for our celebration, but so many friends and family continue to pray for T's miracle baby and the sooner he reaches all the necessary milestones he will be able to join his 3 older brothers and big sister at home.

A mom in our homeschool group organized the shower and she thought instead of having the sweet cake as the centerpiece she would carve this creative baby out of fruit that we saw on the internet.  A.R. did a fantastic job!  It's adorable isn't?


Just a few days before the shower I found this idea on a blog that featured a wonderful religious gift idea.  As the post suggested, we asked each guest to bring in a holy card/prayer/scripture verse and while our guest of honor was unwrapping her gifts, I assembled the collective cards and prayers into a frame.  We then presented the collage and frame to T.  She really liked it and she said she was going to display it in her son's hospital room.  We hope that each time she reflects on this, she will be reminded of the love, thoughts, and prayers that so many continue to offer up for her baby and family.