Thursday, June 5, 2008

B is for Beautiful and Belly and Baby and Boy...

i'm homesick. i was this close... this close to packing up our new wheels and my sleepy boy and driving through the night over the mountains. a*love had to talk me out of my irrational wild thoughts.
right now in my mama's house are bouquets of daisies, bright green balloons, beautifully wrapped baby goodies and one sleepy mama-to-be. in the morning will be trays of tasty sandwiches, a gigantic cake, and swarms of lovely ladies waiting to celebrate this upcoming mamahood of hers.
my heart aches to miss out on such an occasion. my baby sister. great with child.
i wish to go on an evening walk with her tonight and talk of birth and baby boys and bravery. i wish to give her a warm foot bath and pretty pink pedicure. i wish to wash her hair and braid it into two little girl braids. i wish to go through her piles of wee clothes and imagine what he'll look/smell/sound like. study baby name books and try and trick her into revealing her secret names. feel her belly and wait for boy to kick-kick-kick. i wish to give her a million lindsay & jade gifts of love. whatever she needs them to be.
does anyone know if she will still be my baby sister after this chapter of her adventure is over?
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since the festivities are way over there and i am here my job was to put together a baby-shower-in-a-box. i had so much fun thinking up and planning these treasures.

{the invitations}
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{the envelope seal}
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{the see-d party favors}
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{the "b is for baby" garland}
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a celebration will be had in the morning and i am here but my heart is so there.

love, lin

14 comments:

  1. Where did you find those kraft envelopes? the invitations were so cute.

    Sorry you can't be there...I'm sure that's hard on you.

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  2. kraft envelopes from roberts craft in youuuu-tah. special order. see-d envelopes made by me out of krafty paper. aren't they cuuuute!
    love, lin

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  3. She'll always be your baby sister. Then she'll go and do something annoying later, like teach you something instead of the other way around. And you'll find that you respect her as a person instead of feeling like she is your little pet sister. And your heart will ache for her to still look up to you but you realize she doesn't need to anymore. Great and sad and beautiful and scary all at once.

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  4. So hard to be so far away. I'm thinking that baby shower in a box by YOU, was a great way to be there...even though you weren't.

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  5. I'm sorry you can't be there Lin. It's hard to live far from family. All those little things that you miss.

    Your stuff is absolutely perfect, as usual. I love the invitation and the seal, just the whole thing!

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  6. Lindsay i Loved everything! I wish you could have been there! Thanks for being my best friend. ALLLLLLLWAYS. I think we are the most alike.

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  7. I love baby showers in a box. We've done them for my sisters in law, and they are a great way to "be there" even if we can't be there. You did a beautiful job.

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  8. Linds,

    Those are the cutest shower things ever. You are so so so talented. So sorry that you couldn't be there, but you put your own special crafty stamp on the event...so in a sense...you WERE there.

    Love you.

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  9. So very talented! I'm so happy I got to see it all before it made it's journey to Utah.

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  10. You guys really should all live in the same state, maybe just because of the price of gas and no other reason, well there are a few other reasons. It's fun to see your sisterly fun. I'm not mr. furious
    Amelia

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  11. So I am loving all of it, you did such a great job!
    When I have a baby or another special event I'm going to need to hit you up!

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  12. I miss my little sis too. I love Portland but sometimes the homesickness is so overwhelming! I can't image how hard it will be when she is pregnant. Hang in there! Oh and she will always be your "baby sister."

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  13. i went it was lovely.
    i loved it all.

    i still have the bracelet on too!

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