Today has had a lot of unexpected hiccups in it.  But before going to bed I want to blog briefly about how special it was to share today in our A2 group celebration of some people I love so much…. we had a surprise baby shower for Robert and Robert A., fellow missionaries who are expecting their first in just about 2 weeks.  She recently wrote the most blog about their journey through the pain of a miscarriage to this point here.

I can’t wait for their baby to be born!  We don’t know if it will be a boy or girl but I know that he or she will have the chance to grow up with awesome parents!  Here are a few pictures of the fun today.

Our friend Casi made the diaper cake (above!)- LOVE IT!  That is one kind of cake I haven’t tried to make yet….a whole lot less fattening, for sure.   The ducky-themed bath cake was a bit more fattening, but a lot of fun to make.  I loved using fondant for the water faucets and the 3D bubbles.

Robert trying on the nursing smock… nice!

I wish we had taken a picture of the rest of the group there!  As we celebrated, ate, laughed, and prayed together, I was reminded of a year and a half ago when our group of women had been together and Roberta shared about their recent miscarriage.  We all wept – there were no words.  Today, as we laughed about the names that Robert has vetoed so far or Roberta’s impression that babies poop just once every couple of days :), I was almost unable to speak as I was overcome with thankfulness to God for His sweetness in bringing us through the challenges of life and leading us back into times of joy.  Love you, R & R!