My mom went above and beyond with the shower she planned for me; I feel so incredibly blessed to have such a wonderful mother... She invited my friends who I hadn't seen in way too long, and had it at a restaurant and we ended up having the whole place to ourselves, and even though the remnants of Tropical Storm Hanna were outside, we had the doors open, and it was just absolutely gorgeous. In attendance were my mom, Aunt Judy, Aunt Lorraine, Aunt Betty Ann, Aunt Mary Ann (she came all the way from North Carolina!), Rae (Aunt Lorraine's friend from work and one of the sweetest people I've ever known), Rose (my mom's friend from work, and again, a complete sweetheart, Kathy (Aunt Betty Ann's sister, ditto on the sweetness), my awesome cousin, Amanda, and then my friends Liz, Christine, and Emme. Everything was so beautiful. I wish I'd taken more pictures. All the ones I have are taken by Christine while I opened gifts; thank goodness for her, or I'd have none!

I'm going to post more; my mom has some I'd like to include, and I'll get more acceptable ones of me opening gifts (there are a lot with me having weird expressions on my face).

And all the stuff (minus the handmade goodies and the big things; they deserve their own posts at a later date) spread out on the floor of our living room:

Thank you for everything!!