Celebrating Jenny & Baby Karis

Today was a wonderful day! We were blessed with the opportunity to celebrate the upcoming arrival of my first niece, Karis Ann Valentine. She is expected to make her debut in about 4 weeks. The beautiful mommy to be pictured below is my sister-in-law Jenny. She is a special woman, a sweet friend, loving wife and soon to be, an excellent mother. I love her so much & am thankful that the Lord chose her to be my sister in law.

Aunt Jenny & Aunt Lala

Joy, Traci, Jenny, me & Christine

It has pretty much been craft central at my house over the past month preparing for Charlotte's birthday & then Jenny's shower. Anyone that knows me is well aware of my love for creativity : ) Here are some snippets of craftiness.....

First, a charm.....this is a copy cat act from a shower that was thrown for me. We had 9 different charms tied to various gifts. Each charm had a coordinating card with scripture and a prayer. As Jenny opened gifts, she would announce what the charm was & then the guest with the matching card would read it aloud. It turned out very sweet. One thing I loved when it was done for me was hearing Charlotte's name spoken in prayer by others & recognizing some key things to be praying for her little life. It was special to share these same things with Jenny & Karis.

the train charm

the coordinating card

So, I am kind of hooked on the banner making, Baby Karis now has one to put in her special box : )

my rendition of a diaper cupcake

the outfit I made for sweet Karis

Oh how I wish I could take credit for this absolutely adorable cake! Joy, my friend that made Charlotte's birthday cake....who always goes above & beyond made this one. I love the heart on the belly. Nice work, as usual Joy!

It was a sweet day in every way... & yes I wanted that to rhyme. I love you Jenny & cannot wait to meet my precious little niece. It was a privilege to celebrate with you today : )