Traci is married to Luke who leads our worship team at CCC & is the daughter in law of Pastor Gregg & his wife, Heidi. Luke & Traci love the Lord & are overjoyed to be just around the corner from welcoming sweet Piper Marie into their life. I have no doubt that these two will make excellent parents : )
Here is the shower....in photos...
The entry table
Traci, the beautiful mother to be & the baby bump, aka Piper
We had monthly pictures of that growing bump displayed for all to see.
Amanda Sands, the cupcake connoisseur provided the cutest cupcakes I had ever seen!
Ileana coordinated all the food & did LOTS of preparing for the feast of yumminess
We asked each guest to take a moment & fill out a "Prayers for Piper"card. I am sure Traci & Luke had a great time reading through them & we hope Piper will enjoy them for years to come.
Here is Traci with Heidi, one of the Grandma's to be. This woman has been stocking up on baby clothes from the Celebration Garage Sale for quite some time. She was prepared for quadruplets ; ) Heidi is incredible with children & she has used her gifting to teach for many years. She & Gregg raised three amazing children that have grown into adults who love the Lord & are serving Him in unique ways. Piper is blessed to be welcomed into this family who will provide her with the opportunity to experience the love of Christ through his people.
Here is Traci with her mom Tami & her sister Tara who is expecting a little girl early next year. What a beautiful trio of ladies, I can only imagine how pretty the granddaughters will be! Tami & Tara came down for the weekend from Minnesota. We wish they lived here : ) 
As we prepared for gift opening, Leah, Traci's sister in law read a blessing for Piper that she wrote. It brought me to tears : ) I wish I could have snapped a picture of it so you could read some of the sweet words that this Auntie wrote for her little niece.
Traci with the massive pile of gifts to be opened.
We played a lovely game of Baby Bingo where each person could choose from the list what they wanted on their personal bingo board. Tasty jelly bellies were passed out to be used as markers & full attention was on the gifts being opened to see who could BINGO first.
I had the pleasure of sitting next to precious Hannah who worked so hard to fill out her board with her adorable hand writing : ) Turned out her mommy won the gift for the first bingo so they could enjoy it together.
There were all sorts of gifts from paci's to walkers, outfits to blankies, bowls to nursing covers, lots of books & an unexpected and well received gift pictured below. Traci & Luke are big Vikings fans & cannot wait to get Piper all suited up for next football season!
One of the lovely outfits complete with a hat from Heidi & Gregg
Here is Traci with the hostesses. Jenny, Ileana, Me, Cathy & Leah. Everything went so smoothly with this crew, we should go into business ; ) Thanks to Jenny for being the ring leader!
They are now just days to a couple weeks away from the birth of Piper Marie! We continue to join them in prayer for peace in their home in the coming weeks, a safe labor & delivery for Traci & Piper, increased trust in the Lord as they enter a new stage of life & MUCH joy & excitement as they go from a family of two to three! Thank you Traci for letting us spoil you! It was really fun : ) We can't wait to meet Piper!
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