Trish's blog: Baby Shower

Hetty (Dutchlady1) headed up a super sweet baby shower in celebration of our sixth little farmer due in June. Part one was a monetary gift which anonymous people all pitched in to buy us a tree and whatever we needed for our new little bundle.

Part 2 arrived on Thursday- a sign to go with our tree which was made by Sharon.

I had to make a trip 8 hours east for 4 days, which pushed us behind of what we thought our normally hectic spring schedule would be. All that to say that we haven't bought trees yet!

However, we have decided to go with a set of 3 fig trees. Due to the drought, we are very wary of planting more landscape trees (we've lost our set of 2 front yard trees twice already!), but our orchard is well watered, and things have been surviving out there much better than our house hill top, so we think that's the best survival chances! Plus, it will be super fun to eat the fruits for years and years and remember our sweet ATP family!

Here's our wonderful sign- What a lovely thought, and Sharon did a fantastic job with it!

It is currently proudly on display in our kitchen!

Additionally, Baby will need a new mattress, since Little Man will be taking his with him to his toddler bed. I ordered it last week thanks to you all! I'll be going through my baby clothes to figure out what else I need next week (if all goes well). I think I'm going to need to up my cloth diaper stash, as it's looking a little thin and worn, and I've always wanted to try those snuggle blankets with hopes of a little more sleep this time around! Little Man and Baby were born in totally different seasons, so I won't be able to reuse clothes until they are around 2. Ironically, this has happened with all 4 of my older children as well!

Since our gift wasn't signed by individuals, I can only thank you all as a group. It means so much to us to have our ATP family welcome our children into the world in such a loving and welcoming way. You are all very special to us!

Thank you very much from the bottom of our hearts.

I'll keep you posted!

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