high 5 for insta-friday

im linking up with lauren, jeanette and rachel to share the little things from this past week that makes my heart smile.

ONE: 

last friday, i took the day off work to get ready for mister's shower.  

i spent the entire day cleaning the house, inside and out.  

it was a lot of work but in the end, the house looks great and is ready for company.

TWO:

the shower was a lot of fun.  

we had some great food and our friends and family brought mister some really awesome gifts.

yes, the cake was just as yummy as it is cute!

cake by tara

THREE:

our newish neighbor was asking husband about the shower while he was loading up my mom's car.  

he brought this over later as a congrats to becoming a father gift.  

im looking forward to getting to know all our neighbors better!  

FOUR:

this past wednesday, everyone at work surprised me with a baby shower.  

they did a great job putting it together.  i was totally caught off guard.

courtney, from the funky dot, made a cute metal sign for mister's room.  

she is going to add his name as soon as we release that information :)

FIVE: 

speaking of staches ... ours continues to grow.  

EXTRA CREDIT: 

i will use the extra credit for non-baby related awesomeness.  i know its hard to tell, but i have a lot of things to be thankful for that have nothing to do with mister.  

• number one this week is the weather.  man, its been amazing out lately.  
• the second thing is for friends ... the old and the new.  husband and i are surrounded by such an awesome group of people.  our hope is to expand that sense of community and build on those relationships.  i hope that we can offer half the support we have received these past few months and be able to pay forward the kindness that others have shown us. 

have a great weekend!!!