CATE'S BABY SHOWER

Today's blog post is a very special one......for a very special friend!

I remember the exact moment that this Virtual Baby Shower for our Australian blog friend, CATE was conceived (so to speak!). 

DEB TURTLE, CARRIE, KAREN, DENISE and myself were sitting around DEBS14's dining table (happy days!!), talking about the various blogs we visited and the friends we had made online. Deb Turtle mentioned Cate, and how baby number 5 was on her way and how nice it would be to throw her a Baby Shower ....totally impossible as she lives in Australia, we thought...but as we talked it through, we realised that we COULD do something...and a Virtual Baby Shower was born!! We decided to make pages for an 8x8 album, which would be sent to Cate...our reckoning was that she just MIGHT be lacking in time to do much scrapping, but we wanted her to be able to record those first precious moments/days/weeks in the life of her new bundle.

When I thought of the kind of papers I wanted to use for the pages for Cate's baby album, I remembered the beautiful collection that DEBS14 had put together for us that day at her house......

.......and I knew there were some perfect papers and embellishments there - and it all just seemed so right...full circle as it were!

And these are the layouts which are on their way to DEB TURTLE...and will then make their way to Cate:

Now, there's no way I'm going to offer advice on looking after babies to Cate...after five babies, that really WOULD be teaching your grandmother to suck eggs....but I thought I would share this poem by DOROTHY LAW NOLTE, which has always been a favourite of mine:

If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn. 

If children live with hostility, they learn to fight. 

If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive. 

If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves. 

If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy. 

If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy. 

If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty. 

If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence. 

If children live with tolerance, they learn patience. 

If children live with praise, they learn appreciation. 

If children live with acceptance, they learn to love. 

If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves. 

If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal. 

If children live with sharing, they learn generosity. 

If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness. 

If children live with fairness, they learn justice. 

If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect. 

If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about 

them. 

If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live. 

I really do wish we could all have got together for your shower, Cate...but hope you have enjoyed the virtual one.

Thanks, Deb for co-ordinating this lovely event!

Thanks for dropping by!

Take care of you

Alison xx