National Help a Pregnant Lady Day

Did you know that March 3rd is National Help a Pregnant Lady Day? What??? You didn't? No way...I mean...this holiday has been around for eons....a week! You see...Amanda has a friend that thought it would be nice to start this holiday....and so Amanda and us other bloggers have decided to declare that March 3rd is unofficially officially National Help a Pregnant Lady Day. I mean...there is a Facebook page for it and everything...yes because if there is a Facebook page for the event, it MUST be a real holiday! Right?! Well, we think it is worth adding to the calendar anyways!

Even though I am the one who created the Facebook page for this event, and have been anticipating it for several days now...I will admit that amongst the hussle and bussle of my day...I forgot until about 3:00 this afternoon! So I promptly got on the phone to find out what my friend Alicia was up to for the evening. At first I was just going to purchase her a certificate for a 1 hour pre-natal massage at the spa. I did do that, but the evening turned into more than just a quick drop-off of a gift. When I found out that she was going to look at a house, I offered to go with her and help out with her 3 year old son Keaton. It was fun to go through the house together, and always good to have a friend handy for an alternate view of the good and bad of a future home. Then I went to her house and hung out for a while and played cars and trains with her little boy. Then we had conversation about baby names, she would like another boy name that starts with "K". But they also like the name Marshall. Anybody have some more name ideas? We then somehow snuck out of the home to go out to dinner. With NO husbands and NO kids! Truly a miracle! It was nice to have some much needed girl time to just chat about life. So glad that I was able to catch her with no plans and spend an evening devoted to our friendship.

Thank you Amanda for creating this amazing, long needed, event! We know pregnancy is a beautiful blessing for God, but can also be an exhausting trying time on mommy's body! To be able to reach out to help a girlfriend who is pregnant is such a special thing! If you didn't get a chance to participate on March 3rd, I am sure your friends would love the unexpected gift of love ANY time ANY day of the week!

Beauty all around!!!

Mudd Lake welcomes Mckmama & Friends!
Everything was decorated in Fall decor. Absolutely b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l!

The leaves on this tree were so perfect they didn't even look real!

The coat rack that I purchased made out of old skiis! If you know my family history, you'll know this is very very special to me!

Three beautiful ladies that I met! Mela Kamin, Chris Ann, & Kelly! I "heart" them!
(PS...please forgive me if I get names wrong! There were approximately 50 people here, and I was there for 6 hours mingling, laughing, smiling!)

These are made out of old tin tiles. Mudd Lake has many different tin tile creations to choose from!

I don't even remember taking this picture!

One of the 3 buildings full of beautiful furniture and decor!

Bob, the owner, of Mudd Lake Furniture Co.

Go here to read his "story".

So kind to open up his shop to all of us ladies, and a few brave husbands.

Mckmama!

Mckmama listened so intently to all of us telling her our stories. A few of us...but definitely not me..ahem...may have been a bit star struck to begin with. However, Mckmama's awesome personality combined with just being real and down to earth...quickly got me...I mean them past that star stricken moment.

Some more beautiful women!

Becky and her beautiful son! There were several "baby wearers" in attendance. I never knew there were so many different types of baby slings out there!

Chris Ann, Becky, Marjorie.

A very brave husband! And cute baby Haakon!

A wonderful warm fire on this beautiful Frozen Tundra evening.

If I ever have a big foyer, I am totally doing this. A table on top of a table with book and picture frames. What an awesome idea!

More mingling and baby wearing.

Bob. Mckmama.

Christy in the turquoise sweater. Also an awesomly beautiful women! With 7 kids! We actually found out we lived in the same town at the same time back in 1997! Crazy right!?

Mckmama & I in our self portrait! Our blue eyes match!

Shannon and her husband. They are an absolutely gorgeous, nice, genuine couple! Can't wait to keep in touch!

Bob served us all brauts, sauer kraut, mini quiches, cheese & cracker, wine, pop...did I leave anything out? All very good! Not just your ordinary brauts & sauer kraut either. Locally and fresh made!
Just to the left of Bob is his interior designer! She does a beautiful job!

we are near the end..sniffle sniffle...NOOO...I don't want it to end.
A little silliness after 6 hours of mingling, hugging, eating, laughing, smiling.

Fun. Beautiful. Memory building. Forever friend making. Blog tip trading. Event of a lifetime!