few weeks back you all advised me to not wait til the wedding to send the thank you cards out for shower gifts. I took your advise and mailed out the 40 or so thank you notes the next day. My mom came home last night and gave me the BIGGEST FREAKIN' HUG EVER out of no where... just like walks in the door and BAM! surprise mama bear hug. A lot of the thank you notes went out to her church friends who have apparently be coming up to her over the past couple weeks and commenting on what a fine daughter she's raised and how lovely the thank you notes were and so on and etc (so glad I listened to yall) it's really made my mom very happy and I just wanted to say thanks again to all the awesome advise y'all give.