Baby Shower #1

On Sunday we had our first of two baby showers- one given by each family. My mom and aunt organized the family and some friends from home for a small gathering at a local restaurant. We had lots of good snacks and cute cupcakes and cookies for dessert. Not knowing if this baby is a boy or girl didn't really allow for pink or blue anything so we had some of both- half the cookies said "its a girl" and half said "its a boy" while some cupcakes had pink and some had blue. It didn't matter to me, they were all delicious! Instead of cards, everyone was asked to sign their name to a book for the baby so we got tons of cute books to read to the little one including some classics like the Berenstein Bears and Dr. Suess. We got so many great gifts that we barely got everything packed into the car to take home. Karl spent the morning golfing and it was so late by the time we got home that we unloaded the car but he hadn't really seen anything. Monday I got to play show and tell with Karl while we put everything away in the baby room so it was just like opening it all again. We now have some of the important things like bottles, diapers, wipes and blankets.... a huge improvement over the one stuffed animal we have had up until this point. I can't thank everyone enough for coming to the shower and for all of the great gifts. Getting to spend more time with my family was the best part about it. I'm sorry no one could buy cute little dresses or football jerseys but there will be plenty of time for that later. Here are a few pictures from the day:

The best hostesses anyone could ask for! Mom, grandma Marilyn and Aunt Kelly

Happy grandma-to-be!

Grandma Sandy and Aunt Judy

The best aunties any baby could want: Leah, Laura, Nicky and Andrea!