a rosie little shower

my mother threw a baby shower this morn and i was her "right hand woman". it was a lovely shower for an old church chum and his wifey. it was very spur-of-the-moment, but no matter. the menu was awesome, the decorations appropriate, and there were a lot of gifts. hooray! i am so happy for the couple. i hope they had as great a time as i did. I LOVE PARTIES!!!

shower gifts... minus the shower

yesterday i got a call from dan's aunt who lives in iowa. i have never met her. she informed me that she had sent us a $75 baby gift... to our old address. apparently she has been sending us Christmas cards all this time and the new owners of dan's house never took the trouble to even write "return to sender" and pop them in the mailbox.

i stopped by the old residence and left a note for the people to call me. they did. they said they get a lot of mail for us around Christmastime. ugh. glorious mail that i never got! it chaffs. anyway, i arranged to pick up the package today and it was a very nice scrapbook for jack. glad i can now inform the aunt that the package has been received.

in other mail news -- i received a $125 gift card to target today from 5 of dan's aunts from his mom's side. woo hoo! what i think i am going to do is use my paycheck tomorrow and order tantalizing target stuff on-line (like the cutest red baby bjorn potty chair, a brown jj cole "bundle me" for the car seat, and some navy gingham curtains and diaper stacker!) and then use the gift card for household needs. clever.

third shower: dan's side

shower from dan's side on saturday was fun. dan's sis and his step-mom hostessed it. good food, awesome guests, sweet gifts, silly games, and exhaustion.:)

dan's gram is the coolest. she's 86. she always makes new babies a whole bunch of flannel receiving blankies, burp cloths and adorable bibs. i was totally surprised that she also made jack a gorgeous crazy quilt!!! it is too fab. i love all the vintage fabrics.

dan's aunts are so rowdy. so, of course i love them. bobbie knocked a plant off a table with her butt. nelly knocked over a full glass of some drink all over the table and almost got the centerpiece. the centerpiece was carrie's interpretation of a "pea in a pod". cute. it was a piece of pale green fleece filled with tightly rolled and highly useful diapers (so it was a clever rendition of a "diaper cake") and in the middle was the "pea" a little praying precious moments doll. the doll says the "now i lay me down to sleep" prayer. sweet.

shower #2: my side family shower

girl family reunion! i had a great time at my shower saturday. there were 11 guests and a bajillion presents. i was so overwhelmed. everyone must have spent a fortune. all on a person they've never even met!:) jacky, you don't know how blessed you are... but i do.

this is my beloved stroller and car seat combo. isn't it beeee-u-ti-ful? i am so attached to it and i don't know why. i told my fam that i didn't care if it was the only gift i received, i wanted it!

the food was so good at the shower that i am super surprised i only gained 1/2 a pound these last two weeks according to my dr's visit today. hmmm, i guess i will go upstairs and have another piece of leftover shower cake in a bit.:) it is a white cake with 1/2 fudge and 1/2 raspberry filling. yum. good girl that i am i already plowed through the leftover fruit sent home with me. my cousin-in-law said it would last me a week! i finished off the strawberries in my cereal this morn.

i just had my first baby shower

i just had my first baby shower on march 18th. my former boss from my job at the paper threw it for me and a co-worker. it was so much fun! i got so many useful things for the baby. he is set for bathtime. poof! just like that! if this keeps up, having a baby will not be very expensive. except for diapers... hopefully i will receive lots more disposable diapers and the cloth diapers i registered for. i think i can be brave and do cloth. we'll see what i'm really made of.

i must post a photo of the diaper bag my mom got me. it is the hottest diaper bag, ever. it doesn't look "diaper bag". it is chic.