Monday, June 25, 2007

Our first baby shower

This weekend my family held our first baby shower. It was so great to see some of my extended family that I haven't seen in forever. When you grow up and move out of town like I did, you miss out on a lot of the family gatherings. I'm usually only down for the major Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations and it's crazy at that time, so seeing my extended family was a treat and I'm very thankful that they stopped in. The shower started around 2pm and I declare I must have opened gifts for a solid hour and a half - the generosity was overwhelming. We owe everyone a HUGE thank you (I'll be working on thank you notes for a while!!). We received so many wonderful and thoughtful things that I can't even start to list them all. Elijah is going to be well taken care of, that's for sure. =)

Here are a few pictures from the day.

These are the shower girls who made it all possible. From left to right - Aunt Brenda, Grandma Starnes (it wouldn't be a shower without her punch), Me of course, Mom, and Aunt Valerie. Thank you all very much for everything you did. I had so much fun. 3 generations - Grandma, Me and Mom. This will the first Great-Grandchild and first Grandchild. Oh will he ever be spoiled!

Dad and Mom - Proud Grandparents-to-be!

Last but not least, Daddy-to-be stopped by to help load it all up! You know we pregnant girls aren't supposed to exert ourselves. =)

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey,
I'm glad you had fun. It was a nice shower. The presents were really cute. :-) It was good to see you again too. I can't wait to see him...I bet he'll be adorable. :-) and I'd like to take you up on the offer to come visit you up there. Hope to talk to you soon.
love,
Laura

Robin, Waylon, Noah and Kylie said...

Sounds like you had a beautiful baby shower! It's so fun to start the celebrations and get all the fun stuff... then you get to WAIT! Do I sound bitter?? :-)