Baby Shower

Doreen (Matthew's mom) hosted a wonderful baby shower for me! It was such a fun, happy day. I couldn't stop smiling! We have received such an outpouring of love from so many friends and family members. I was amazed at the support shown by the sisters in our ward. I had given out lots of invitations, but they RSVP'd to Candy since she was catering all of the food. I had no idea who was coming.


Doreen and Joe put in a new deck, and the backyard was beautiful with all of the flowers and the lake. It was too hot to spend much time out there, unfortunately. The house was so festive, with all of the cute train-themed decorations. Doreen even made 2 bowls of punch, one green with sherbet and one blue with vanilla ice cream. The punch matched the decorations! The sister missionaries served the punch.

Kylie made an adorable chocolate cake decorated like a baby quilt. Candy and Kylie made a ton of yummy food-fresh fruit and veggies, crescent roll-ups, mini fruit pizzas, etc. Candy served as the Master of Ceremonies. She instructed the guests on what to do as far as the clothespin game, lining up for food, the toilet paper game, addressing the envelopes for the thank you notes, etc. She really kept things rolling, and is not afraid to give directions to adults. This allowed me to just relax and enjoy the party and do lots of smiling and giggling.

I was kind of relieved that during the gift opening, people stopped paying attention to me and just started having their own conversations. I could barely interrupt some of the ladies to thank them for their gifts. Emily and Leah started out by walking around and showing the gifts to the crowd, but they got tired of that about half way through, and went outside to play. One really cute gift was from Natalie, who had her baby 2 weeks ago. She decorated a little treasure chest and filled it with Rolos, and made 2 pirate onesies: one of them said Kiss my Booty, the other said Wipe my Booty! Her card was like a treasure map. Very cute and creative! All of the gifts were wonderful. Everyone was very generous! I got some really cute little outfits for the baby, diapers and wipes, gift cards, etc.


Matthew's co-workers gave us a gift card which we used for a glider chair! Matthew set that up and finished fixing the changing table, so we are pretty much set. Doreen came over and hung the curtain. We are just waiting for this little guy to arrive! I am due Tuesday-in 4 days! It's hard to believe! The baby doesn't seem to be in any hurry, though. I wonder if he is trying to finish a project, such as creating an instrument, before he arrives? Or maybe he is busy making lists of what he needs to do when he gets here? Maybe he's just waiting for us to figure out the right name for him! Everyone is having weird dreams about him-I am just hoping that he is healthy!

We'll keep you posted =)