Rebecca, Kristin and Shelly
Opening Baby Gifts
More Pink!
Mary Carey, Grandma Burn and Lynn Biskner Look On...
Lynn Biskner, Alyson White (also pregnant) and Shelly
As I've said before in previous entries, we are extremely blessed to have a family who have gone above and beyond for this baby! We feel very fortunate. Aunt Freda (Wright), Grandma Burnis (Griffith) and my cousin Rachel (Tannis) wanted to host a shower in our honor in early December. The shower was held on December 11th at Rachel's house in Macomb, MI. Rachel and her husband Paul have an absolutely beautiful house, fit for entertaining!
The house was decorated beautifully for the shower. Rachel even had a miniature Christmas tree on the serving table with light pink "boa" garland. It was adorable! The food was fit for a king, with yummy miniature quiches, very cute pink cookies shaped like baby "feet", miniature brownies, mashed potatoes and lots of other DELICIOUS food to start the holiday season off right :0)
Rachel, although four years younger than me, is FAR more experienced at being a Mom than I am! (And she is a great Mom, at that). Rachel's son Troy attended the shower (he's almost a year old), to represent the male population. He is such a little sweetheart... Crawling to bring me Kleenex when I was having a pregnant / emotional moment when opening someone's gift.
Those who came to the shower, who made it a very special day were: Aunt Freda, Grandma Burnis (Griffith), Janice (Brannon) Rachel (Tannis), Rebecca (Wright), Dolly Griffith, Sherry Tomczyk, Kristen Larabee, Jenny O'Brien, Mary Carey, Tracy Carey, Jackie Schuler (all the way from Pittsburgh, PA!), Alyson White and Lynn Biskner.
We received many useful items at the shower for the baby. This was my first introduction to SO MUCH PINK! The baby had better like this color or ELSE... :-) Many of the baby's "first' outfits came from this shower.
I packed a diaper bag for the hospital the other day, and a few of the outfits received from this shower will be taken along to the hospital for the baby to wear. It's SO strange to think that a little "being" will be taking up residence in our room upstairs and that we'll be coming home PERMANENTLY with a baby.
Speaking of having a baby "PERMANENTLY," this is a funny story. My friend who recently had a baby told me she cried when returning home. While driving into their sub-division, she found herself saying "We ACTUALLY get to KEEP HIM???" I thought that was cute.
HANDMADE ITEMS from the shower at Rachel's!
Aunt Vickie (Griffith) also sent along a gift of a hand-made diaper bag with many useful items enclosed. The bag is absolutely beautiful. A picture is attached. We'll be stylish, heading out-on-the-town with this diaper bag!
Aunt Janice (Brannon) crocheted a few cute hats for the baby, in various sizes. They're ADORABLE!
My friend Lynn Biskner made a flannel-type blanket (with a strawberry print on it), and quite a few burp-cloths to match. I KNOW these will be coming in handy!
Thanks again to everyone who came to the shower. You made our day!
With love,
Shelly
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