Baby Shower #2

Last weekend was my second baby shower. The girls in our couple's Bible study hosted it and it was mostly girls from our Sunday school class that came. Lisa, Erik and the kids came over Friday afternoon and we hung out for the day. We went to the mall and Kayleigh, Lisa and I rode the train that takes you around the first floor of the mall. Kayleigh saw it last time they were in town and had been talking about it, so it was fun to go with her. Erik and Brian stayed and played in the play area. Kayleigh kept asking why the train conductor kept ringing the bell and we told her it was so people would hear us coming and not get hit. Jim and Jean came into town later that night and stopped by the house for a short visit before we were all ready to go to bed.

Saturday morning we all went out to breakfast at The Original Pancake House. Matt and I went with Jim and Jean the last time they were in town and really liked it. I got the Fruit Stand, which was a Belgium waffle topped with fresh strawberries, bananas and blueberries. I shared a lot of it with Kayleigh, so I also had a lot of Matt's ham and cheese omelet. Mom and Dad were at the house when we got back, and it was a quick turn around for us to head out to the baby shower.

The baby shower was at Amber's house, which is practically around the corner from our house. She had her porch set up nicely for the shower. There was a ton of food! I was super excited about the punch. We had made it for another girl's shower and it was the only thing I asked for. We played 2 games. The first game they handed out a gift with instructions on it. It said stuff like "pass it to someone with blonde hair", "pass it to the woman with the most children", and "pass it to someone with blue eyes." The last one said "pass it two people to the right", which some of us thought it should have gone to Jean, but we were sitting at round tables, so it could have gone either way. The next game we played had a doll that had to be dressed with a diaper, pants, shirt, a hat and then wrapped in a blanket. Even though we worked with a partner, each of us could only use one hand. I thought mom and Jean would have the best time, but I guess it has been too long since they had to dress a baby! They came in a respectable second place, though. I wish I had video of mine and Lisa's turn. Lisa was bound and determined to win at any cost, and let's just say that if it was a real baby, it would be cold because we did not do a good job, though technically the doll had on all of the required clothes. I didn't hear the final ruling because I had to go to the bathroom from laughing so hard, but apparently we were disqualified because we did such a bad job. Oh well.

Matt and I are blessed with such great friends that were willing to shower us with gifts. We are so much more prepared for Robbie's arrival now. Not only did we get gifts from our registry, the hostesses also asked the guests to bring diapers and wipes, so we have a great supply now. It was a great afternoon.